ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast

Mona boasts a 30-year entrepreneurial journey, having founded two successful companies. As a mother of two and a dedicated advocate for women's equity, she established her second venture, Stay In The Game, a business process outsourcing firm guided by the vision that no mother or caregiver should be forced to choose between a career and caring for their loved ones.

Welcome back to the ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast! In this episode, Beth Chesterton welcomes CEO, Entrepreneur and multiple award winner, Mona Andrews. Mona is the Founder and CEO of Stay In The Game, a remarkable company helping women stay in the game while also tending to other responsibilities. Mona saw that women were stepping away from their careers in order to have children or to take care of parents and then having a very difficult time getting back into the workforce. Being a serial entrepreneur, Mona saw a problem and then created a solution! Stay In The Game provides women the opportunity to work remotely and keep their resume current and up-to-date. Tune in to hear some of Mona’s best tips for entrepreneurs, leadership and for staying in the game!  

More about Mona Andrews and Stay In The Game:

Benefiting from the flexibility of setting her schedule as an entrepreneur, Mona encountered numerous women facing the challenging decision of balancing work and family. Over the past six years, Stay In The Game has been positively impacting lives through its commitment to work-from-home flexibility, with plans for further expansion. The ambitious goal is to hire 5,000 women and caregivers by 2027.

Our awards and honors include: 

• 2023 Stevie Silver Award Winner - Female Thought Leader of the Year - Business Services
• 2023 Stevie Silver Award Winner - Social Change Maker of the Year – Gender
• 2023 Inc. Female Founders 200 Honoree
• 2022 Silver Stevie Award for Best Female Entrepreneur
• 2022 Los Angeles Times CEO Small Business Winner
• 2020 Los Angeles Business Journal Women’s Council Nominee
• 2020 AllBright Pitch Day Participant
• 2020 University of Southern California Marshall/Greif Incubator Participant Summer
• 2019 Women Helping Women & Achievement in Promoting Work-Life Balance
• 2019 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
• 2019 American Business Awards Start-Up of the Year
• 2019 American Business Awards Best New Business to Business Service
• 2019 American Business Awards People’s Choice Favorite New Business to Business Service
• 2019 Los Angeles Business Journal Women’s Council Nominee
• 2019 DataBird Female Executive of the Year - Bronze Winner
• 2019 Start-Up of the Year Competition - Semi-Finalist
• 2018 Small Business Expos Best of Small Business Award Honoring America’s Top 100 Small Business Visionaries
• 2018 Start-Up of the Year & Best New B2B Service of the Year
• 2018 Stevie Awards for Women in Business

Mona has also been published eight times in Forbes and has been a featured speaker at both the Ellevate Southwest Conference and the Silicon Slopes Summit.

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ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast is produced by Amanda Taran.

Welcome back to the ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast! Today, our host, Sharon Fiehler welcomes DeLisa Guerrier, Managing Partner of Guerrier Development, a Nashville-based firm that has been developing communities and neighborhoods for 13 years. DeLisa is also the Co-Founder and Developer of Storyville Gardens. In this episode, she shares her recipe for success, talks about the impact of representation, the incredible example her mother is and the importance of thinking big. DeLisa reminds us that the scale of our vision is up to us and we can choose to think small or think big, so think big! She also shares how her love for reading and writing and the need for literacy led to the vision for Storyville Gardens, a theme park based upon literacy. She is a true powerhouse and one of the few minority women in real estate development. We are thrilled that she took time to speak with us and share her story. We hope it inspires you to think big and go after your own goals! 

DeLisa Guerrier bio:

The Guerrier Development journey started with Elde Guerrier’s journey from humble beginnings in Haiti to him becoming the founder of a company with over $500M in projects at various stages of development in middle Tennessee. It was a serendipitous encounter with DeLisa when met her now husband Elde, which set a course for the great success in their future. 

Originally on a path to become a physician, DeLisa relocated from California to Nashville. There, she discovered a different calling—marrying Elde, obtaining her real estate license, and partnering with him to aid Nashville’s residents facing foreclosure or short sales in the post-recession real estate market. This union of talents gave rise to a formidable force in the real estate industry, culminating in the establishment of Guerrier Development. 

