Brunch & Learn Podcast

Meet Dominek Tubbs:Dominek is a digital creator based in New York City specializing in food and travel content. With a passion for culinary adventures and storytelling, she has become a trusted resource in the city's gastronomic landscape and beyond. Her talents have allowed her to work with brands such as Amtrak, Eventbrite, OpenTable, and more.Follow Dominek here: https://www.instagram.com/domnthecityhttps://www.threads.net/@domnthecityhttps://twitter.com/domnthecitywww.domnthecity.comWhat ...

About Sharelle Klaus:As the visionary behind DRY, Sharelle Klaus has always had a passion for the culinary world and celebrating each part of a meal – including the beverages. After having four children and not being able to enjoy wine or cocktails with her meals, Klaus recognized the need for a refreshing, elevated, non-alcoholic option in the market that was worthy of pairing with a great meal. In 2005, Klaus crafted the first batches of DRY Soda in her home kitchen and officially launched ...

About Sally: Sally Ekus is a Senior Literary Agent at JVNLA. She leads The Ekus Group, a boutique culinary and lifestyle division that in January 2024 merged with JVNLA after a long history between the two literary agencies. Sally represents a wide range of culinary, health, wellness, and lifestyle talent, from first-time cookbook authors to seasoned chefs, RDs, professional food writers and bloggers, and internet and YouTube personalities. From concept to contract, she has brokered over 300 ...

About Alexandria:Alexandria Drzazgowski is the food blogger behind The Foreign Fork, a project where she is cooking a meal from every country in the world. After backpacking to 15 countries in Europe and taking cooking classes in each one, Alexandria decided to take her project of cooking-around-the-world home with her. She started her blog in 2018, and to date has cooked over 450 recipes from over 90 countries. The Foreign Fork has been featured in Buzzfeed, The Detroit News, and Elite Daily...

About Flourish Foods:Flourish Foods is a meal delivery company that delivers fully-prepared, high-protein meal plans throughout NYC to those wanting to optimize their egg health prior to egg freezing/IVF or trying to conceive. Founder, Lizzy Cooper:Lizzy Cooper is a New York City-based private chef. Before she started cooking professionally, she earned her Masters in Social Welfare from UCLA and worked for many years in Los Angeles as a social worker. But then in 2017 Lizzy started LA's first...

Meet Kim Yorio:Kim Yorio is a storyteller. For as long as she can remember, she’s been crafting messages for media, thought leaders, and consumers. She’s worked top culinary brands and talent throughout her tenure running YC Media including Calphalon, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Ippodo Tea, Sea Tales, and Food Network magazine as well as Jamie Oliver, Michael Symon, Curtis Stone, and Carla Hall. Her results range from frequent placements on national television to features in top national maga...

Meet Leah Guadagnoli:Fancy Feast Supper Club is a creative dinner series organized by artist, chef, and homesteader Leah Guadagnoli. She brings people together through homegrown, globally inspired vegetarian meals prepared from her garden with passion, love, and a genuine curiosity for the overlapping flavors and techniques our expansive universe has to offer. Through extensive research and an ethically conscious appreciation of other cultures through food, her goal is to celebrate our common...

Emily Heintz:Emily launched Sèchey, in 2021, after her own journey discovering sophisticated alternatives to alcohol. A nod to the French word for dry, Sèchey is a modern bottle shop fueled by the societal shift in the way we celebrate without alcohol.An early ecommerce entrepreneur, Emily founded her first company in 2004. Since that transformative experience, Emily held a variety of roles as a merchant, store manager and retail sales executive. After a decade of helping global retailers res...

About our Guests: Ren Rossini is the Culinary Partnerships and Communications Manager at Burlap & Barrel. She joined the company in 2020 after moving away from a career in butchering and salumi-making. She lives in Joshua Tree, California, with her partner and their dog, as well as a desert tortoise named Sporty Spice.Bayley Freeman is the Operations & Communications Manager at Burlap & Barrel. She joined the company in 2020 from a career in magazine copyediting and child-raising....

Meet Rachel Kishore: Rachel Kishore has a background in finance, technology, food, and nutrition. After earning her undergraduate degree in Food & Nutritional Sciences, she began work at a nutrition BioTech startup before transitioning into FinTech.Over the last 5 years, Rachel’s work in finance has focused on women's advocacy. In recognition of her leadership and engagement, she was honored as a Yahoo Finance HERoes Top 100 Women Future Leaders and featured on the Nasdaq Tower on Interna...

Meet Tina Martinez:Tina has been professionally cooking since 2007 starting her career at restaurants in California and Washington DC before teaching culinary classes in Brooklyn. Then went on to assist some of the top food stylist in New York before beginning a 7 year stint at the Today Show where she styled food for the morning show. She now does recipe development, test and create video content for the Hearst Lifestyle Group, which includes Good Housekeeping, Women's Health, Woman’s Day an...

