Time4Coffee Podcast

David Halbert is the Outreach Manager at The Educational Justice Institute (EJI) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The mission of EJI is to bring about positive policy reform to correctional institutions through the introduction of education and education-based technology into prisons and jails. Before working at EJI, David held an array of positions including working in Boston City...

Michelle Lenihan is a senior advisor on policy management and Operations to the Chief of Operations within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). Michelle has worked at the Pentagon, in a variety of different positions, since 2005. Among the roles she’s held: principal director in the Office of African Affairs, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for African Affairs and chief of st...

David Halbert is the Outreach Manager at The Educational Justice Institute (EJI) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The mission of EJI is to bring about positive policy reform to correctional institutions through the introduction of education and education-based technology into prisons and jails. Before working at EJI , David held an array of positions including working in Boston City...

Scott Roberts is the Vice President and Head of Business Development at LinkedIn . When he joined the company in 2007 it was still operating like a start-up with about 100 employees.  Since then LinkedIn has grown to 15,000 employees and from 13 million members to over 700 million. Scott’s role in the company includes working to increase user growth and engagement as well as the development and gr...

Renee Reid is a Staff UX Design Researcher at LinkedIn , where she is the lead researcher in matters of identity, reputation and consumer flagship initiatives. Renee is also passionate about encouraging more women of color to enter the tech field.  Prior to joining LinkedIn in 2017, Renee was a user experience researcher at CareerBuilder where she conducted multiple B2B and consumer research studi...

Scott Roberts is the Vice President and Head of Business Development at LinkedIn . When he joined the company in 2007 it was still operating like a start-up with about 100 employees.  Since then LinkedIn has grown to 15,000 employees and from 13 million members to over 700 million. Scott’s role in the company includes working to increase user growth and engagement as well as the development and gr...

Renee Reid is a Staff UX Design Researcher at LinkedIn , where she is the lead researcher in matters of identity, reputation and consumer flagship initiatives. Renee is also passionate about encouraging more women of color to enter the tech field.  Prior to joining LinkedIn in 2017, Renee was a user experience researcher at CareerBuilder where she conducted multiple B2B and consumer research studi...

Zane Homsi is a strategy and analytics program analyst in a specialized, competitive two year training program that LinkedIn offers recent college graduates. He is also the co-founder of Students+ , a new initiative that claims to be the go-to place for students navigating the job search amidst the coronavirus. It offers students resources, career guidance, templates and live events with career ex...

Alex Valaitis is a product manager* and product lead of Elevate, one of LinkedIn’s enterprise product lines — with 12 dedicated engineers. When Alex graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in December 2016 with a double major in Economics and Computer Science, he had a sub-3.0 GPA.  And yet, he still managed to secure a job as a PM at Intuit. While at Intuit, Alex led a team in...

Renee Reid is a Staff UX Design Researcher at LinkedIn , where she is the lead researcher in matters of identity, reputation and consumer flagship initiatives. Renee is also passionate about encouraging more women of color to enter the tech field.  Prior to joining LinkedIn in 2017, Renee was a user experience researcher at CareerBuilder where she conducted multiple B2B and consumer research studi...

Scott Roberts is the Vice President and Head of Business Development at LinkedIn . When he joined the company in 2007 it was still operating like a start-up with about 100 employees.  Since then LinkedIn has grown to 15,000 employees and from 13 million members to over 700 million. Scott’s role in the company includes working to increase user growth and engagement as well as the development and gr...

Tracy Allen is CEO of Brewed Behavior, founded to offer comprehensive support to all segments of the coffee industry. In the fall of 2015 Tracy’s talents went viral when he was chosen to supply coffee for Pope Francis’ U.S. visit . His approach to consulting involves changing behaviors through education and providing strategy and growth solutions at every touch point. Brewed Behavior works primari...

Tracy Allen is CEO of Brewed Behavior, founded to offer comprehensive support to all segments of the coffee industry. In the fall of 2015 Tracy’s talents went viral when he was chosen to supply coffee for Pope Francis’ U.S. visit . His approach to consulting involves changing behaviors through education and providing strategy and growth solutions at every touch point. Brewed Behavior works primari...

