Pave Her Way

Send us Fan Mail Alexis Robinson is a Principal Product Manager for Amazon in the DC area and Adjunct Professor for California State, San Bernadino, and her alma mater, University of Maryland. For the past 15 years, she has served buyers of the cloud, retail sellers, policy makers, compliance organizations, engineering leaders, and security teams by developing and implementing security strategies,...

Send us Fan Mail For over 15 years, Luna Battalia has been a Leadership Mentor and Business advisor.  She's the founder of Caru Creative, a full-service brand studio. Additionally, she created a psychology-driven approach to marketing, called Animist Branding™, which is shaped by her experience at the intersection of digital marketing and buyer psychology.  Luna partners with leading mission-...

Send us Fan Mail Erica is the owner and creative force behind LUX Boards, a woman-owned charcuterie and grazing company based in Austin, Texas. Founded four years ago alongside co-founder, Brittni Johnson, LUX Boards was built on the vision of creating elevated, intentional experiences where luxury meets connection.  LUX Boards has had the opportunity to serve a wide range of organizations, busine...

Send us Fan Mail Jeanne brings a unique perspective as an educator and mentor who teaches business to artists and designers at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), where she helps ignite entrepreneurial thinking in the next generation of creative leaders. Through her company SuperGirlls LLC and her empowerment summits, she has inspired thousands of women and girls to step into leadership...

Send us Fan Mail Shali Reed is the COO of The Reeder LLC, a content strategy consulting and media company helping B2B brands and founders turn storytelling into revenue. She is also a former go-to-market and customer success leader who’s closed over $8 million in sales, and now blends business strategy with bold creativity to build brands that scale with soul. Known for her unfiltered takes on lea...

Send us Fan Mail Caroline Ruder. Caroline is a former Director of NA Quality at Amazon, where she spent over a decade leading large-scale operations, developing leaders, and driving customer-focused improvements across complex systems. Throughout her career, Caroline became especially passionate about building strong teams and helping individuals grow into confident, capable leaders. Her experienc...

Send us Fan Mail Laura works with women returning to the paid workforce after a career break, helping them take control of their job search and find work aligned with their current goals. With over 15 years of experience in HR, along with her own journey of returning from a career break and changing careers, she understands the unique challenges women face as they reenter the workforce. Rather tha...

Send us Fan Mail Mercedes Swan is the Career Love Coach and creates empowering and safe places for high-performing and purpose driven Black women. She is a business and career coach for Black Women across the US, leveraging her expertise as a certified HR Professional (SHRM-CP), executive recruiter, and DEIB champion. It's her passion to see more Black Women find bliss personally and professi...

Send us Fan Mail Urmi is a self-published author, speaker, blogger, and podcast host who works in the financial services industry in Canada. She holds both the CFA and CAIA designations and is deeply passionate about empowering women through mentorship, education, and public speaking. Her book, Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth from Interracial Struggle, reflects her journey as a third-culture...

Send us Fan Mail Nina is a proud wife, mother, grandmother, entrepreneur, and community leader whose life is deeply rooted in faith, family, and service. She is the oldest of three daughters, a role that taught her early about leadership, compassion, and perseverance. Nina’s entrepreneurial spirit was shaped by the example of her parents, who broke barriers in their own right. Her mother made hist...

Send us Fan Mail Pave Her Way closed the year with our Season One recap, reflecting on conversations with our twelve incredible guests, the lessons we learned, and the growth along the way. We are deeply grateful to our guests and listeners for making the 2025 season so meaningful, and we can’t wait to share the exciting guest lineup we have planned for 2026. Thank you for your continued support a...

Send us Fan Mail  Erin is an executive career coach and a senior sales leader at Amazon, known for helping high-achieving women step into leadership with clarity, confidence, and an authentic sense of self. With more than a decade of experience leading strategic sales and account teams, she has built her career at the intersection of performance, people development, and purposeful growth.  At Amaz...

Send us Fan Mail Sabrena is a powerhouse in the world of career transformation. With over 30 years of experience in recruiting, workforce development, and career coaching, she has helped thousands of professionals pivot with confidence, overcome self-doubt, and secure roles aligned with their purpose. She’s the founder of HelloHired™, an AI-powered career coaching platform designed to meet profess...

Send us Fan Mail Karen Wilkins-Mickey is the VP of Diversity Equity & Inclusion, entering her fifth season with the Seattle Seahawks. Karen is the Seahawks first Vice President of diversity, equity, and inclusion.  Prior to joining the Seattle Seahawks, Karen worked for several Pacific NW companies including Alaska Air Group, Microsoft and Expedia in Senior Global Diversity and Inclusion Strat...

Send us Fan Mail Nicole is a marketing leader and AI ethics expert with over 25 years of experience driving growth, innovation, and operational excellence at the intersection of marketing, technology, and data analytics. She serves as an adjunct Professor of Marketing and Technology at New York University.  Nicole has held pivotal leadership roles, including Global Head of Marketing at Meta, SVP o...

Send us Fan Mail Corliss is a senior level Applied Scientist and Technical Product leader who has worked at top Fortune 100 companies in many leadership roles and partnered across different functions to drive overall strategy development and brand growth.  Currently, she serves as Head of Technical Product and PMO for Amazon Transportation Operations Mgmt Tech. In this role she and her team are re...

Send us Fan Mail Seven years ago, Carmen started her real estate business from scratch. Within her first year, she ranked in the top 1% of her field, brought her engineer husband on full-time, and grew her team to four full-time employees. Her success came from embracing challenges, leveraging smart strategies, and surrounding herself with a goal-driven community. By focusing on community engageme...

Send us Fan Mail Suzanna Finnegan Guyton, a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with over twenty years of experience. Suzanna deeply values creating a safe, chill place for her clients to find their authentic, congruent self. We all, at times, create barriers/discrepancies which prevent us from going towards the life we want. With the counselor-client rapport being the driving force, Suzann...

Send us Fan Mail She is a proud product of immigrant parents from Jamaica and Costa Rica who instilled in her the curiosity and independence to build and tinker with her father working as a machinist and mother working as a carpenter for over 25+ years each. She is currently a Sr Manager of Software Development at Amazon, leading diverse teams of software managers, engineers, and program managers...

Send us Fan Mail Tiffany McCullough CPSD, EMBA is a Global Supplier Inclusion professional with a career spanning over 15 years. She has led successful programs at Marathon Petroleum, NRG Energy, Skanska, Amazon, Amazon Web Services and currently the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Tiffany recently launched Mark It Better, LLC. to assist small businesses and nonprofits with fine-tuning their...

Send us Fan Mail Gloria Allorbi is the vibrant force behind Gloria’s Shito, embodying a rich tapestry of cultural influences. Born in Ghana, nurtured in Glasgow, and blossomed in New Jersey, she’s now weaving her magic in Los Angeles.  A maestro in cosmetic chemistry, Gloria's artistry has graced major brands like L’Oréal USA and Paul Mitchell. Yet, it's her passion for good food that tr...

Send us Fan Mail Barbara is a Fortune 100 strategic, and results driven executive recognized for transforming and leading large-scale revenue teams to achieve double-digit YoY growth across diverse industries and competitive markets.   She currently leads 100 sales professionals in Avanade's $1.5B Accenture Microsoft Business Group in the US, providing customers innovative digital, cloud and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, you will learn more about the co-hosts and what inspired them to start this podcast!  Crystal Howard and Anna McDonagh met while working together at Amazon. As two women in sales, their collective passion for equity and inclusion brought them together. Today, Crystal is a fulltime DEI professional, while Anna continues to pursue her career in sales. Crystal and An...