Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director of #cut50, a bipartisan organization working to reduce incarceration rates and to make communities safer. The organization’s goal is to cut the prison population in the United States by half within the next 10 years. Their campaigns for change are led by people who have been directly impacted…
Sarah K. Peck is a force. She’s a writer, startup advisor, yoga teacher, and founder/executive director of Startup Pregnant—a media company documenting the stories of women’s leadership across work and family. Previously she worked as vice president of communications for a Y Combinator-backed startup, One Month, where she also was a successful writing and communications consultant, published in more…
In today’s episode of I Want Her Job The Podcast we are speaking with a woman who is leading a company that is utilizing technology to change education for the better. Jamie Candee is the president, CEO and board director at Edmentum, an education technology company providing web-based learning programs and solutions to more than 1 million children in 40,000…
Lesley Jane Seymour has made a career out of connecting and supporting women. Whether it was providing guidance for teens during her editor-in-chief tenure at YM magazine, or for young women while at the helm of Redbook and Marie Claire. And before her newest venture, she took this role of chief connector and supporter to the pages of More magazine,…
If you’re a parent, chances are you know about Dr. Laura Markham. And if you don’t, allow us to introduce her and her parenting advice that could be life-changing for you and your family. Dr. Laura is the founding editor of AhaParenting.com, a blog 130k+ subscribers strong. As a parenting expert she’s been interviewed for thousands…
Diana Klochkova has a job anyone in digital strategy would dream of. Heck, it’s a job anyone would dream of! As the vice president of digital strategy and analytics for Rebel Ventures, a leading digital strategy and tech venture firm focusing on global sports brands, she gets to help shape the digital strategy of some of the most iconic…
As the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 14 years, Kate White led the iconic women’s glossy straight to the top. And now she’s a best-selling author of career and suspense books that we just can’t put down. How did she do it? In today’s show she shares how her gutsy instincts, risk taking, rule breaking,…
Lily Diamond is a successful food blogger, writer and photographer who recently released her first book, Kale and Caramel. In her book she shares recipes for fresh food and how to use ingredients from your home kitchen to create beauty products—like facial washes, scrubs and moisturizers—as well as personal stories from her life. The book, which is based off…
After experiencing the hassle of living abroad and moving, Meesen Brown sparked to the idea that there had to be a better way to make travel easier. She realized the need to help fellow women who wanted to travel, but who didn’t have the time or resources to find housing arrangements. And with this, the…
Joi has served as the CEO for Dress for Success for the past two decades. The organization, which spans more than 156 cities in dozens of countries is often referred to as the ‘Starbucks of the nonprofit world.’