2024 Women Who Brunch Event Planning is Here! Here's some opportunities we're looking for:2024 Podcast Guests - Apply to this form to be considered as an upcoming guest: https://womenwhobrunch.com/brunch-and-learn-podcastWomen Who Brunch Event Sponsors, Collaborations, & Podcast Advertisers: Find out more about how to work with us here, or reach out via email: info@womenwhobrunch.com----About Today's Guest: Tara Pate:Tara Pate is the founder of Daysie, the first line of certified organic ...

Today's solo episode is brought to you by me, your host Nicole Dillon. It is officially fall which is arguably the best time of the year. There's something about all the fall festivals, apple picking, hot coffee with a warm apple cider donut, fall flannel and foliage vibes are everything. Not to mention I'm a true Libra. If you didn't know this about me, I'm also wildly passionate about the Hudson Valley. I've been an event planning for over a decade and there's nothing I love more than plann...

About Sajani & Kola Goodies:Sajani Amarasiri , an immigrant female founder is on a mission to create a more culturally representative and equitable wellness industry, bringing together the best of her roots in Sri Lanka and life in America. Sajani was born and raised in Sri Lanka and came to the US at 18 for college, then worked in building tech supply chains at Microsoft and Amazon. She leveraged that experience with her unique insights to her culture to create the first wellness co...

About Dam Good™ English Muffins:Dam Good™ English Muffins is a woman-owned, family-operated, mission-driven wholesale bakery that has been in business since 2017 - we make 4 varieties of all natural, preservative-free, vegan sourdough English muffins: “Original White,” “Multigrain,” “Cinnamon Swirl,” and “Whole Wheat.” We started with a New York State home processing license, and were baking out of our home in Croton. We have since moved our business to Peekskill, NY.Website: http...

About Jen:Jen Toth is a digital illustrator and fashion model with a big heart for local haunts.Like many, Jen spent most of the 2020 quarantine looking for ways to get out of her head. Inspired by the comradery in her community of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, she began scribbling local landmarks, bringing brick and mortar buildings to life through a mixture of watercolor and digital technology. Through clean lines and seductive curves awash in saturated hues, her whimsical illustrations capture the...

About Lindsay:As the CEO of Simek’s, Lindsey Hickey is on a mission to make mealtime a better time for all.Hickey joined Simek’s in 2008 and became Co-Owner & President in 2010 to firmly established the company as a second-generation family-owned and certified women- owned organization.Under Lindsey’s leadership, Simek’s has grown from a local frozen food company to the fastest growing frozen lasagna brand and meatball brand in the US, while helping millions of people along the way. Linds...

Laura Sorkin is a farmer, writer and sugar maker who lives in northwest Vermont with her husband and two children. She has a BA from McGill University and a Masters of Environmental Management from Duke. She also graduated from the French Culinary Institute (now the International Culinary Institute) in New York City and worked for several restaurants there. She is the author of Vegetables: The Ultimate Guide, and is currently working on a book about gardening for beginners. She is the co-owne...

Cindy Greenstein is a mother of three young adults and a credit-card points expert who loves to travel for free.During her more than 20 years of marriage, she has used credit card points to travel the world while rarely paying for airline flights and hotel rooms. Cindy—an attorney and former certified public accountant—founded The Points Mom to share her credit card rewards-program expertise with family friends and small business owners who don’t have the time to learn how to maximize their p...

Speciality Food Association: The not-for-profit Specialty Food Association (SFA) is the leading membership trade association about the specialty food industry. SFA owns and operates the Fancy Food Shows—which are the largest specialty food industry events in North America—as well as the sofi™ Awards. SFA produces the Trendspotter Panel annual predictions, the Spill & Dish podcast, year-round educational programming, and SFA Feed.Connect with SFA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Lin...

About Rachel: Rachel is a creative entrepreneur with a passion for ushering in a "revival" in the foodspace, starting with better-for-you nut butters that actually taste good, with no added sugars, preservatives, or palm oil. When she's not deep in the throes of building this almond butter business, she's busy being Mom to her three kids (ages 3, 4.5, and 6.5) alongside her husband (who is also an entrepreneur!). Rachel and her family live in Indianapolis, IN and love to travel, learn new thi...

Meet Allison:Alli Ball is the founder & CEO of Food Biz Wiz, Inc. and the creator of Retail Ready®, an online course and strategic support community for producers of packaged products in the food industry. As a former grocery buyer-turned-wholesale consultant, Alli has helped thousands of emerging brands understand what it takes to get on the shelf and have high sales once they’re there. Find her on her website here or weekly on the Food Biz Wiz® Podcast, her weekly podcast about wholesal...

Meet Jeanne: Jeanne Muchnick is a longtime journalist currently covering the food and dining scene in the Lower Hudson Valley for The Journal News/lohud.com. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she's a crabcake snob who's also a lobster lover, a coffee aficionado and a big fan of Brussels Sprouts. She's also big into doing what she can to promote local Westchester and Rockland County businesses.Instagram: @jeannemuchnick & @lohud_foodWhat You'll Learn in this Episode: Geography le...

