Women of Color Rise

Women of Color Rise supports more diverse leaders at the table, especially women and people of color. We'll be talking with CEOs and C-suite women leaders of color and learning about their leadership journeys. How can you travel the world while running a successful start-up? For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Melissa Kwan, Co-Founder and CEO, eWebinar. Melissa has spent twelv...

Women of Color Rise supports more diverse leaders at the table, especially women and people of color. We'll be talking with CEOs and C-suite women leaders of color and learning about their leadership journeys. How can revealing our most vulnerable selves help us with business success?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Kathy Kuo, CEO of Kathy Kuo Home.   Kathy shares how as...

How can we lead authentically within a white dominant culture? For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Arva Rice, CEO of New York Urban League (NYUL). Arva shares her journey beginning with her parents as sharecroppers in Arkansas. Her parents dreamed of a better life for their family and moved to Chicago, then Milwaukee. Arva and her siblings all went to college, with Arva attend...

How can we risk, put ourselves out there, and even be willing to bomb as a comedian?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Rhea Wong, Founder of Rhea Wong Consulting, Author of Get that Money Honey, Host of Non-Profit Lowdown, and Aspiring Comedian. Rhea shares how as a comedian she had an audience of just her family and parents and told sex jokes and it bombed in a big way. B...

How do you respond to a jerk? And do it elegantly?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Lisa Song Sutton, entrepreneur, investor, former Miss Nevada, and former Congressional candidate for Nevada's 4th district. Lisa started her career in law, then went on to start and scale multiple 7 and 8 figure companies. Lisa is also a General Partner of a $20M pre-seed venture capital f...

How do you overcome imposter syndrome and take space at the table?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Renata Soto, Founder and CEO of Mosaic Changemakers. Their mission is to weave a better South by supporting and growing leaders of color focused on social and racial justice. Before creating Mosaic Changemakers, Renata led Conexión Américas, the nonprofit organization she c...

You need to share bad news, a lay-off, a break-up, or even a death. How do you do it - with love and care?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Vanessa Rodgriuez, CEO of NYC Outward Bound Schools. Prior to this, Vanessa was the Chief Program Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer at Citizens of the World Charter Schools (CWCS). She joined CWCS after serving as the Talent...

How do you talk about race with a person you love yet disagree with?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Kriste Dragon, CEO of the Pahara Institute. Prior to Pahara, Kriste was the Co-founder and CEO of Citizens of the World, a national network of tuition-free schools committed to serving diverse communities across the country. Kriste has also been a middle school teacher, i...

Is it really possible for a woman leader and mom to have it all?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Maddy Niebauer, Founder and CEO of vChief. After a ca reer as a consultant and non-profit Chief of Staff, in 2016 Maddy launched vChief. vChief provides chief of staff services to support leadership, strategic planning and communications for organizations. In 2022, vChief was...

Is it really possible for a woman leader and mom to have it all?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Maddy Niebauer, Founder and CEO of vChief. After a ca reer as a consultant and non-profit Chief of Staff, in 2016 Maddy launched vChief. vChief provides chief of staff services to support leadership, strategic planning and communications for organizations. In 2022, vChief was...

Is it really possible for a woman leader and mom to have it all?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Maddy Niebauer, Founder and CEO of vChief. After a ca reer as a consultant and non-profit Chief of Staff, in 2016 Maddy launched vChief. vChief provides chief of staff services to support leadership, strategic planning and communications for organizations. In 2022, vChief was...

Is it really possible for a woman leader and mom to have it all?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Maddy Niebauer, Founder and CEO of vChief. After a ca reer as a consultant and non-profit Chief of Staff, in 2016 Maddy launched vChief. vChief provides chief of staff services to support leadership, strategic planning and communications for organizations. In 2022, vChief was...

Is it really possible for a woman leader and mom to have it all?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Maddy Niebauer, Founder and CEO of vChief. After a ca reer as a consultant and non-profit Chief of Staff, in 2016 Maddy launched vChief. vChief provides chief of staff services to support leadership, strategic planning and communications for organizations. In 2022, vChief was...

Is it really possible for a woman leader and mom to have it all?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Maddy Niebauer, Founder and CEO of vChief. After a ca reer as a consultant and non-profit Chief of Staff, in 2016 Maddy launched vChief. vChief provides chief of staff services to support leadership, strategic planning and communications for organizations. In 2022, vChief was...

Is it really possible for a woman leader and mom to have it all?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Maddy Niebauer, Founder and CEO of vChief. After a ca reer as a consultant and non-profit Chief of Staff, in 2016 Maddy launched vChief. vChief provides chief of staff services to support leadership, strategic planning and communications for organizations. In 2022, vChief was...

How do you go from burnout to building a business about self-care… alongside Venus Williams?   For this Women of Color Rise podcast, Analiza talks with Stephanie Morimoto, the Owner and CEO of Asutra. She shares how she started her journey from 18 hour work days and burning out before she turned 30. She was so tired on weekends that she couldn't even get to bed and would crash on the couch. Stepha...

How do you go beyond diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to justice and liberation? Leaders talk about DEI. But is it more talk versus action? Is DEI enough? Or do we need to move to justice and liberation? For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Jessica Santana, Co-Founder and CEO of America on Tech. She's on the Forbes 30 under 30 list and the New York Non-Profit Media's 40 u...

Episode Description:   Have you ever struggled with deciding to leave a job?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Dr. Tequilla Brownie, CEO of TNTP. TNTP sits at the cross-section of education practice, research, policy, and community to disrupt education inequities so that America can deliver on its promise of education being the great equalizer.   Growing up as a Black fema...

Women of Color Rise supports more diverse leaders at the table, especially women and people of color. We'll be talking with CEOs and C-suite women leaders of color and learning about their leadership journeys. Have you taken deliberate steps to heal from trauma?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with African American leader Zawadi Bryant , President, Acute Care Pediatrics for P...

What is the secret to having it all? For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Erica Manuel, CEO of the Institute for Local Government, the nonprofit education and training affiliate of the League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties, and the California Special Districts Association.  As one of the few Black students at her school, Erica shares how her...

Do you deliberately seek out opportunities where you might fail? For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Taiwanese American Melissa Wu, CEO of Education Pioneers . Melissa believed the myths about meritocracy, striving for achievement, achievement as the ultimate in fulfillment, and to avoid risk and failure at all costs. But then Melissa discovered the truth - things aren't fair...

Do you deliberately seek out opportunities where you might fail? For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Taiwanese American Melissa Wu, CEO of Education Pioneers . Melissa believed the myths about meritocracy, striving for achievement, achievement as the ultimate in fulfillment, and to avoid risk and failure at all costs. But then Melissa discovered the truth - things aren't fair...

Hate Networking? 5 Steps to Becoming a Social Butterfly.   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Melisha "Mel" Jackman, Executive Director of Brooklyn Kindergarten Society. Mel shares how she wanted to rise and have more impact, but she couldn't just depend on hard work. She needed to stop playing small and invest in her social capital and network.    How did she go from a perso...

How can you create a rhythm of work and deep rest?   For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Haitian American Guerschmide Saint-Ange , Chief Operations and Talent Officer, National Association of Charter School Authorizers . Guersch's commitment to equity in education stemmed from her upbringing. She experienced firsthand how children of color were not given equal access to great...

How do you become a leader in a male dominated field? When people tell you no, how do you respond?    For this Women of Color Rise episode, Analiza talks with Kange Kaneene, Vice President of SAP.iO Foundries North and Latin America, SAP's no-equity ask external startup accelerators. Kange shares how during her career, many people would signal or explicitly tell her no. Yet, she would respond with...