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Maggie Marcus: Using Your Voice to Shape Systems and Expand Opportunity

42 min · 10 de may de 2026
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Join Leslie Gaudet and Maggie Marcus, education equity leader and Executive Director of the Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation, for a thoughtful conversation about influence, integrity, and expanding opportunity through systems change. Maggie shares how her work began in the classroom, where she witnessed talented multilingual students navigating barriers that had nothing to do with ability—and how that experience shaped her commitment to advancing equity at a broader level. From empowering bilingual educators to guiding philanthropic partnerships that create lasting impact, Maggie offers a grounded perspective on what it truly means to lead with responsibility. In this episode, you’ll hear how she defines influence in the context of education and philanthropy, how she approaches visibility without centering herself, and what conscious impact looks like when making funding and partnership decisions. Maggie also speaks to the resilience required to stay anchored to mission-driven work—and what she hopes the next generation of women leaders understands about success, equity, and using their voice with purpose. If you care about shaping the systems around you in meaningful ways—and leading with clarity, intention, and integrity—this conversation will stay with you long after it ends. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign] leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.com ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with the words “I’m in for Monthly Gathering” and that will be enough for me to know that you’re interested.  The YES Reset Community: If you are a woman in law and you would like to share your perspective as I build The YES Reset Community, I would love to hear from you because what I create will be shaped by what you're actually experiencing. You can send me an email to share what resonated or ask any questions. I read every message. And if you're willing to go a little deeper, you can complete a brief feedback form that will help me build this with your actual experience in mind. You'll find the link here: https://forms.gle/qAjxLDnUCyrEBboD9 [https://forms.gle/qAjxLDnUCyrEBboD9]  ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Maggie Marcus. https://sullivanfamilycharitablefoundation.org/ [https://calendly.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsullivanfamilycharitablefoundation.org%2F&user_uuid=HAECGVTOABBJXW25&stage=1&hmac=0831d40dbef71f21b2482730ab423e274d95fae00eb8451c6fb67a892f4c9235] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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