Andrew Dana is the founder and co-owner of two D.C based award winning restaurants, Petworth’s Timber Pizza Company and the newly opened Call Your Mother Deli in Park View. Their “Jew-ish” deli has gathered a lot of attention since its October opening with lines out the door every weekend. Andrew Dana works with his longtime girlfriend, Daniela Moreira. The two run their restaurants with a laid ba...

Tracy Allen is CEO of Brewed Behavior, founded to offer comprehensive support to all segments of the coffee industry. In the fall of 2015 Tracy’s talents went viral when he was chosen to supply coffee for Pope Francis’ U.S. visit . His approach to consulting involves changing behaviors through education and providing strategy and growth solutions at every touch point. Brewed Behavior works primari...

Joe Yonan is the Food and Dining editor of The Washington Post , supervising all food coverage in the features department.  He writes The Post’s Weeknight Vegetarian column and for five years wrote the Cooking for One column, both of which have won honors from the Association of Food Journalists.  Joe is also the author of “Cool Beans” (Ten Speed Press, 2020). He was the editor of “ America...

Tracy Allen is CEO of Brewed Behavior, founded to offer comprehensive support to all segments of the coffee industry. In the fall of 2015 Tracy’s roasting talents went viral when he was chosen to supply coffee for Pope Francis’ U.S. visit . His approach to consulting involves changing behaviors through education and providing strategy and growth solutions at every touch point. Brewed Behavior work...

To mark this latest super big milestone in T4C’s short history and our journey to realize our mission – to help 1 million college students turn their degrees into careers they’ll love – I’m going to focus this episode on the importance of motivation. I think motivation is the secret ingredient …the rocket fuel in a personalized jet pack you can strap on your back every morning, when you’d prefer t...

Jessica Yellin is the founder of #NewsNotNoise , where she delivers daily news reports on Instagram without the anxiety-inducing frenzy you may find in traditional broadcast news. She launched #NewsNotNoise in 2018 after feeling like a large audience, mostly made up of women, had been turned off to watching news due to the hysteria, shouting and partisanship found in cable and legacy broadcast new...

Travis Mitchell is senior vice president and chief content officer at Maryland Public Television (MPT). In this position, he oversees all content created, acquired, and aired on the statewide public television network.  Travis brings more than two decades of media experience to his role at MPT.  Prior to his current role, he was chief content officer for the University of North Carolina Television...

Jessica Yellin is the founder of #NewsNotNoise , where she delivers daily news reports on Instagram without the anxiety-inducing frenzy you may find in traditional broadcast news. She launched #NewsNotNoise in 2018 after feeling like a large audience, mostly made up of women, had been turned off to watching news due to the hysteria, shouting and partisanship found in cable and legacy broadcast new...

Kathy Jentz is the editor, publisher and founder of the Washington Gardener Magazine which focuses on gardening in the Washington D.C. area (Zone 6-7). She is an avid, life-long gardener who turned her hobby and passion into her business. She is also the green media columnist for the Mid-Atlantic Grower Newspaper as well as the president of the Silver Spring Garden Club in Maryland. Kathy’s work h...

Jessica Yellin is the founder of #NewsNotNoise , where she delivers daily news reports on Instagram without the anxiety-inducing frenzy you may find in traditional broadcast news. She launched #NewsNotNoise in 2018 after feeling like a large audience, mostly made up of women, had been turned off to watching news due to the hysteria, shouting and partisanship found in cable and legacy broadcast new...

Travis Mitchell is senior vice president and chief content officer at Maryland Public Television (MPT). In this position, he oversees all content created, acquired, and aired on the statewide public television network.  Travis brings more than two decades of media experience to his role at MPT.  Prior to his current role, he was chief content officer for the University of North Carolina Television...

Jessica Yellin is the founder of #NewsNotNoise , where she delivers daily news reports on Instagram without the anxiety-inducing frenzy you may find in traditional broadcast news. She launched #NewsNotNoise in 2018 after feeling like a large audience, mostly made up of women, had been turned off to watching news due to the hysteria, shouting and partisanship found in cable and legacy broadcast new...