Top Of The Game

A LA LATINA / CLAUDIA + CYNTHIA Claudia Romo Edelman and Cynthia Kleinbaum Melner are each remarkable women who joined forces to launch a podcast by successful women for any and all women (and frankly, any and all men):  “A La Latina - The Playbook To Succeed Being Your Authentic Self” .   Claudia is a staunch advocate for Hispanics in America and founder of We Are All Human. Cynthia Kleinbaum Mil...

CHRIS’ BIO Chris Brummer is Williams Research Professor and Faculty Director of Georgetown’s Institute of International Economic Law . He serves on the Board of Directors of Fannie Mae and is the creator of DC Fintech Week , the largest conference in the world at the intersection of fintech, governance and government taking place Nov 6-8 in the nation’s capital. Prior to joining Georgetown’s facul...

PAUL’S BIO Our conversation with Paul is a whirlwind with a master of the media & entertainment world, now shaping how we consume, experience and feel live events - from the Olympics to art fairs to music festivals. He is President of Endeavor’s IMG Events and On Location businesses, overseeing a diverse and global portfolio of consumer experiences, hospitality, and brand partnerships.  The co...

TOM'S BIO Tom's life and career are remarkable and he is a master of truth telling and the news media. He is an American journalist who was the weekend anchor for World News Tonight on ABC and is now Senior National Correspondent and anchor for NBC News Now, hosting Top Story with Tom Llamas, as well as substituting occasionally in NBC's Today and NBC Nightly News. He has won multiple Emmy Awards...

NOTE| This episode is longer than usual--> ‘Top of The Game (in) Overtime’ are released occasionally. RANDY’S BIO Randy knows more about finance, banking, private equity, fintech, and economic policy than just about everyone in the world. This talk is a master class that touches on all of these subjects, especially the changing role of banks in the world economy and its intersection with techno...

CARLOS’ BIO Carlos Moedas is a Portuguese civil engineer, economist and politician who is the sitting mayor of Lisbon. Two weeks prior to the election he was 20 points down and his win represents one of the most stunning political victories in Europe. Before leading the city of Lisbon, he served as the EU’s Commissioner of Research, Science and Innovation and as Secretary of State of Portugal.   C...

LISA'S BIO Born and raised in Oregon, Lisa Mensah joined Oregon Community Foundation in September 2022, following an illustrious career that has taken her from working on rural poverty with the Ford Foundation to serving as an Under Secretary for Rural Development in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, managing a $215 billion loan portfolio, to most recently leading Opportunity Finance Network, th...

VANESSA'S BIO Vanessa Velasquez is a young leader and should give us all hope and excitement about the future of America. Raised by a single mom in Vero Beach, Florida, she was most recently a White House Fellow and attaché to the Secretary of the Navy. She will continue to serve the country in an innovation focused role at the Department Of Defense. While she’s had to learn an alphabet soup of st...

NOTE| This episode is longer than usual--> ‘Top of The Game (in) Overtime’. These are released occasionally and are longer-form conversations than our usual ~15 min run times.  LAKPA'S BIO Lakpa Rita Sherpa is a truly singular human being and is one of the most prolific and accomplished mountain climbers in the world and has achieved remarkable feats that place him at the very top of the game,...

LUIS BIO The story of Luis Ubiñas has very humble beginnings in the South Bronx and for decades has been at the top of the game - a world class leader with wide-ranging experiences across media, technology, business, government and international affairs. We talk about the importance of humility, especially at the pinnacle of careers and where his happens to be. He currently serves on the boards of...

PO'S BIO Po is the most famous and charismatic math professor in the country. A world class mathematician with degrees in mathematics from CalTech, Cambridge and Princeton happens to teach math at Carnegie Mellon specializing in combinatorics, probability theory and computer science. But this is just one of many hats Po wears. He is also Team USA Coach for the International Mathematics Olympiad (a...

MEL'S BIO: Maria Elena (Mel) Lagomasino is a trailblazer who has been at the top of the money business game for many decades. This talk is a master class in capital, finance and governing corporations. Her family left Cuba for the United States in 1960, just after the revolution and Castro taking power. Going through that traumatic experience provided with the foundational pillars of her stellar c...

LEN'S BIO Leonard (Len) Schlesinger is one of the few people in the world that has been at the top of the game in two worlds, academia and business. He is one of the most prolific business thinkers and doers at Harvard where he is in equal parts beloved and respected and has had a decades long career at the top echelons of where leadership and influence are taught and exerted. Len is Baker Foundat...

JON’S BIO: Jon Fortt is a media maven, hyper-connector and at the top of the game. Jon co-anchors CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime“ AND is the creator of “On the Other Hand” a clever and informative one-man debate that runs on the network’s “Squawk Box,”  He previously co-anchored CNBC’s “TechCheck”  and  “Squawk Alley”. Our conversation explores the power of communication from one of the best commu...

NOTE This episode is longer than usual, we call them ‘Top of The Game (in) Overtime’. These shows are released occasionally and are longer-form conversations than our usual ~15 min run times.  GRACE’S BIO Grace is an olympic gold medalist with a heart of gold, the pride of her beloved New Zealand and truly a world champion at the very pinnacle of her game and a fierce competitor. She talks to us a...

SOL'S BIO Sol is an international business executive whose singular accomplishments are the embodiment of the American dream. This conversation explores how he dispenses his outsized influence  to change perceptions with facts. He served as CEO of three large-cap global companies in the US, EU, and Asia-Pacific region – namely US West, Orange and Telstra.  Media, telecom, digital, internet, innova...

This is a bonus episode where Javier discusses why he launched Top Of The Game and the path that led him to do it. GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade & Bio: https://...

Javier Saade  hosts lightning round talks w/ amazing people at the top of their games. Meet impactful leaders, thinkers and doers from all walks of life that push humankind forward. Gain valuable perspective on what makes them tick and use these insights in everyday in your life and work.  Longer talks occasionally @ Top of the Game (in) Overtime.  Check out our website and learn more about our gu...