Meet Ali: Ali Bonar is CEO and co-founder of Oat Haus, a food company on a mission to bring fun & play back to food. Their flagship product, Granola Butter, is the world's first oat-based spread and was born out of Ali's eating disorder recovery. Oat Haus is available at over 1,200 stores, including Whole Foods, Sprouts, Harris Teeter, The Fresh Market & more. Ali lives in Philadelphia with her partner Eric and their dog, Squishy.Website: https://oat.hausOat Haus Instagram: https://ww...

Meet Marissa: Marissa kickstarted her professional career in 2012 gaining invaluable sales and marketing experience within a large corporation. She enjoyed the structure that corporate-life offered, but ultimately made the decision to transition over to a small agency focused in event design and production and immediately felt at home. After spending close to 5 years managing and growing teams, nurturing existing relationships, fostering new partnerships, and overseeing executive level operat...

Meet Leesa: Leesa works as a commercial photographer and creative thought partner for natural food brands, hospitality groups, and wellness publications.Website: https://leesarenae.comInstagram: instagram.com/itsleesa__ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/leesarenaeWhat You'll Learn in this Episode:How her background and studies in nutrition play a role in what she's doing now with photography.What advice she has for finding or creating an alternate career path.How she has built and made an impac...

Meet Megan: Megan O'Brien is the Founder & CEO of Arch Insights, a market research company helping startups and small businesses better understand their consumer bases. Prior to Arch, Megan attended Harvard Business school, was the Business Operations & Strategy Lead for Flamingo (Harry's Inc.), and was a consultant at Bain & Company.Website: https://www.archinsights.coInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/arch_insightsWhat You'll Learn in this Episode:What interested her the most ...

Meet Jamie: Jamie's Farm is an award-winning granola company based in New York, crafting creative flavors baked with thoughtfully sourced ingredients. I initially started the business in college as a passion project in 2017, then turned it into a full-time business. Prior to that, I worked in the hospitality industry interning at a 3 Michelin star restaurant as a high school student. I've always enjoyed cooking and bringing people together at the table, and found that granola was a great way ...

Meet Brooke:Brooke Shapiro is a 15-year CPG marketing veteran who has worked on parent targeted brands such as Band-Aid, Johnson Baby, Coca-Cola and Glad, Hidden Valley, Kingsford and Clorox. Her visionary and trend spotting expertise allow her to help brands launch with the right channels to the right people. She has the innate ability to lead and bring people together in fun creative ways, and is on a mission to help launch CPG startups. She enjoys ice cream and provides ice cream reviews o...

Meet Ashley:Ashley is a mom on a mission! A momtrepreneur! Her mission is the same as the brand she created. To bring families together in the kitchen making mealtime more nutritious, convenient and fun!About Happy Grub:Happy Grub is the only Squeezable Instant Pancake Mix, made of natural and organic ingredients. Designed for the whole family, our mix comes in four great flavors: Buttermilk, Whole Wheat, Yummy Banana, and Apple Cinnamon. Happy Grub is so easy and so much fun. Just pick ...

About Eileen: Sunday Night® Foods was founded by Eileen Gannon, a former corporate executive and award-winning baker who turned her passion into a profession when she launched the company’s first products in 2021. The specialty food company offers luxurious, shelf-stable, premium chocolate ganache crafted in small batches with only the finest pure ingredients. In its first year, Sunday Night won a prestigious sofi™ Award for New Product for Dessert Toppings from the Specialty Food Associ...

Allison is the founder of Cortland Consulting, a brand strategy and marketing studio that specializes in building strong, resonant CPG brands and helping them scale both in stores and online. She founded Cortland nearly 4 years ago after helping to grow Sir Kensington's to and through Unilever acquisition. Since then, she and her team have worked on brands including Belgian Boys, Hu Kitchen, AKUA, Haven's Kitchen, and more.What You'll Learn in This Episode:Non-linear career paths and how to k...

Meet Anna Vocino: Anna is a voice over talent and stand up comic who also happens to be a Celiac who writes cookbooks. She co-hosts the “Fitness Confidential” podcast with Vinnie Tortorich. She has voiced thousands of commercials, cartoons, movies, promos, radio stations, and video games, which is a super cool day job to support her passion of food blogging and cookbook authoring. Her bestselling cookbooks Eat Happy and Eat Happy Too have 320+ easy to make low carb recipes that are all delici...

Meet Anouck: Anouck Gotlib, CEO of Belgian Boys, is on a mission to turn up the happy - one sweet moment at a time. Launched in 2015, BelgianBoys is in the business of fun, offering a delicious assortment of breakfast, sweet treats, and desserts available in 5000 stores and online. She leads a passionate team dedicated to growing more than just a revenue-driven business - creating joy for customers and spreading sweetness in people's lives.Where to find Anouck & Belgian Boys:Instagra...

Meet Erika: Erika Ferszt is the founder of Moodally, providing mood management solutions for the workplace; improving employee well-being & performance. After having suffered a stress-related vision loss burnout incident in 2015 that forced her to leave her role as Global Advertising, Media & Digital Director at Ray-Ban, Erika returned to school to study the effects of stress on the mind, body & brain. She completed a Post-Graduate program in the Neuroscience of Mental Health...