DeLisa’s distinction as one of the few women in the state licensed as a general contractor for commercial, residential, and industrial construction earned her recognition, including being the youngest woman by 30 years to be inducted into the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame. Her unique position in a male-dominated field, especially as part of a husband-wife team, sets her apart. 

In addition to their remarkable achievements, DeLisa is a founding member of the Black Owner and Women’s Collective (BOW), an organization dedicated to helping black women entrepreneurs secure capital and contracts for growth. She is also affiliated with the Women Business Collaborative (WBC) and Women Presidents Organization (WPO).

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ABC To CEO

• Prepares young women for the possibility of becoming not just a leader but the leader
• Firmly believes that when more women are at the top, there will be a tipping point that will make equality possible
• Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization

ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast is produced by Amanda Taran.

Welcome back to ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast. Today, Sharon Fiehler welcomes Andra Kidd to the show. Join us as we uncover the strategies and mindset shifts that could redefine your professional journey. When this episode was recorded, Andra was the Chief Growth and Strategy Officer for Verdantas, now she is the CEO of Spheros Environmental. Learn the moves that propelled her career forward, moves that you, too, can apply to navigate your own path to success.

This episode is very special because Andra is the perfect example of taking the right steps and ultimately reaching the goal of becoming CEO. Imagine applying Andra's blueprint to your aspirations, transforming your vision into action.

In this episode, she gives us an inside look at her rise and how having the courage to change paths was an important step in her career growth. Dive into the moments of bravery that can inspire your next bold move.

She also shares advice she would give her younger self. Absorb the wisdom that can help you sidestep obstacles and accelerate your climb to the top. She also explains the importance of mentors. Discover how the right guidance can unlock doors and perspectives, propelling your leadership journey. If your goal is to become a CEO, you will get a wonderful roadmap by listening and learning from Andra Kidd.

Before we dive into our conversation with Andra Kidd, consider this: her story is more than a career trajectory. It's a real-life inspiration for anyone dreaming of the CEO chair. Through her experiences, from navigating corporate challenges to balancing personal passions, Andra exemplifies what it means to lead with authenticity and vision. As you listen, imagine the parts of her journey that could be part of your own story to leadership.



Andra Kidd is a business leader with more than 26 years of leadership, management, and strategic growth experience with multi-national consulting firms leading profit & loss, business development, and merger & acquisitions programs. As Director of Operations for ERM North America, had operational and profit & loss responsibility for six business units with over 2,000 in headcount during the height of the COVID pandemic. Previous roles in HDR Engineering as Associate Vice President, Market Sector Leader, Client Development Leader and in technical group leader positions. As Chief Operating Officer at Verdantas, brought five acquisitions together as one company, developed new systems and processes, developed leadership teams, integrated ERPs, and eventually launched as a new company in January 2022. As Chief Growth and Strategy Officer for Verdantas, lead corporate strategy, organic growth programs, and mergers and acquisitions growth program. 

Andra has a Bachelor of Science in Public and Environmental Affairs from Indiana University and a Master of Science in Environmental Science from Alaska Pacific University.

She and her husband have one daughter in college, and she enjoys skiing, rock climbing, and paddle boarding with her family and Australian Shepherd “Sage”.

Board Leadership:
Board Member and Vice Chair, DEI Committee Member for Boulder Climbing Community (Current)
Board Member for Alaska Resource Education (past)
Board Member for Anchorage Waterways Council (past)


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Prepares young women for the possibility of becoming not just a leader but the leader
Firmly believes that when more women are at the top, there will be a tipping point that will make equality possible
Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization

ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast is produced by Amanda Taran.

