Real Leaders Podcast

Caroline Barlerin is the Founder & CEO of Platypus Advisors, a diverse team of social impact practitioners with experience and expertise in accelerating social good through philanthropy, impact investing, collective impact, social innovation, and cross-sector collaboration. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Colin Moffett is the CEO & Co-Founder of Artemis Ward, a global creative agency that partners with brands, companies, and organizations, combining rigorous strategy and unbridled creativity to craft dynamic experiences and engage audiences. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Lead...

Katy Carrigan is the CEO of Goody, a gifting marketplace that powers employee engagement, client appreciation, and sales prospecting gifts at more than 12,000 leading companies. Goody's business gifting platform, Goody for Business, integrates with 30 leading HR platforms, allowing companies to automatically gift employees on birthdays and work anniversaries. — Read the Magazine and Join the C...

Michael Bellavia is the CEO of HelpGood, a social impact marketing and communications agency that works with nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, corporate social responsibility teams, educational institutions, and purpose-driven organizations. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real...

Tim Greiner is the Managing Director & Co-Founder of Pure Strategies, a Certified B Corp consultancy that helps companies initiate and enhance existing sustainability programs that deliver value to the business and society. Listen in as he shares story after story of how companies like Walmart, Burts Bees, and others have nailed how to sustain success. — Read the Magazine and Join the Communit...

John Kinney helped create the PACE (“Property Assessed Clean Energy”) financing industry and is the Founder & Managing Partner of CleanFund, which develops and manages PACE programs for senior lenders. On today's episode, John breaks down what you need to know about this financial revolution. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com...

Greg Harmeyer is the CEO of TiER1 Impact, an employee-owned, professional services development company. TiER1 aims to help owners of professional services companies create a graceful ownership transition for themselves while developing a scalable, healthy, long-term future that their employees can thrive in and their clients can continue to proudly be associated with. — Read the Magazine and Join...

Dan Freed is the Co-Founder & CEO of Thesis, the world’s first personalized brain supplement brand. Powered by the world’s largest data set on the efficacy of nootropics and advised by neuroscientists from Yale, Penn, and MIT, Thesis quickly and safely delivers increased focus, creativity, energy, and memory in capsule form. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Brad Stevens is the Founder & CEO of Outsource Access, an outsourcing and offshoring consulting company that exists to close cultural gaps caused by offshore outsourcing models of the past and to open up opportunities for solopreneurs and small businesses worldwide. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the Th...

Miren Oca and Y. Elaine Rasmussen discuss the complexity of transitioning a business to an employee ownership model. They discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls of this transition as well as the many different ways to pursue this change.  Miren Oca is the Founder and CEO of OcaQuatics Swim School. A Employee-owned (PPT),Certified B-Corp business that focuses not only on teaching swimming skil...

Jesse Henry is the CEO of Heartland, a material science company that manufactures natural fibers as reinforcements for plastics. Heartland's high-performance carbon-negative plastic additives help manufacturers exceed their sustainability mandates without compromising strength, weight, or price. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Tim Tiscornia is the CEO of Chomp, which utilizes anaerobic digester systems to transform food waste into renewable energy and biofertilizer. At a local level, they help communities generate their own energy and be better environmental stewards. At a global level, they're leading the way to a sustainable future. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠rea...

Kelly Ann Winget is the CEO & Founder of Alternative Wealth Partners, a Dallas-based Private Equity firm focused on blended portfolios of alternative assets. Over the last decade, Kelly has been dedicated to connecting creative capital to unique investment opportunities in the private equity space. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠...

Hélène Hoogeboom is the CEO of Renewaball, which creates new, sustainable tennis and padel balls from old/used tennis and padel balls. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://real-leaders.com/impact-awards-application/⁠⁠

Geoff Silverstein is the Managing Director & Founding Partner of Friendly Design Co, a creative studio that builds impactful websites and brands while collaborating with organizations who repair our world and strengthen our communities. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards :...

Kristin Hull is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Nia Impact Capital, a women led impact investing firm, investing with purpose at the intersection of environmental sustainability and social justice. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://real-leaders.co...

Avantika Daing is the Founding Partner of Plum Alley Ventures, a venture capital platform deploying over $1 Billion in Economic Transformative Value across multi strategy and capital stages investing at the intersection of frontier innovation and gender diversity. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Le...

Grant Canary is the CEO & Founder of Mast Reforestation, a climate tech company with a mission to make reforestation scalable. Mast provides reforestation after wildfire at no upfront cost and supplies seed and seedlings through its subsidiaries Silvaseed and Cal Forest. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 202...

Matt Schwartz is the Founder & Executive Director of Constructive, a brand strategy and digital design firm specializing dedicated to nonprofits, education, and social impact. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://real-leaders.com/impact-awards-application/⁠⁠

Eric Lee is the Senior Vice President of Aligned Climate Capital, a firm that invests in the people, companies, and real assets that are decarbonizing the global economy and its infrastructure. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://real-leaders.com/impact-awards-applicati...

Michael Stausholm is the Founder & CEO of SproutWorld, the company behind the world’s only patented plantable pencils, which can grow into herbs, vegetables, or flowers after use. SproutWorld's plantable products illustrate in a simple and visual way what’s possible when we think with a more sustainable mindset. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-...

Clay Grubb is the Chief Executive Officer of Grubb Properties, a vertically integrated real estate fund manager that directly addresses a growing crisis for essential housing, while providing residents with exceptional living spaces. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rea...

Jeff Brams is the Head of R & D at Garden of Life & Vital Proteins (Nestlé Health Science), a recognized leader in natural specialty vitamin & supplement industry. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://real-leaders.com/impact-awards-application/⁠⁠

Colleen Lorber is the Founder & CEO of Wraparound Experts, a mental health and behavioral support service company that helps children succeed mentally, emotionally, and academically by providing resources to the children themselves as well as training and support to the environments and people that interact with them on a daily basis. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Paul Feith is the President of Paul Gregory Media, a full-service digital marketing agency, focusing on helping nonprofit and mission-based organizations with their marketing campaigns, branding, social media, websites, and fundraisers. — Read the Magazine and Join the Community for Impact : ⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for the The 2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards : ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://real-...