Meet Maame Boakye:Dine Diaspora co-founders Maame Boakye and Nina Oduro launched their Black-women owned and operated agency steeped in culinary, community and commerce in Washington DC to connect people and brands to African diaspora food culture. “There is no food system without Black women. This is why we center their contributions in the global food system by honoring and supporting them as well as connecting them to networks and resources they need to thrive. In our 5th year, we are more...

Meet Marla:Marla Isackson is the founder and CEO of Ossa, the industry's only Indie women’s podcast network and two-sided marketplace connecting over 1300 women-hosted podcasts with women-focused brands, reaching over 12MM monthly. She helps womxn podcaster micro-influencers monetize their content with brands interested in connecting with hyper-targeted audiences.She spent over 25 years in the corporate world, working for American Express, Citibank, and Barnes & Noble, before deciding to ...

Meet Julie:Julie Schechter is the co-founder and CEO of Small Packages (Techstars ’21), a relationship-building company working to end the loneliness epidemic.Her work centers on helping busy people find personal connection and maintain their friendships despite the pressures of physical distance.Julie’s work on millennial friendship has been featured by The Everygirl and Elite Daily, and she was awarded a Visionary Women Grant by Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran. She is an executive and wellnes...

About Jenny:Jenny Blake is an author, podcaster, and keynote speaker who loves helping people move from friction to flow through smarter systems, powered by Delightfully Tiny Teams. Her third book, Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business (Ideapress, March 2022) will help free your mind, time, and team for more of your best work. Jenny’s previous book, Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, 2016), won the Axiom award for best business book ...

Meet Lindsay:Lindsay MacMillan is a writer, TEDx speaker, and hopelessly hopeful romantic. After growing up in Michigan in the land of cows, cornfields, and kindness, she graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College. She was formerly a vice president at Goldman Sachs and has worked in both New York City and London. The Heart of the Deal is her first published novel, and she shares unfiltered poetry and prose on Instagram (@lindsaymacwriting).What You'll Learn in this Episode:Lindsay's 10 ...

Meet Melissa:Melissa Tavss started Tipsy Scoop in 2014. Melissa's background is in Marketing and Public Relations, specializing in the wine and spirits industry. She worked for 5 years at at agency doing Marketing for various wine and spirits clients. She received a Bachelors Degree at the University of Richmond, and later went on to get a graduate degree at NYU in a Masters in Integrated Marketing. Tavss has been quoted in various publications such as Forbes, CNBC, NY Business Journal, and F...

Meet Nicolette:Nicolette Fraza is a registered dietitian and lover of plant foods. She loves helping women repair their gut health and their relationship with food and their bodies.Website: https://www.nicolettefraza.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolettefraza_nutrition/What You'll Learn in this Episode: Gut health and how gut issues can affect intuitive eatingHow restrictive diets can cause further digestive issuesThe importance of mindful eating and how listeners can...

Meet Amanda: Amanda Lien is an East Coast-based PR ghostwriter, creative writer, and editor by day and a science fiction writer by night. When she's not crafting compelling, fun content for her clients, you can find her drafting her latest work of original fiction or cleaning up her Animal Crossing island.LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/amandajlienWebsite: https://www.amandajlien.comWhat you'll learn: Go-to tips or advice for creating a content strategy and what should you focus on firs...

Meet Lis:Lis Best is an executive coach for women in the impact space, founder of the Girls Club mastermind, and host of the Women Changing the World podcast. In my 10+ years in the corporate sustainability world, I watched two things happen: one, I saw amazing woman after amazing woman land her dream job and completely burn herself out (spoiler alert: this happened to me, too). And two, I saw time and time again that the impact that companies were having on the world wasn't dictated by what ...

Sonali Nigam is the Founder of Petminded, a former biomedical engineer and public health researcher. Most importantly she is dog mom to Ella, a spunky 9-year-old chihuahua mix adopted in 2018. Ella is the inspiration behind the founding of Petminded.Petminded is a community for dog parents who want the latest science-backed insights about their dog -- so they can give their dogs safe, healthy, and happy lives.Meet Sonali:Sonali Nigam is the Founder of Petminded, a former biomedical engineer a...

Meet Chelsey:Chelsey Roney brings her business-building and strategy experience to Proxi, where she serves as COO and leads a team of 5, growing the business through sales and marketing. After graduating from Texas A&M, Chelsey joined Boeing where she worked in financial planning and analysis and Microsoft where she worked in a demand center that focused on B2B omnichannel marketing. She grew and sold two businesses: a SaaS business in the University space, and a local services business. ...

Meet Alexandra:Alexandra Harper (Alex) is an entrepreneur and community builder who founded arts-based social networking community, Women of Culture, as a way to connect, empower and inspire women through meaningful engagement with the arts. She is a self-proclaimed 'arts addict' who believes deeply in the power of the arts to heal, transform and connect us all. She lives in Brooklyn with her two adorable kitties but is originally from the green mountains of Vermont.Website: womenofculture.or...

