LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht

Ara Katz thrives on the career pivot and being at the forefront of whatever she is doing. Imagine starting a successful career as a film producer, leaving to embark on consumer tech for ten years, and then pivoting again to start a company focused on bacteria and probiotics? Now, as the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Seed, she's making gut health cool. In this episode, you'll learn the power of storytel...

Tai Beauchamp is an internationally recognized style influencer, award-winning producer, activist, media personality, and co-founder and chief brand officer of CBD wellness & beauty brand, BROWN GIRL jane, centering around women of color. In this episode, you'll learn how to define your purpose, why you need to tune other people out, and the merits of doing the work to get to the next level. You'l...

Drew Elliott is the Senior Vice President, Global Creative Director, at M·A·C Cosmetics, leading all strategy, conceptualization, and execution of the creative process that drives their global image. As a life-long student of pop culture, Drew is fascinated with dissecting the social graph and analyzing what drives fame. In this episode, you will understand Drew's unique ability to tap into our cu...

Sophie Elgort is a photographer, filmmaker, and artist who has been featured internationally. She has worked with global brands and clients like Kylie and Kendall Jenner, and of course, her brother Ansel. As the co-founder of the non-profit, Through Our Lens, Sophie provides mentorship to teen girls of color, giving them the all-important access and the tools they need to get photography experienc...

Marigo Mihalos is the senior director of talent relations for SiriusXM Radio, booking film and television stars for all talk and entertainment channels. Some of her biggest bookings include: Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, and Ryan Gosling. In this episode, you will learn her pitching tactics, how she masters her Rolodex, makes talent happy, and doesn't take no for an answer.  Marigo's traditional...

As a Midwestern LGBTQ child and the son of two immigrants, Joey Gonzalez's childhood was not without its challenges. From a young age, he dreamt of a world of inclusiveness. Beginning as a child actor, later on, Joey struggled to find career direction. After giving up acting and becoming an office temp, Joey discovered Barry's, a local LA hole in the wall concept of fitness. Fast forward to becomi...

Jamie Gutfreund is a unicorn marketer, renowned futurist, and trend spotter. She thrives in uncharted territories, keeping companies ahead of the curve by anticipating cultural shifts and integrating them with emerging technologies. She's also a recognized expert on Millennial and Gen Z consumers. With experience at Hasbro, Wunderman, CAA, and Microsoft, Jamie has paved new roads in every role she...

For 25 years, powerhouse tastemaker James Aguiar has brought a fresh stylized eye to every project in his career path. Coming to New York with $200 in his pocket and a dream, his first job was sweeping cigarette butts off the floor at a NYC night club where he saw Andy Warhol talking to Keith Haring. From that moment, he knew there was more to his future than what his upbringing "on the wrong side...

Do you know how to ask for more? Well, meet Alexandra Carter, best-selling Author of ASK FOR MORE: Ten Questions to Negotiate Anything. Alexandra is the Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School and a world-renowned negotiation trainer for the United Nations. Her new book is #3 on WSJ's Best-Seller list. In this episode, you will learn the art of negotiation, the difference between m...

Karissa Bodnar is the Founder & CEO of Thrive Causemetics. At 25 years old, Karissa set out to create a brand that is bigger than beauty. Now 30, Karissa has built a company with philanthropy at its core. Thrive Causemetics has donated over $100 million in funds and products to women's charities in its five years of existence. In this episode, you will learn how Karissa gave up on being accepted b...

Simone Oliver is the Global Editor-in-Chief of Refinery29. She's an adjunct professor at S.I. Newhouse and was previously the Strategic Partner Development Manager for Global Media Partnerships at Facebook and Instagram, and the Growth Strategy Editor at The New York Times, a company she worked at for 12 years. Simone has disrupted the status quo within corporate structures throughout her career....

Lauren McGoodwin is the Founder and CEO of Career Contessa and author of the book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose. Knowing firsthand what it's like to job search in a recession, Lauren started her company as a side hustle. As a  career expert helping over 5 million women a year and former recruiter, Lauren spills the tea on how to get a job right now or sta...

Karla Welch was named one of Hollywood Reporter's Top 10 Stylists of the Decade. As the founder and owner of x karla, and the founder of the premium styling app Wishi, Karla is one of the most visionary and loudest voices in Fashion, especially on issues that matter- using her platform to shine a light on social injustice. In this episode, you'll learn the secrets behind the red carpet, how to bri...

