She Geeks Out

Bryanne Leeming is the founder of Unruly Studios - the first ever Active STEM Play experience. They make SPLATS. How fun is that? We talk about Bryanne's journey to entrepreneurship and what it's like to be a founder in Boston. Felicia and Rachel are back together in Boston and we start off our conversation by complaining about the weather. Because, BOSTON. Enjoy!  For a calendar of events, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

Thomas Harwell is the Director of Student Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives at Boston University's Questrom School of Business and, like many of our other guests, is simply a delight. We balanced conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion with a healthy dose of Harry Potter, Black Panther and more! For a full schedule of events and a list of past episodes, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

We revisit Janice Carte, owner of Tiny Spoon Chef, and one of our most popular podcast guests last year! We learn what Janice is up to these days, how the business is doing, and talk about finding the joy in the work you do. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

Nina Dudnik is the founder and CEO of Seeding Labs, a Boston-based nonprofit organization that helps scientists in developing nations conduct life-changing research by providing them with lab equipment, training, opportunities for collaboration, and other resources. We chat about GMOs (they're not that bad!), science, and how Nina got started with Seeding Labs. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

Marysharon Owens is a Global Business Executive at R/GA and Co-Founder and Positive Psychology Consultant at Artistic Executive. We were completely inspired by her passion and commitment to creating a more inclusive world, to speak up against injustice, and to do it all with a positive attitude. We hope you get as much joy from listening to her as we did from the conversation! For a full schedule of SGO events, make sure to visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

We are thrilled to welcome back Rachele Pojednic, Professor of Nutrition at Simmons, Flywheel Instructor, creator of the Strong Process Forum, and all around bad ass. We talked about her upcoming summit and her new gig as the Interim Executive Director of The Prescription for Activity Task Force. We talk about moving, eating, and resting, the core principles of Strong Process. Listen up! And if you want to listen to our past episode head on over to Episode 23! For more She Geeks Out, make sure to visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

Hope Hall [http://www.hopehall.com] was President Obama's second-ever & first female Principal Presidential Videographer in the Office of Digital Strategy (as she calls it, 'the best job ever'). We talked about her journey toward having this incredible opportunity and what she's doing now. We were inspired by her vision of the world and we hope you will be too! Also check out Hope's incredible words of wisdom in her Mindset doc! For a complete list of events, make sure to visit www.shegeeksout.com!  

Chris Haigh is the Founder and Lead Consultant of True Change Associates, a consultancy dedicated to making the world a more just and equitable world. Chris is also working with us to design and facilitate our newest programming that dives deep into issues not just on diversity and inclusion, but also equity. Listen on and get inspired. We were! For notes and a complete calendar of events, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

  Leslie Coles is the Director of Progams at VentureLab, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Moms as Mentors - and she is one of the nicest people we know. As if this isn't enough, Leslie is also a She Geeks Out Ambassador and Moms as Mentors is a She Geeks Out partner! We have the good fortune to sit with her at our co-working space at the Impact Hub so this conversation has been a long time coming! We talked about what it's like running a nonprofit, pulling double duty, what supporting girls looks like, and why it's so important.

Janet Comenos is the CEO and Co-Founder of Spotted, a digital platform that helps brands make informed decisions on celebrity endorsements by using data. DATA! We talk about Janet's journey, what it's like running a successful company, the beauty and wonder of sales, and Britney Spears. You can learn more about Spotted over here!

Loren Boyce is the Director of Talent Acquisition at DigitalOcean and the owner of the famous @pugsofinstagram Instagram account. Loren has found her calling in recruiting and lays on some great tips, while taking us on her journey from being a nail salon owner to recruiting master. You can find her on Twitter and, of course, on Instagram! For a full calendar of events and other goodies, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

Ooooh, we went there friends! Please meet Payal Sharma and Sheera Borstein from YWBoston, a nonprofit committed to eliminating racism and empowering women. We talked about identity, microaggressions, bias and more, and how complicated these issues are even when we're aware that bias exists and microaggressions are a very real thing. It's all a process! We talked with Payal and Sheera about their process and what YWBoston is doing to help end racism. For a complete schedule of events and info on all things She Geeks Out, visit www.shegeeksout.com!

We're BACK and better than ever! In our first episode of 2018, Felicia and Rachel catch up on all the things. We recap how our 2017 went-- the highs, the lows, and everything in between. We're rested and ready for everything that this new year has to throw at us. We also spend some time previewing some exciting things on the horizon for She Geeks Out for the next few months. We missed you all, it's great to be back!

Welcome to our last episode of the year! We'll be taking a little break, but will join you in 2018. Our last episode features Emily Green, who received her MSE in Computer Science in 1981 and ever since has led a completely bad ass life, running several companies and now coaches other CEOs. She's also an author and is on the board of several organizations. Emily has a warm heart, great stories, and is yet another wonderful human we were grateful to spend some quality time with. And speaking of gratitude, we talk about what we're grateful for as we head into Thanksgiving. We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving too! Remember to check out our full calendar of events at www.shegeeksout.com.  

Noelle LaCharite is not just any technical program manager. She's the technical program manager for Amazon AND a mom of four AND founder of a few organizations that promote kindness and mindful leadership AND a recent owner of a farm because the rest wasn't enough. We were in awe of Noelle's story and we have some suspicions that she's a robot. We also talk about coat layers (hi seasonally appropriate November!), Washington DC, and Barry's Bootcamp in our intro. Hell week is here! Remember to visit www.shegeeksout.com!

Bonita Burke is the definition of a 'woman in STEM'. She has a PhD in Plasma and High Temperature Physics, and currently works as a physicist for MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. We talk to her about how she got into this career field, (some of) what she works on now, and oh yeah-- we may have also chatted about zombies and singing too! In the intro, Rachel and Felicia talk about cats and dating. For more SGO and a complete calendar of events, visit www.shegeeksout.com.  

Meet roller derby players Melissa "Crueliette Lewis" Martin and Sarah "Hermione Rager" Allwarden! We break down what exactly goes into roller derby, how they got into it, how important it is for them as a community and so much more. And yes, we talk about Harry Potter and Stephen King. Before we talk with them, we got awkward spooky, talking about Halloween costumes and terrible horror movies. See Sleepaway Camp and check out a roller derby game! For more information and a calendar of events, make sure to visit www.shegeeksout.com!  

Lucy Sanders is CEO and Co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and also serves as Executive-in-Residence for the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU). We talk about how NCWIT was started, its goals, and Felicia fangirls just a tad! We also cover topics including unconscious bias and the pipeline problem. In the intro, we discuss our weekends, Felicia's coursework at Georgetown, and be warned-- we talk a little bit about the new season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! For more She Geeks Out, visit www.shegeeksout.com

Morra Aarons Mele is a self-defined "hermit entrepreneur" and also author of the book "Hiding in the Bathroom", an introverts guide to networking. We can certainly relate. Not only is she the author of this fabulous book, she also runs Women Online, a social impact agency launching online campaigns for a ridiculously impressive list of world leaders and organizations, including the Malala Fund,... NBD. In the intro, we discuss #metoo and the allyship panel Felicia moderated this weekend. For more, visit www.shegeeksout.com.