Meet Katherine Sprung: Katherine “Kae” Sprung is the founder and owner of Squish Marshmallows, host of Sprung On Food, and podcast IRATE with Katherine Sprung, commercial voice over artist, award winning chef, content creator, and culinary producer.Website: https://katherinesprung.com/ Squish Marshmallows: https://squishmarshmallows.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamsprung/Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamsprungYoutube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeSCSHB1zys5nj_HUMbTqA...

Meet Jen:Jen Gumbel, an attorney who's worked with hundreds of families to deal with or avoid a mess. Jen is an educator and podcaster who teaches how estate planning works, so you can avoid a mess and challenges you to create good legacy.Website:www.organizedafterlife.comSocial Media:https://www.instagram.com/jengumbel/https://www.facebook.com/organizedafterlife----About Us - Women Who Brunch:Women Who Brunch is a community for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from e...

Meet Sophia: Sophia Fifner helps women and organizations amplify their purpose through philanthropy. With over 15 years of experience in corporate affairs, she is a writer, speaker, and advocate for women and girls, as well as a #metoo survivor and #feministbeautyqueen. Today, much of Sophia’s work centers on #bravephilanthrpist, a movement of women who aim to change the face of philanthropy by highlighting stories of female philanthropists and providing tools to make charitable giving more a...

Meet Maya:Maya MacLaughlin is the Co-Founder and Owner of Maya's Syrup & Jam, together with her mother and grandmother. Early on into starting her company, Maya and her family began a tiny orchard in the Catskill Mountains growing some of the most unique and hard-to-find fruits and flowers like black currants and elderflowers. Over the years their products have won several national and international culinary awards. Most recently Maya’s won a Good Food Award for their Peaches + Lavender S...

Meet Alexandra ShytsmanRecipe developer, writer, photographer, and founder of The New Baguette, a plant-based cooking blog. My mission is to promote wellness through food and inspire others to cook more healthy meals at home. I'm the author of Friendsgiving and co-author of The Complete Vegan Cookbook. I also teach food photography and plant-based cooking classes at ICE and contribute to sites like The Kitchn and Food52.Website: https://thenewbaguette.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/t...

Meet Janique Edwards, COO / Co-FounderJanique is a team leader with the ability to connect, organize, maximize productivity and improve program efficiency. and started her career with the Department of Homeland Security as a Mission Support Specialist providing administrative support services to smaller subdivisions within the agency. In 2017, she was promoted to the role of a Management and Program Analyst, where she currently uses her skills to examine and execute administrative support pro...

Tali, an Ohio native was raised with strong family values. As a child, she always knew what she wanted and wasn’t afraid to fight for it. She has strong ties to her Hungarian and Israeli roots and is very connected to both cultures.Tali ventured to the ‘Big Apple’ in 2005 to attend the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising. She graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration with a major in Fashion Merchandising and a minor in Fashion Styling. Tali believes that there is a great parallel...

Meet Allison:As Founder and CEO of Square One Organic Spirits, Allison Evanow is the chief strategist, operations officer and visionary for Square One Organic Spirits, the U.S.’s first all organic spirits company she started in 2004. Since the launch of Square One Organic Vodka in 2006, Evanow has lead the company’s growth as a successful, independent spirits company with a portfolio of five organic spirits and distribution across the US and several countries. She was also one of the first wo...

Meet Melba: Melba Tellez is a Marketing Manager at Amazon and the proud founder of @mujeresontherise - a platform that connects Latina women and provides them with the empowerment, support, and tools they need to grow their careers and build the life they’ve always wanted.After successfully overcoming many obstacles, such as dropping out of high school at the age of 16, she is now sharing the lessons she’s learned and offering resume consultations and 1:1 career coaching, in hopes of encourag...

Meet Chelsea Food: Chelsea Ford is a highly regarded and award winning collaboration and business growth expert, coach and mentor. Chelsea helps foodpreneurs realise their dreams. Chelsea is the founder of the powerful and purposeful network, Females in Food® and creator of the Foodpreneurs Formula® group coaching program for women building food or drink products or services, catering businesses, culinary education services or packaged meal businesses.Chelsea is admired for her dedication to ...

Meet Jelena:Born and raised in Croatia, Jelena Pasic's journey to culinary came from her passion as a lover of food and travel. Jelena graduated at the top of her class with a Business degree from the University of Rijeka, Croatia and worked in the corporate sector for most of her post-graduate career before moving to the United States.Once in the United States, Jelena began a family and a family business - co-owning and operating three restaurants in Washington Heights, NY while raising two ...

Meet Marisel:Marisel Salazar is a New York City-based food writer for publications like the Michelin Guide, Zagat, VinePair, StarChefs, Bon Appétit, and more. She is the creator of the Michelin Guide's popular column Eating Off Duty: What celebrated chefs eat outside their kitchens. Salazar is also a member of the Newswomen’s Press Club of New York and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. She has interviewed figures from Michelin-starred and World's 50 Best chefs and politicians ...

