The Reset Podcast

I am super delighted to have Ayana Stafford-Morris, Founder Hollywood Rebels - an immersive experience and media production company. We talk about her incredible life story, how she thought she wanted to be a hair stylist, and figured out that wasn't it. During COVID, Ayanna created the first black owned drive-in movie theater- the Newark Moonlight  theater in Newark, which became a huge hit. We t...

I am super delighted to have Judy and Jonay Jackson, the first mother daughter combo on #29DaysofMagic! We get to hear about both Judy and Jonay's first jobs. We talk about how Judy has gotten to the point where she has been able to start JLC Ventures. We talk about how saying no can far outweigh the value of saying yes. We talk about making our own mental health a high priority. We talk about Jud...

In today's amazing episode of #29DaysofMagic I get to have Lola Bakare on the show! Author “Responsible Marketing," and so many other great things! Lola got her first job working on Gatorade marketing for Pepsi with an English major. Lola talks about being in the right place at the right time, and being ready to take advantage of those opportunities. We talk about how stats are not the only thing...

I am so excited to kick off this year of #29DaysofMagic with Latoyia Dennis, the Motivated Mom. We talk about her start, and how she has gotten to where she is today. We  talk about how Latoyia decided that it wasn't so much about being successful, but that she wanted to realize what kind of person she wanted to be, and what kind of person she wanted to be and what kind of impact she wanted to lea...

I am delighted to have a fantastic chat with Gina Cavallo CRO over at Audigent. We talk about her time at Nordstrom and having her dad encourage her to get a job if she wanted a car. We talk about what actually a CRO does, as well as how innovative Audigent is in their data tools. We get to talk about being introverted extraverts, how Gina got into sales, as well as getting to teach some classes a...

I am super excited to have Sarah Sukumaran, Founder & CEO of Lilith NYC| a global media platform & footwear brand for women, femmes, and all underrepresented folks in the sneaker world. We talk about how she got her first job as a tutor, and how she got to where she is now. She was working in many technical fields, up until she got started working at Nike because of her love of data. We talk about...

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of The Reset Podcast, I am beyond excited to have Walter Geer! The Chief Experience Design Officer at VMLY&R. We talk about how Walt got his first job and then learned how to do that job. Walt talks about how he was a pentathlete in college, and from doing that he learned to be very adaptable and getting good at all sorts of things. We talk about how Walter...

I am super excited to have Nancy Chang, founder of Purpose & Hope, on the podcast today! We talk about Nancy's career, and how it got her to the Bay Area. Nancy shares about finding her purpose and starting her company from the time that she realized her mother had gotten cancer. She shares about how a great mentor and friend encouraged her to move foreword with her business idea and started from...

I am delighted to have Aisha Felder, Radical Marketing Leader and life healer, on the podcast today! We talk about how she got a job at age 12! Working as a parking attendant at the Zoo, and at that time she learned she needed to love what she does and it has to be worth her while! We talk about what keeps Aisha interested and her time working for Coca-Cola. We talk about how not being able to rel...

In this amazing episode we get to chat with Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch, CEO and founder of Mavyn. We talk about her many different jobs, her work in non-profits, and how she got to being CEO of Mavyn. We connect on how difficult it can be to be everything to everyone, and how Nicole decided to focus in from her broader company to being more focused on helping women build, launch, and grow their busines...

Welcome to another episode where I bring on a different business leader who is doing some great game changing work, and this week I am so glad to have Nitasha Mehta, founder of Rethink Pink initiative, and an experienced digital marketer. We talk about her incredible career from Amazon, to Samsung, and then at Boxed as employee number 24, where she worked for the past 7 years to help scale it up t...

Welcome to today's episode with Marisa Renee Lee a writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. We talk about her first job, which was where she started her own business around babysitting around the age of 12! Marisa worked for 11+ years helping put herself through college doing childcare related activities! We talk about how she took a year off right after spending so much time learning at Harvard to help...

I am so excited to have this great conversation with Jennifer Tardy Diversity Recruitment Trainer and Career Coach. Jenn talks about her first job at Long John Silvers, as well as touching on many of her other jobs that all come together to lead her to where she is now. A lot of times in interviews we feel like we are in a hot seat and can forget our own value, but Jennifer encourages everyone to...

