The SALA Series Podcast

Mark Shapiro, the CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays and David Shapiro, the CEO of the national nonprofit MENTOR (currently President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Boston) happen to be brothers and one another’s biggest fans.

Dynamic mother-son combination, highlighting a renowned civil rights lawyer, author and professor and her son, an activist in his own right, who leads the San Francisco Foundation.

Featuring the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history and her brother and manager who have teamed up to launch and develop Saysh, a high-growth women’s footwear and lifestyle brand.

Fellow travelers, former colleagues and dear friends who are making a dramatic impact in their respective worlds – Allan Golston as President of the US Program for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Dr. Helene Gayle as CEO of The Chicago Community Trust. (currently President of Spelman College)

Remarkable allies, Duncan, the former US Secretary of Education founded the nonprofit Chicago CRED and works closely with Toler, Director of Outreach and a former Chicago gang leader, in an attempt to rewrite the story of gun violence in Chicago.

Featuring Rose, the provocative on-air talent for ESPN and former NBA star, and Green, a former NBA player and current rookie head coach with the New Orleans Pelicans. With a decades-long friendship, Rose and Green are from Detroit and proud of it.

Featuring Knox, an exoneree, journalist and author alongside Howard, a professor of government and law at Georgetown University, who founded the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice; a multi-state Prison Visitation Program that facilitates prison visits and engenders meaningful personal and systemic change.

CEO of the Obama Foundation, as well as a best-selling author and renown businessperson who was widely recognized as the single most influential person in the Obama White House during her eight years as senior advisor.

Welcome to the SALA Series Podcast – bringing together purpose-driven leaders and ideas that matter. Hosted by Dalen Cuff and Monica McNutt, SALA celebrates diverse voices and highlights a commitment to community and individuals who are driving positive change across the interrelated worlds of sports, entertainment, corporate and nonprofit.