Meet Sharene (Shay) Wood:President & CEO, Entrepreneur. Mother. Philanthropist. Wife. -- Sharene Wood wears many hats as a woman on the go! She is President & CEO of 5001 FLAVORS , Harlem Haberdashery and HH Bespoke Spirits. Sharene is responsible for all administrative and visionary for her family’s growing fashion and lifestyle empire. Her keen business sense and love of fashion make her a perfect manager and integral part of the company. She also contributes greatly in the company’...

Mini Melanie was founded by sisters Melanie Moss & Diana Moss.Human rights lawyer turned entrepreneur, Diana brings passion for flawless operations and delivering superior service to customers of Mini Melanie. Prior to Mini Melanie, Diana lived in London and in New York and ran various sales and operations teams over the course of eight years at onefinestay, a hospitality startup now part of Accor Hotels.Melanie Moss founded her bakery, Mini Melanie, with her sister Diana after year...

Meet Tracy WilkTracy graduated from the University of Central Florida and was trained by Natural Gourmet Institute. She went on to work in the James Beard award–winning pastry department of ABC Kitchen, making many ice cream sundaes while filling doughnuts at Flex Mussels. She later became the Executive Pastry Chef at David Burke Kitchen, being recognized by FSR Magazine as 40 Under 40 Rising Stars. Since 2018, Tracy has been teaching as the Lead Recreational Instructor at the Institute of Cu...

Meet Allison Krawiec-Thayer Founder behind PoppyLead. Her mission is to help people-pleasing entrepreneurs find their backbone to feel confidently in charge. She is an eternally optimistic human sunbeam, psychology and conflict transformation graduate, and certified professional leadership coach who believes we must lead ourselves first. Her entrepreneurial journey has been full of emotional highs and lows which (along with quarantine isolation) led to the launching of her community for entre...

Meet Christine O'DonnellChristine is an Emmy-Nominated TV journalist and Podcast Coach who's covered national and local news events. Some of the stories she’s covered include the San Bernardino Terror Attacks, Boston Marathon Bombings, Sandy Hook School Shooting. Christine is a mom, wife and advocate for women. She coaches solopreneurs and companies how to develop, launch and grow their own podcast to make an impact. She believes everyone has a story and thrives on helping people share theres...

Meet Stephanie Onyekwere:Stephanie is an IP and technology transactions lawyer and negotiations guru. She is passionate about helping influencers recognize their value and increase their standards, so they can start getting paid what they deserve. Stephanie created Advised by Steph after studying the influencer industry and becoming aware that influencers were not adequately advocating on their own behalf and getting taking advantage of by brands. She educates influencers on the value of thei...

Claire Wasserman, Author and Founder of Ladies Get Paid. Claire Wasserman is an educator, author, and founder of Ladies Get Paid, a global community that champions the professional and financial advancement of women. She is also the producer and host of John Hancock’s podcast, “Friends Who Talk About Money”. Claire has traveled the country teaching thousands of women how to negotiate millions of dollars in raises, start businesses, and advocate for themselves in the workplace. Clai...

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lara Schmoisman is a bilingual business strategist, Host of the Coffee N5 Podcast, and CEO of The Darl, a marketing agency that services clients from all around the globe. With more than 20 years of experience working in radio, television, film, and marketing, Lara currently lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband, two teenage sons, and her dog Latte. Armed with an accent, grit, and true authenticity, Lara helps entrepreneurs from around t...

Carrie Murray is a speaker, podcast host, and the Founder of BRA (Business Relationship Alliance), a network of powerful female entrepreneurs devoted to advancing women-owned businesses by providing the community, collaboration, empowerment, and support needed to flourish as an entrepreneur. Murray earned her Bachelor’s in Social Work and her Master’s in Social Justice. After becoming a court advocate, she helped victims understand their rights and navigate the judicial system. She later beca...

Kelley Hoag is a Behavioral Health Advisor with a Master’s of Science in Applied Behavioral Analysis and a Certificate in Integrative Nutrition. As the founder of Root to Rise Health, she uses a behavioral and intuitive approach to help men and women create rituals and routines that feel aligned and authentic.Root to Rise is a service-based wellness brand dedicated to helping men and women create a life of alignment by way of research-backed and intuition-led techniques. Founder and Alignment...

Camille Wilson is a NYC-based cocktail blogger who loves daiquiris, brunch, and red lipstick. Since October of 2018, she has been sharing simple recipes for expertly crafted cocktails and tips and tricks to help her readers host happy hour at home, no matter the size of their living room or budget. She's partnered with brands like Aberlour, Empress Gin, and Disaronno. And she was recently highlighted in Food & Wine as one of the "20 Black Mixologists to Keep on Your Radar." When she's not...

Elaine Cheng is the CEO and co-founder of Solo, a social people discovery app that brings people together through hospitality experiences. With a background in VC, law, and hospitality, she's driven to build micro-communities in niche verticals and is equal parts supper club host, aspiring consumer psychologist, and hospitality enthusiast. When not hosting Solo dinners, you can find her splitting her time between New York City and her hometown in Los Angeles. Solo Website: https://soloclub.ap...