Welcome to today's very special episode Live from the Special Olympics in Orlando! Today we got to chat with Renee Manfredi (Special Olympics Athlete, Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger) and Daniel Smrokowski (Special Olympics Athlete, and podcaster on Special Chronicles). Renee and Daniel share their stories of growing up and how they got connected to the Special Olympics.  When they...

In today's episode I am delighted and honored to have Tommaso Di Giovanni VP of International Communications (Market Activation and Support). We talk about his first job. We talk about his having really great bosses at PMI which helped him become more and better, and how everyone needs that. We talk about how PMI is working to make sure all cigarettes are being replaced by better alternatives, and...

Welcome to today's fantastic episode with Brian Owens, Senior Vice President, Commerce Strategy at VMLY&R. His first job was at Lockheed Martin, we talk about his really interesting evolution from there to where he is at now. We talk about bringing Justice to Shelf, https://www.adweek.com/commerce/make-commerce-more-equitable/ and how we can help bring about equity and allowing innovation and crea...

I am so excited to have Dave Roter, VP at Snap. We hear about Dave's career, and how he got to a point where he raised his hand to hop onto social media. He got started at Twitter, did a stop at a content creator company, up until he joined Snap. Dave talks about how when he opened up about his mental health struggles, and how it is okay to talk about not being okay. We talk about how leaders need...

Welcome to today's excellent episode with Gary Mittman, CEO of KERV Interactive. We have a great chat about his life and career journey. He got to work alongside a lot of really famous musicians, got to run a night club in N.Y. went back to California and doing infomercials, and went to work on some internet companies. After seeing some new technology  brought to him by his friend they bought it a...

#29DaysofMagic Day 29! Today I am so delighted to chat with Danielle Kristine Toussaint, CXO at NewSchools Venture Fund | Author - Dare to Think Purple. We talk about her first job at a Dinosaur exhibition, which she got by having good connections. We talk about how Danielle has been able to land the next right thing for her by having a solid network and always pushing for change, even starting at...

I am so delighted to have Debbie Ellison on day 28 of #29DaysofMagic! Debbie is the Global Chief Digital Officer of VMLY&R Commerce. We talk about her career journey, her time going to a school where she was recognized as top of the class, and how she got one of the four available spots in a computer science course. We talk about the, interesting issues of being female leaders in business and in t...

Welcome to day 27 of #29DaysofMagic with Dee Poku-Spalding Founder and CEO of The WIE Suite. We talk about her upbringing in how she was told more or less to go into engineering, but decided to go into fashion instead! We talk about The Wie Suite, and it's work in helping women help push each other forward. We talk about how beneficial Wie has been and helpful even during the pandemic time, and th...

I am so excited to have Briahna J Gatlin on for day 26 of #29DaysofMagic ! Briahna is the CEO & Publicist of Swank Public Relations. We talk about her first job in journalism, and she got to a spot where she just started her job out of need. We talk about what Swank is today. We talk about how important it is to do things that you are good at. We talk about how important it is to save your money,...

Welcome to day 25 of #29DaysofMagic with Heather Odom, Carolina for All Business Development Manager. We talk about her first job in helping other peoples, and how she still is helping people for her job today. We talk about the huge importance of word of mouth advertising and personal experience. We talk about the exhaustion that people are feeling from the push of vaccines, and how Heather and h...

In today's #29DaysofMagic I get to interview Jasmine Powers, CEO, Jasmine Powers Multimedia LLC. We talk about her first job, and how it has led into what she does now.  Jasmine shares some first steps about data and analytics to start making money, when to call Jasmine for rolling out new apps, a lot of well known pitfalls to be on the lookout for, and much more great advice! We talk about how im...

Welcome to day 23 of #29DaysofMagic! We have such a great conversation with Tricia Okin, Founder of Tricia Okin Studios. We talk about her incredible career journey, and how her 'job title' has evolved a lot over the years, going from print, to webpage, to so much more. We talk about the opening of genuine empathy. Tricia talks about her time living in and around west Europe where she has noticed...