Welcome back to ABC to CEO “Preparing for the Possibility” Podcast. We are so excited to release this inspiring and motivational conversation between our host, Sharon Fiehler and very special guest, Shellye Archambeau. Ms. Archambeau is a Fortune 500 board member, Former CEO of MetricStream, Advisor and Author. In this episode, Ms. Archambeau shares about her journey to becoming a CEO, important tips she learned along the way, tools you can use in your own life and career today, how to turn a no into a yes and so much more. She also shares what inspired her to write her book, Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers and Create Success on Your Own Terms. A book we highly recommend! You can find and connect with Ms. Archambeau on Instagram and LinkedIn. We hope that you enjoy this episode as much as we did! 

Learn more about Shellye Archambeau below:

Shellye Archambeau is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high performance teams, and organizations. Ms. Archambeau currently serves on the boards of Verizon, Roper Technologies, and Okta. She is also a strategic advisor to Forbes Ignite and advisor to the President of Arizona State University, and serves on the board of two national nonprofits, Catalyst and Braven. Ms. Archambeau has over 30 years of experience in technology. She is the former CEO of MetricStream, a Silicon Valley-based, governance, risk, and compliance software company. During her tenure MetricStream grew from a fledgling startup into a global market leader. She is the author of Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers and Create Success on Your Own Terms. A book that will inspire you and provide the tools to enable you to fight the battles, make the tradeoffs and create the life you want. She is also a Forbes contributor and the protagonist of the Harvard Business School Case Study: Becoming a CEO. Ms. Archambeau enjoys the performing arts, traveling, cooking and writing a blog that provides career advice, insights and other musings (https://shellye.com). @‌shelarchambeau

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ABC To CEO

• Prepares young women for the possibility of becoming not just a leader but the leader
• Firmly believes that when more women are at the top, there will be a tipping point that will make equality possible
• Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization

ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast is produced by Amanda Taran.

Meet Jocelyn Mangan, the founder and CEO of Him for Her, a groundbreaking social enterprise that is changing for profit boards to include the world’s most talented women.

Jocelyn has over two decades of technology experience building iconic global mobile apps and market-leading software products at some of the world’s best local, consumer, and marketplace companies, including CitySearch, Ticketmaster, OpenTable and Snagajob. Jocelyn currently serves on the boards of Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA), ChowNow, and Wag! (NASDAQ: PET) and is an advisor to Homebase and CORE. She is a part-time moderator for the Netflix Leadership Program. Jocelyn was honored as a member of the 2016 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute, was a global ambassador for the Vital Voices Global Partnership, and was one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” in 2015.

Jocelyn is the perfect person to learn from — whether you are interested in lessons gleaned from her own extraordinary journey to the top or you want to hear how she and her team at Him For Her break down barriers between where we are today and achieving productive balance in the most powerful boardrooms across the nation. You will enjoy hearing about the progress made and her optimism for and confidence about the future. 

ABC To CEO "Preparing for the Possibility" podcast is sponsored by the supporters of ABC To CEO — a not-for-profit in place to inspire and prepare one million young women for top leadership. We are grateful to the organizations and individuals who stand with us as we endeavor to bring balance to the C-Suite and beyond. We rely on donations to provide excellent CEO content intended to educate and elevate.

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Meet Jenny Just — one of the world’s most successful women in business. Until now, Jenny was so focused on building and leading her fintech empire that she rarely entered the spotlight. Today, she steps into the spotlight to tell the world and ABC To CEO founder, Sharon Fiehler, about her latest venture — Poker Power.

Jenny Just explains what risk looks like when you are in your twenties and offered the “opportunity” to turn around your first company. Do you say yes?

Hear about lessons learned as she co-founded PEAK6 in 1997 with $1.5M in seed capital as a proprietary options trading firm and grew it into a multibillion-dollar financial services and technology giant, housing the next generation of products & service brands including PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, Apex Crypto, PEAK6 InsurTech, Evil Geniuses, and Zogo.

Jenny co-founded Poker Power with her daughter, Juliette. Poker Power is dedicated to inspiring one million fearless women through the game of poker. In this podcast, she describes the many ways the strategies utilized in poker have direct application to success in business — and in life. Sign-up for your first lesson at pokerpower.com to see what all of the excitement is about.

Visit abctoceo.com to learn more about Jenny Just and about ABC To CEO’s mission to prepare one million young women for top leadership and create a positive ripple effect that raises the water line for millions of women.