Vanessa is based in both San Diego and Hawaii, but you will find her on an airplane photographing weddings across the country. Some of her favorite locations include Colorado, New York City, Seattle, and of course, Disney Weddings! Her work has been featured in worldwide publications, to include Destination I Do, People Magazine, The Knot, Brides, Martha Stewart Weddings, ABC News, Today Show, Good Morning America and many more. Vanessa was also voted #1 Wedding Photographer in Hawaii by Hawa...

Meet: Diana Davis Diana Davis is a business coach who empowers creative entrepreneurs and side hustlers to turn their passions into profit. After leaving a shiny corporate job behind, Diana built a successful six-figure photography and graphic design business as a #solopreneur in the hustle of NYC. Now, she leads other creative entrepreneurs to land their dream clients, grow a profitable business, and find fulfillment outside of the 9-to-5 through one-on-one coaching and group programs such a...

Meet Anneliese Gartner:Anneliese Gartner is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apto Media (www.aptomedia.com). She co-founded the company in 2018 out of the need to help small businesses find their voice against competitors and grow to their fullest potential. Apto Media is a creative marketing agency that offers Brand Design & Strategy, Marketing Solution Packages, and Production Services to small businesses who are looking to adapt, grow, and scale. Apto Media has worked with...

Meet Tara Sroka, an End of Life Designer & Educator who helps life-loving, curious people explore and plan their end of life wishes.Trained at the New York Open Center's Art of Dying Institute and the School of American Thanatology, she works 1:1 to guide and support you through the process of exploring your end of life planning. Tara focuses on the options, steps, and details, while you get to approach the preparations with the heart and creativity necessary to bring your dying wishes to...

Kim Kaupe is a co-founder, CEO, and one-of-a-kind teacher. In addition to running The Superfan Company, a fan engagement agency focused on creating products, programs and strategies for entertainers and brands, Kim serves up a street-smart business education in her weekly live series Coffee With Kim as well as her entrepreneurship-focused courses on LinkedIn Learning. She graduated with a B.A. in marketing from the University of Florida and roots loyally for her Gators. You might recognize he...

Meet Ariane Turner: A 20 year beauty entrepreneur who has dealt with acne her entire career. While educating clients on products and ingredients, healthy lifestyle habits, and wellness tips to best manage their skin, covering up texture and discoloration while working on major film/tv projects, or even in her personal life - she knows acne VERY well. What she has learned is that treating acne is a two part job; you have to not only address the actual breakout, but also the hyperpigmenta...

Meet Jamie LiebermanJamie Lieberman, owner and founder of Hashtag Legal has been a practicing lawyer for nearly 15 years. As an experienced entrepreneur, Jamie understands the unique needs of business owners at different stages in their organization’s growth. Today, she partners with clients across verticals including influencer marketing, creative services and e-commerce. She has a deep commitment to making legal accessible and regularly speaks about legal matters, the art of negotiation and...

Whitney A. White is founder of Afara Global, an innovation firm that guides startups, social enterprises, and corporate teams through the process of launching and scaling new products and services. In addition to her work with client organizations, Whitney leads Take Back Your Time, a coaching practice where she helps high achievers cut through the noise of the million and one things on their plates and get on a clear path to achieving the goals that matter to them most. Whitney began he...

Lexie Smith, Founder, THEPRBAR inc. From winning Shark Tank brands to some of Inc. Magazine’s Fastest-Growing Companies in America, Lexie Smith, Founder of THEPRBAR inc., has helped countless companies and entrepreneurs gain accelerated success through the world of Public Relations. With more than 10 years of PR and Marketing experience, serving most recently as a VP of PR and Marketing of a high 8-figure industry disruptor, Smith has been recognized as "Top 20 in their 20s”, “Brilliant PR Ex...

Nitu Patel is the owner and founder of Phoenix and Rose Feng Shui. After an intense reiki session with a healer in New York City, she was advised to pursue feng shui professionally because she had natural healing abilities in the home.Nitu started her business in August of 2016 and began seeing an immediate change in her clients' lives once she was finished with their spaces. She loves feng shui and continues to help heal people through the energy of their homes.In her spare time, Nitu loves ...

Meet Stephanie ThomaStephanie is a networking strategy coach, event host, and founder of Confident Introvert. She has facilitated over 1,000 events and established a fulfilling career helping people generate meaningful connections at online and in-person events. Her mission is to help introverts feel confident and establish relationships that catapult them forward in their career.As a connector, Stephanie’s views around networking have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, and Thrive Glo...

Founder of the viral business, Bridesmaid for Hire, the creator of the project, Finally the Bride, the founder of the blog, The Things I Learned From, the voice of the podcast, You're Not Getting Any Younger, the founder of the coaching bizz, Jen & Juice, and the author of the Amazon-bestselling books, All My Friends are Engaged, & Always a Bridesmaid for Hire, published by Simon and Schuster. Her story has been featured on the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, CNN, NPR, and Fox...

Meet Sana PowellSana is an Indian-American psychotherapist who writes about diverse mental health issues, self-exploration, and behavioral medicine. She is a passionate psychotherapist who holds an independent LPC license in the state of Texas. Graduated with a B.S. from the University of Michigan in Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience, and earned her M.A. from Boston University in Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine.Blog: https://curlytherapist.comInstagram: https://ww...