After a two-decade successful career in finance, Cate Luzio decided to bet on herself and become an entrepreneur. As the Founder and CEO of Luminary, she self-funded a collaboration hub for women who are passionate about professional development and expanding their networks. In this episode, you'll hear how Cate mastered the "boys club" of finance, created her own "whisper networks" and wrote the...

In FAIR PLAY, Eve Rodsky rips apart the fallacy that women should be “doing it all” and lays bare the truth: Many wives and mothers feel overextended and overworked from shouldering the brunt of childrearing and domestic responsibilities. FAIR PLAY identifies the 100 main tasks in any relationship and then shows how to divide those tasks fairly.  In this episode, you will learn why you need to pur...

Mickey Boardman is the longtime, iconic Editorial Director of Paper Magazine. Responsible for the 2014 Kim Kardashian naked magazine cover that broke the Internet, his creativity knows no bounds. His columns "Ask Mr. Mickey" and "Fat & All That" are fan favorites. In this episode, you will hear Mickey's incredible story, from Chicago to Spain, and Parsons School of Design to Rehab. Learn why Micke...

Tim Dessaint is a menswear YouTuber in London who decided right after college that the corporate world was not for him. He launched a YouTube channel in 2018 and went from 0 to 70,000 subscribers in six months. He now has over 554,000 subscribers on YouTube, 1.8 million on TikTok and more than 287,000 followers on Instagram. In this episode, Tim shares the steps he took to become a full-time conte...

Rebecca Minkoff is more than the co-founder and creative director of her namesake company. She is a champion of women, dedicated to bringing them together to enact positive change. As the founder of the Female Founder Collective (FFC), Rebecca and FFC's mission is to enable and empower female-owned and led businesses to impact their communities, both socially and economically. In this episode, you...

Stacy London started her career at Vogue and was the co-star of TLC's "What Not to Wear," for a decade. She has styled some of Hollywood's biggest names. She's also an author, spokesperson, and now the founder of Small Beautiful Things. At 50, she's starting her second act. From surviving a severe eating disorder, personal financial crisis, and grief, Stacy is embarking on her reinvention. In this...

Lance Ulanoff has spent more than three decades on the leading edge of the tech publishing industry. As an award-winning tech journalist and social media commentator, Lance is the go-to guy for emerging tech.  Currently, the editor in chief of Lifewire, with previous leading roles at Mashable and PC Magazine, Lance makes frequent TV appearances on Live with Kelly and Ryan, The Today Show, and Good...

Kara Goldin is the Founder of Hint and the author of UNDAUNTED. She solved her own addiction to Diet Coke and ended up creating a multi-million dollar healthy lifestyle company. As a renowned entrepreneur, Kara is included in Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business and Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, among many other honors. Kara credits her athletic childhood and endless curi...

Does your major mean anything? The answer is no, and especially not when an opportunity to work with Andy Warhol presents itself. At 22 years old, Marc Balet won the Prix de Rome in architecture and was offered a solo show at the Whitney Museum of Art. But despite his exceptional talent, Marc had no interest in being an architect. Clueless as to what he wanted to do, he couldn't find a job. Throug...

Rhonesha Byng is an Emmy-winning journalist and the Founder and CEO of the award-winning website Her Agenda and the founder of the soon-to-be Hurston House, a work and community space centered on women of color. Before age 30, Rhonesha was named 50 Founders to Watch By ESSENCE Magazine, 28 Under 28 by NBCBLK, and one of 29 People to Know by BET. In this episode, you will learn Rhonesha's motivatin...

Can voting be sexy and cool? Mandana Dayani, the Creator and Co-founder of I AM A VOTER thinks so. This lawyer and former agent and president of Rachel Zoe, is taking her experience and network and aiming to create a cultural shift around voting and civic engagement. As a religious refugee who fled Iran as a child, Mandana's story is especially poignant. She considers herself blessed to be able to...

From Lady Gaga to Malala, and Google to Disney, Ross Martin has worked with everyone that matters. As an Emmy & Peabody award-winning marketer and innovation leader, he is the President and CXO of Known and ranked among Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business. In this episode, you will enter the brain of a marketing genius, someone who was bullied growing up and didn't want to be seen....