Beth Chesterton welcomes Jennifer Vigne to the ABC to CEO “Preparing for the Possibility” Podcast. Jennifer Vigne is the President and CEO of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County. She has won numerous awards and is the perfect person to provide advice for young women with great aspirations!

In this episode, Jennifer shares a wealth of knowledge about reaching your potential, finding your passion and striving for excellence, not perfection. Tune in to be inspired and ready to tackle what comes next!  

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About Jennifer Vigne, M. Ed., CFRE:

Jennifer Vigne is a fifth-generation Floridian whose love for her community and state runs deep and long. She is committed to strengthening Sarasota County and passionately believes that education has the power to change lives and contribute to the community’s prosperity. Guided by a strong value system, Jennifer believes that all students can learn and succeed and thereby participate in their own personal and professional growth as well as the community’s success. 

Jennifer joined the Education Foundation of Sarasota County in November 2015 as Executive Director and was appointed President in January 2017 and Chief Executive Officer in 2019. She brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit and corporate sectors. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Florida State University, a master’s in Educational Leadership from University of South Florida, and she is a Certified Fundraising Executive.

As an avid advocate for the principle that the strength of a community lies in each person’s ability and willingness to give generously with the best skills, talents and resources they can offer, Jennifer demonstrates her desire to make meaningful impact through her community and statewide service. She currently serves as Membership Chair for the Florida Consortium of Education Foundations, a statewide membership organization focused on building the capacity and effectiveness of local education foundations. She is immediate past board chair of Tiger Bay Club of Sarasota County, a forum to promote community understanding of current political and social issues through public discourse and the free exchange of ideas. A graduate of and class representative for Leadership Florida Education Class

IV, Jennifer also is a graduate of Leadership Manatee, Leadership Sarasota, and the Gulf Coast Leadership Institute. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum, Sarasota Women’s Alliance member and past member of the Sarasota County Commission Human Services Advisory Council, past president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Southwest Florida Chapter, past executive member of the AFP Florida Caucus, and is a recipient of the Sarasota Chamber Impact in Action Leadership award and the SRQ Women in Business Leadership award.

Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband of 28 years, participating in sports fitness, hiking the great outdoors or boating the Florida waterways. They are blessed with three grown children and most particularly love their dog, Finley.

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Welcome to the Women in Engineering Panel hosted by ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast. Today, host Sharon Fiehler talks to three successful engineering CEOs. Bisa Grant is the CEO of ANCHOR, where she began her career in accounting. In this episode, she shares her path to becoming CEO, her tips for success and her belief that you can have it all. Lauren Evans is the Founder and CEO of Pinyon Environmental. She shares her advice for starting your own company, the key to consulting success and the importance of engineering in our world. Susan Angyal is ERM’s Regional CEO for North America. She shares her career path, the importance of becoming a good leader and why you shouldn't wait until you're perfectly prepared for a role before raising your hand. You’ll hear all of this and so much more wisdom and advice that we hope will inspire you on your road to CEO. 

About Bisa Grant:

Bisa Grant is an executive and mom of girls with a simple desire to “do good work with good people.” She is always looking for a way to say “yes” but getting better at those necessary no’s. She is uber ambitious, strategic, and resourceful with a unique ability to find diamonds in the rough. Her “why” is her biggest motivation. The “how” is her superpower. Bisa serves as CEO for ANCHOR, a municipal construction consulting and engineering company, headquartered in Oakland with additional offices in Sacramento and Contra Costa counties. You are sure to be inspired by Bisa Grant.

About Lauren Evans:

As a professional engineer with over 37 years of experience, Lauren Evans is a tireless advocate for the advancement of the engineering profession. After graduating with a B.S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, Lauren worked for several large engineering firms. In 1993, she took the plunge and opened Pinyon Environmental, Inc. (Pinyon), an environmental consulting firm based in Lakewood, Colorado. Due to its outstanding reputation, Pinyon has grown from a staff of three to over 70 professional consultants and is considered a “go-to” environmental consulting firm in Colorado.

