She Succeeds

Episode 28: She is an Investment Analyst at Female Founders Fund - Layla Alexander

In episode 28, I interview Layla Alexander. Ms. Alexander is an investment analyst at Female Founders Fund, a seed stage venture fund that invests exclusively in female-founded companies. Prior to joining Female Founders Fund, Ms. Alexander worked at Goldman Sachs on the Real Estate Investing Team in addition to her work at Google, Harlem Capital, and Cleo Capital. Layla’s passion for supporting marginalized communities began at her alma mater, Columbia University, where she worked with the Columbia Organization for Rising Entrepreneurs (CORE) and Almaworks, CORE's startup accelerator, which focused on mentoring undergraduate and graduate student founders.

Episode 27: She Leads Us Through an Exclusive Personal Branding Lesson - Debra Hare

In episode 27, I interview Debra Hare, who leads us through an exclusive personal branding exercise. This lesson on one's personal brand is vital in capitalizing on personal strengths, growing from weaknesses, and developing an authentic corporate personality. Ms. Hare has spent over three decades focusing on providing business development and leadership coaching to service firms. Right now, she serves at Morgan Lewis as a business development coach, and she aims to help lawyers cultivate successful relationships while promoting the firm’s goals and projects. In addition to her background in legal marketing, she spent over 15 years as a businesswoman at highly successful architecture and engineering firms. I hope you enjoy the 20 minute background and advice from Ms. Hare before her insight on personal branding! Ms. Hare has also offered to personally answer any questions if any listeners have them, so feel free to send Meredith an email at theshesucceedspodcast@gmail.com or interact with this episode through Spotify.

Episode 26: She Uncovered Her Father's Role in American History - Kristin Carlucci Weed

EXCLUSIVE INFO: sneak peak! During the episode, Mrs. Weed shares a story about writing Get Me Carlucci she's never told before. Listen to learn more! Mrs. Weed is the author of “Get Me Carlucci: A Daughter Recounts Her Father's Legacy of Service.” Get Me Carlucci combines former Secretary of Defense Frank C. Carlucci’s own words with interviews from his contemporaries and context from Mrs. Weed, who completes her late father’s story while keeping his “characteristic deadpan humor and tell-it-like-it-is sensibility.” Despite having never seeked the spotlight, Carlucci was once called “Washington’s Ultimate Survivor” by the Washington Post after serving over 6 presidents and ultimately shaping the world. Mrs. Weed has displayed incredible research skills in her writing after scouring through both newspapers in her attic and in the Library of Congress.

Episode 25: She Works With Ultra-High Net Worth Clients as an Assistant Vice President at Bank of America - Bria Peace

In episode 25, I interview Bria Peace. Ms. Peace is an Assistant Vice President at Bank of America in New York City, focusing on wealth management and hedge fund origination. She sources, structures, and manages equity hedge fund products for Bank of America's wealth platform, working with hedge fund managers to select offerings for ultra-high net worth client portfolios. Bria also recently joined the board of En Garde Arts (engardearts.org), an artist-centered non-profit theater production company, that supports playwrights, directors, composers and designers creating site-specific work through New York City. As a board member, Ms. Peace assists En Garde with fundraising, business strategy, event planning, and increasing viewership. Know someone that would be a great guest on She Succeeds? Send me an email at theshesucceedspodcast@gmail.com Like, download and share this episode!

Episode 24: She Coaches Women to 100k - Tanika DeSouza

In episode 24, I had the pleasure of interviewing Tanika de Souza, a remarkable individual celebrated for her prowess as a business coach. With appearances on major news networks like MarketWatch, NBC, FOX, CBS, and ABC, she has showcased her exceptional skills in empowering women entrepreneurs to achieve the milestone of earning 100k in their own unique ways. Tanika isn't just a coach; she's a thriving entrepreneur herself, having founded both the 100k Society and her own delightful bakery, Cupcake Dropoff.