Girl Influence Power with Nadia Lee

Sports agent, businesswoman, philanthropist, author 'Quiet Is A Superpower'

For this episode, our guest is Jill Chang, the elegant and powerful author of international best seller “Quiet is a Superpower- The secret strengths of introverts in the workplace". Her book Quiet is Superpower was a #1 bestseller and stayed among the Top 10 bestsellers in Taiwan for 20 weeks. Jill’s book is filled with personal accounts of her being an extreme introvert and yet succeeding in jobs that are often described for extroverts, example being her job as a professional sports agent at the age of twenty-six. Jill has also held careers in the US government as well as international businesses, and strategy consultant for public welfare organizations. Currently Jill is the Account Director for Family Philanthropy of Give2Asia, an international nonprofit organization. Jill is received her masters from the University of Minnesota and was a Fellow of Harvard SEED for Social Innovation. To top it off, Jill was featured in Girls in Tech Taiwan 40 Under 40 in 2018. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Laura Huang, Professor, Harvard Business School, author of 'Edge - Turning Adversity into Advantage'.

Our guest is the young, intelligent and well spoken professor and author Laura Huang. Laura is the author of the book “EDGE- Turning Adversity into Advantage”. Her book EDGE talks about how to gain an edge given the confines of who we are, where we are and the circumstances that we have to work with in order to gain an edge and game the system of bias. Basically anyone who understands how to master and navigate using Laura’s principles can excel in work and life. Laura, or as her students would call her, Professor Huang, is currently a professor at Harvard Business School. As one of the BEST business school professors under the age of 40 by Poets and Quants, she spend her entire academic career studying interpersonal relationships and implicit bias in entrepreneurship and in the workplace. Laura before her days as a professor has previously held jobs in investment banking, consulting and management working for companies like Standard Chartered Bank, IBM Global Services, and Johnson & Johnson. Laura received a combined Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in electrical engineering from Duke University and an MBA from INSEAD, and a PhD from the University of California, Irvine. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

CEO of Kids Dream, Chewy Jang

Today we have the unstoppable entrepreneur Chewy Jang with us. Chewy Jang is the CEO of Kid’s Dream, a special occasions kids clothing brand that inspires young girls to feel the wonderment of being a princess through its beautiful dresses that captures the magic of their childhood. As a family-owned kids apparel brand designed and made in Los Angeles, Chewy takes pride in her active involvement in her business and locally in her city. Kid’s Dream is sold directly online as well as through an extensive wholesale network that spans over 35 countries through authorized retailers. Taking control of how COVID has suddenly impact her business, Chewy quickly pivoted to make fabric face masks and started LA Face Masks. She is now also the CEO of LA Face Masks. As a local manufacturer located in Los Angeles, Chewy quickly produced face masks to save her business and also donated thousands of masks to hospitals and frontline workers. Chewy grew up in Los Angeles since immigrating from South Korea at the age of 5. She graduated from Marlborough School and received her Bachelors in Finance and Management from Santa Clara University Leavy School of business. Chewy is heavily involved with the Asian American business community and serves on the board of the Asian Business Association and ACE NextGen (Asian Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship). On her spare time, Chewy is also a licensed real estate agent and investor. She loves to connect the community and mentor new start-up entrepreneurs. She is most proud to be in the LGBT community. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Educator, Parent, CEO of C. Sanders Emblems, Penny Ledbetter

Today we have entrepreneur and women extraordinare Penny Ledbetter with us! Penny is CEO, wife, mother to 4 children, 2 step-daughters, 5 son and daughter-in-laws all of which are all very accomplished in their own fields and grandmother to 9 grandkids with one more coming in September. I have known Penny for many years as she was one of the few women CEO in my Vistage Group. For those who don’t know about Vistage, it is CEO coaching and peer advisory organization that meets monthly. Penny is the CEO of C. Sanders Emblems. C Sanders is an advertising specialty company that designs original promotional products. They are best known for their beautiful lapel pins that goes on baseball hats, shirts for sports teams like Little League Baseball, clubs like Elks Clubs & RSVP and companies like Disney. Under her leadership, Penny was voted in 2017 by PPAI, PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL, her industry’s trusted professional organization as BEST BOSS to work for. In her early years, Penny spend many years as a teacher before retiring to full time mom after her four kids were born. As Penny’s leadership still could not be contained to just staying at home, she would volunteer in her community that eventually led her to be the PTA President for 3 years, PTA Council President, First District PTA Board for the San Gabriel Valley and Board member on many foundations and committees. Penny is also the ultimate role model for knowing how to balance work with family and still raise successful children. All of Penny’s 6 children graduated from University with 3 having earned a PhD, all in completely different field. Because I know Penny personally I know how accomplished her kids are truly. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

Fashion, Beauty Editor, Media Host, Jennifer Chan

Today we have the fashionably glam and well spoken Jennifer Chan with us! Jennifer Chan is an established fashion and beauty editor, media personality and on-air host with over 15 years of experience having worked for leading media outlets including InStyle Magazine, E! Online, ELLE.com, The Kardashians , Fashionista.com and more. She has appeared on-air as a style correspondent and industry expert for TV networks like CNBC, MSN Entertainment, Sky News, Total Beauty and BET Network. Jennifer has interviewed dozens and dozens of A-List stars, attended countless exclusive industry events as well as attended many runway shows as well being the host on numerous fashion shows for retailers like Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s. Most recently, she was on the launch team for the Kardashian/Jenner apps and web sites, as Senior Editor to both Kim Kardashian West and Kourtney Kardashian. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.