Meet Jamie RatermannJamie is a social media and brand strategist with 9+ years experience building brands by curating social media content, cultivating key partnerships, building brand identities and data analysis. With her experience of working with brands as big as TripAdvisor to companies just getting their start, she can help you focus in on what will give you the best returns for your brand and your time! She is currently enrolled in the IIN health coach program and loves to talk everyth...

Meet Baily Hancock Baily is a Collaboration Consultant, Workshop Facilitator, and Host of the "Stop, Collaborate & Listen" Podcast. A natural-born connector and professional friend-maker, Baily has spent her career growing and nurturing her network. She believes in finding the overlap between you and those around you, because it's in that overlap where communication, connection, and collaboration can happen.Website: https://bailyhancock.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/BailyHancock...

Meet Nicole TremaglioNicole is a speaker, dancer, and thought leader whose mission is to challenge the status quo of wellness and advance the conversation around work-life integration, non-linear trajectories, and mental health. Through her work as a brand architect, Nicole optimizes process, creates structural resources, and enriches culture for boutique fitness studios, modern wellness destinations, and lifestyle brands. Where to find Nicole:Website: nicoletremaglio.comInstagram: @nic...

Meet Miraya Berke Pronounced Mir-ray-ah, like a ray of sunshine. A party planner since age 10, Miraya lives and breathes the event lifestyle, down to every last sparkly detail. Her mission is to create experiences that spark delight. Miraya is the founder of Pop Productions, the event studio that started Dessert Goals and Rom Com Fest.Where to find Miraya:Website: https://www.mirayaberke.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirayaberkeDessert Goals: https://dessertgoals.comRom Com Fes...

Jessica Cording, MS, RD, CDN, INHC is a registered dietitian, health coach, and writer with a passion for helping people streamline their wellness routine and establish a balanced relationship with food and exercise. Through her writing, consulting, public speaking, and counseling, she works with individuals, corporations, and the media to help make drama-free healthy living approachable and enjoyable. She is a part of the mindbodygreen Collective and author of The Little Book of Game-Changer...

Meet The Punk Priestess (aka Majorie Gatson)Majorie is tarot reader, astrologer, fashion designer, punk singer, and word witch behind her eBook: Punk Rock Tarot Spreads. Today's episode we talk about a beginners perspective and learning about everything from tarot cards/spreads, history behind tarot, astronomy, astrology, sun/moon/rising signs, tools to do readings (sages, crystals), and all the planets that are currently going into retrograde over the next few weeks.Where to find Majorie:Web...

Meet Danetha Doe - Creator of Money & Mimosas Danetha Doe is a Jamaican-Ghanaian American entrepreneur, journalist, economist, manifestation teacher and the creator of Money & Mimosas. Money & Mimosas is a financial well-being resource enjoyed by readers in over fifty countries. Danetha was named a personal finance expert by Fast Company and the Wall Street Journal. She was recognized as a millennial thought leader by the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs and a mi...

Meet Emily Merrell -The Chief Networker and Founder of Six Degrees Society. Six Degrees Society takes the guess work out of who you are supposed to meet when networking, and hosts events both IRL and digitally. People also (lovingly) refer to Emily as "20 questions" because she's always loved figuring out people's stories.While working in the fashion industry, she dreamt up a place where individuals could come together from all industries, all backgrounds and show up who they are -- unap...

Meet Elana Gross - Journalist and the author of “What Next?: Your Five-Year Plan for Life after College.” In her book she discuss how to create a five-year plan and has actionable career, finance, wellness, and relationship advice to help you accomplish your goals. Elana has written for publications such as Fortune, Fast Company, TIME, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, USA Today, Women’s Health, Teen Vogue, Redbook, and so many more. She's also senior contributor at Forbes where she writes abou...

Meet Carolyn Stine - Entrepreneur, content creator, influencer, and writer. Over the past five years, she has built her namesake blog, Caro’s City, as a lifestyle destination for millennial women looking for insider intel on travel destinations, restaurants, recipes, reads, and more, as told through her punny, cheeky, and often poignant POV.Her business, Carolyn Stine Consulting, helps small brands in the realms of food, travel, wellness, and sustainability to find their unique voice, and cre...

Meet Gaby Deimeke, portraiture, concert, food, wedding, and fashion photographer as we talk about all things photography, how she got started - tips, equipment, software. As well as the importance of having a mission statement about your brand and company. We also talk more about her recent 2 year stint in New York City, working on "Badass Women" a 55 women interview and portrait series, which can also be found here: https://www.gabydeimekephoto.com/badasswomenGaby's website: https://www.gaby...

Welcome to Brunch & Learn! The podcast that features awesome women and focuses on my favorite topics.... BRUNCH and Learning something new everyday! Here's our background story of how it all got started, starting with how I started Women Who Brunch, a networking event for women in NYC back in 2013. I've interviewed so many amazing women around the world for this podcast and can't wait to share this season with you! Support the Show.About Us - Women Who Brunch:Women Who Brun...