The Consulting Leadership Mom‘s Table: candid talks with women leaders on career and family

In this episode of  The Consulting Moms Table , Karin sits down with Suniti Kanodia, Principal at PwC, to explore a 25-year journey across technology, consulting, and leadership while raising a family. Suniti shares how she navigated a career that spanned hardware, software, and consulting, ultimately rising to partner level in a highly demanding field. She reflects on the realities of building a...

Jay Sukumaran did something unusual three months after becoming a mom. She brought her infant son Max to a partner meeting at Deloitte, unannounced. The partners didn't know how to react. She did it anyway because she wanted them to see that motherhood was now part of her professional identity, not something to compartmentalize or hide. This decision set the tone for a 20-year career spanning...

We talk a lot about “finding balance” as a working mom. We compare industries, job types, companies, and roles — trying to figure out what the mythical  optimal path  looks like. But the truth is far more personal, and often far more surprising. That’s why this episode is such an important one. In my latest episode of The Consulting Leadership Mom's Table,  Michelle Drew Rodriguez  ( former Pa...

In this episode of The Consulting Moms Table , host Karin Mayer sits down with Paula Walworth and Sunita Das , both Technology Partners at AlixPartners, to talk about what it really takes to thrive in consulting while raising a family. From childcare struggles to partner support, hybrid work, and bold career pivots, they share honest stories about the decisions that shaped their journeys. You’ll h...

Emily Vose, technology executive and IBM Consulting Partner, takes us through her remarkable career journey from fine arts to consulting, showing how her early skills in visualization aligned perfectly with her passion for emerging technologies, data, and AI. She reflects on how her career initially felt accidental but became far more intentional in her 30s, once she realized she had more control...

In this candid conversation, I sit down with Brittney Newman, a Risk Consulting Director at a Big 4 firm and new mom, to talk about her recent return to work after having her son. Brittney shares the highs, the lessons, and how she “PMO’d” her life including putting everything into a spreadsheet to bring structure to this full, fast-moving season. We dive into how she planned for maternity leave,...