Lauren is an active member of The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National community. She is the current chair of the ACEC National Water, Energy, and Environment Committee and chair of the ACEC Women in Leadership Steering Committee. In past years, she served on the ACEC Executive Committee, chaired two subcommittees as part of the Planning Cabinet, and was a member of the Land Development Coalition. Lauren was inducted into the ACEC College of Fellows in 2012.

About Susan Angyal:

Susan Angyal is ERM’s Regional CEO for North America, a position she has held since her appointment in June 2020. Susan is dedicated to outstanding leadership and believes that a company can achieve success most readily when its people are inspired by a shared vision for a better, more sustainable future.

A chemical engineer by background, Susan brings 30 years’ experience in the environmental consulting and regulatory fields – 17 of which have been at ERM. Susan quickly proved herself as a leader at ERM in the area of Air Quality and Climate Change, then directed a Learning & Development program to foster future leaders. More recently, she assumed operational leadership roles, including that of the Chief Operating Officer for the North America business. Susan was included in The Top 25 Sustainability Leaders in Consulting of 2022 by the Consulting Report.

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Today, Beth Chesterton welcomes Stacy Taubman to the ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast. Stacy is the Founder and CEO of Spritz Media based in Denver and has a proven track record for building profitable businesses. Stacy has been a guest on Good Morning America, NBC News and featured in numerous publications including Bloomberg and ELLE Magazine. She’s received many awards for innovation and business leadership.

In this episode, Stacy shares a better way to view your weaknesses, advice for dealing with setbacks, and the strengths that introverts bring to leadership.

An accomplished speaker, mentor, and business leader, Stacy has interviewed some of the best: Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush, Sarah Friar the CEO of Nextdoor, fashion designer and business mogul Nicole Miller, as well as top leadership at Wells Fargo, IKEA, Microsoft, the Girl Scouts, Ladies Who Launch — among many others. She also dazzles in her Ted Talk.

As Founder/CEO of Spritz Media, Stacy draws on her decades of entrepreneurial and marketing success to help aesthetic practices and brands grow their businesses using the highest ROI social media marketing strategy: short-form video content. Platforms like TikTok and Instagram are powerful tools to grow a company’s bottom line, but creating content that breaks through to ideal clients is time consuming and requires skillful strategy. That’s why Spritz Media has a team of the most talented TikTok and Reels creators and specializes in short-form video content creation for top brands in the aesthetics industry. 

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ABC To CEO

• Prepares young women for the possibility of becoming not just a leader but the leader
• Firmly believes that when more women are at the top, there will be a tipping point that will make equality possible
• Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization

ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast is produced by Amanda Taran. 

Today, Beth Chesterton welcomes Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge to the ABC to CEO “Preparing for the Possibility Podcast.” Rhonda is the Executive Director of St. Louis Lambert International Airport responsible for $7 billion in impact on the region with revenues of more than $183 million and serving nearly 16 million passengers annually.

As a proven leader with a track record for extreme success and transformational impact, there is much to learn from Rhonda. In this episode, she shares keys to her early success — behaviors and mindsets with ground-breaking results— Rhonda was the first woman in aviation to lead operations for an airline as expansive as TWA North America where she served as  Vice President of TWA’s North American Operations, responsible for an $800 million budget overseeing 100 airports and 8,000 TWA employees.

Rhonda currently serves as chairperson on the Airport Oversight Committee of the Airport Cooperative Research Program, a research program supported by the FAA. She formerly served on the National Freight Advisory Committee, an advisory board serving the U.S. Department of Transportation. She is currently serving as chair of the board of Christian Hospital (BJC HealthCare) and a board member for BJC. She also serves as a board member for several other organizations. She’s the former Chairperson of the Advisory Board of John Cook School of Business.

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ABC To CEO

• Prepares young women for the possibility of becoming not just a leader but the leader
• Firmly believes that when more women are at the top, there will be a tipping point that will make equality possible
• Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization

ABC to CEO: Preparing for the Possibility Podcast is produced by Amanda Taran.