# Lisa Mae Brunson

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Empowering Futures: Inspiring STEM Exploration and Breaking Gender Barriers - Natasha Potashnik, SVP and Partner at Known

Today's guest is Natasha Potashnik. Natasha is a recovering academic - she studied theoretical mathematics at Yale and then Columbia, getting her PhD from the latter in 2016.  During her time there, she both performed research in algebraic geometry and taught math (to both undergrads and promising‮…

Harmonizing Hustle: Redefining Work-Life Balance for Lasting Fulfillment - Angie Brown, Vice President of Technology at The Home Depot

Our guest today is Angie Brown. Angie is Vice President of Technology at The Home Depot. She and her team lead the Merchandising Development Organization, Technology Enablement functions and Enterprise User Experience. Prior to her current position, Angie served as Vice President of Technology – S‮…

Empower and Thrive: Unleashing the Power of Knowing and Believing in Yourself - Dr. Yolanda Kerney, Diplomat in Residence in DC Metro (DC, DE, MD, W. VA), in the U.S. Department of State

Today's guest is Dr. Yolanda Kerney. Dr. Yolonda joined the United States diplomatic corps as a Foreign Service Officer in 2004. She served as Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Mission to Barbados, the Easte‮…

Nurturing Inclusion: Leading with Empathy & Allyship with Melinda Epler founder of Empovia (formerly Change Catalyst)

Melinda Briana Epler has more than 25 years of experience elevating brands and developing business innovation strategies for startups, Fortune 500 companies, and global NGOs. As CEO of Empovia (formerly Change Catalyst), Melinda is a strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion advisor for executive‮…

Big Tech’s pivot away from diversity efforts (rerun)

This episode is a rerun and originally aired Sept. 11, 2024. Over the last couple of years, the tech industry has slashed hundreds of thousands of jobs, many of them in recruiting and other departments working to improve diversity. Companies like Meta and Google, which earlier set ambitious hiring‮…

"Right Now It's All a Show": A Founder's Honest Take on Inclusion | Lisa Mae Brunson

What if the most inclusive team you could build starts with one reframe: the human first, the role second? Lisa Mae Brunson has spent a decade building Wonder Women Tech, the conferences, hackathons, and STEAM programs for the people the tech industry left out, as someone who knew exactly what bei‮…

Why Companies Still Aren't Built to Hire Deaf Talent | Lisa Mae Brunson

Lisa Mae Brunson was born hard of hearing. For years, she says, it was just a fact of her life, until she started building for her community and saw how many rooms that call themselves accessible aren't. In this clip from Connected Conversations, Lisa tells Elena Petrova what changed when a collea‮…