Belonging & Leadership

Welcome to Unlikely Leadership. Today's guest hails from Seattle, Washington. She's dedicated more than 20 years to a career in public relations, and marketing communications. She's an entrepreneur at heart and founded an award winning agency revolution PR. Her superpower is delivering smart direct recommendations that drive successful communication campaigns. A true servant, she supports her community by providing pro bono work to organizations who support the protection of our civil liberties, ocean health at risk youth and fostering children. I can't wait for you to hear today's interview with Jennifer Karkar Richie. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: An entrepreneur at heart, Jennifer founded Revolution PR in 2002 to represent brands – big and small—that she loved, recognizing that passion was the key differentiator between good and GREAT PR firms. Under Jennifer’s leadership, Revolution has become an award-winning sustainable lifestyle PR and marketing agency focused on finding and promoting the clients who are part of our next revolution -- the revolution for good. Jennifer leads with her heart, growing her agency on the principles of passion, joy and tenacity. Her team appreciates her smart, spirited and creative leadership that rewards free thinking and new ideas. With more than 20 years of public relations and marketing communications experience, Jennifer is an expert strategist and practitioner. She spent the first part of her career at a top-five global PR firm playing an instrumental role in the growth of the Northwest office of The Weber Group, now Weber Shandwick. Jennifer has an aptitude for deeply understanding her client’s business goals. She delivers smart, direct recommendations that drive consistent success of communications campaigns that map to bottom-line business objectives. She’s passionate about leveraging her expertise to support the rise of sustainable brands providing solutions for a healthier planet and happier human condition. She’s been invited to speak at numerous regional events on the topic of personal brand, business communications strategy and influencer marketing. Jennifer is actively involved in her community providing pro-bono support to organizations who support the protection of our civil liberties and ocean health, and those that serve at-risk youth and foster children. Off work, Jennifer enjoys traveling with her family, running, reading, and cooking.

In today's episode we're going to meet India Jackson and have an awesome conversation. She has a brand visibility firm called Flaunt Your Fire, which proudly helps entrepreneurs and their teams align their public image with their most deeply held beliefs. She also co-founded Pause on the Play, a community podcast and consultancy committed to guiding individuals in the process of defining their values, diversifying their networks and disrupting systems of oppression. Her advice has been featured on over 100 podcast episodes and applied in businesses ranging from Christian Dior to Martha Beck Incorporated. And of course, to learn more about India's work check out Flaunt Your Fire podcast, wherever you get your audio. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: As an athlete, photographer, and creative consultant to personal brands, India Jackson spent the first decade of her career watching as talented professionals were forced to adopt identities that were sellable but not authentic. Watching the market flooded with an intense focus on follower count and crafted personas, she committed to taking a more aligned approach to influence-building. Her brand visibility firm, Flaunt Your Fire, now proudly helps entrepreneurs and their teams align their public image with their most deeply held beliefs. In 2018, India co-founded Pause on the Play: a community, podcast, and consultancy committed to guiding individuals in the process of defining their values, diversifying their networks, and disrupting systems of oppression. Her advice has been featured on over 100 podcast episodes and applied in businesses ranging from Christian Dior to Martha Beck Incorporated. To learn more about India’s work, check out the Flaunt Your Fire Podcast wherever you get your audio. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: As an athlete, photographer, and creative consultant to personal brands, India Jackson spent the first decade of her career watching as talented professionals were forced to adopt identities that were sellable but not authentic. Watching the market flooded with an intense focus on follower count and crafted personas, she committed to taking a more aligned approach to influence-building. Her brand visibility firm, Flaunt Your Fire, now proudly helps entrepreneurs and their teams align their public image with their most deeply held beliefs. In 2018, India co-founded Pause on the Play: a community, podcast, and consultancy committed to guiding individuals in the process of defining their values, diversifying their networks, and disrupting systems of oppression. Her advice has been featured on over 100 podcast episodes and applied in businesses ranging from Christian Dior to Martha Beck Incorporated. To learn more about India’s work, check out the Flaunt Your Fire Podcast wherever you get your audio.

Welcome to unlikely leadership with Audrey and today we're going to be having this most amazing welcoming cup emptying conversation with Kc Rossi, a business and leadership coach. She helps women scale profitable and soul aligned businesses. She's the founder of the soul print method, a system that helps entrepreneurs leverage their strengths joyfully to enhance performance and thrive. She's also the founder and host of the five star rated podcast women developing brilliance, the spirit of business with Kc Rossi, a show dedicated to mindset marketing and manifesting for leaders with a purpose. She's also a certified aroma therapist, Mind Body coach and NLP practitioner, which allows her to bring a holistic and intuitive approach to her coaching. And when she's offline, you can find her enjoying her organic garden, walking through the grape vineyards and the Naples Valley in upstate New York or 30 feet under scuba diving and blue waters. Girl you better go with your 30 Feet Under. I love Kc. She's somebody I've just recently been introduced to. I think she's just completely fabulous. She has exactly what she says to bring joy into her clients. You're going to see this Oh, she is in her life. That's what she's gonna bring on this call some joy. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Kc Rossi is a Mindset and Self-Leadership Coach who helps high-achieving women entrepreneurs go from people-pleasing burned-out perfectionists to profitable powerhouses. She’s been a full-time entrepreneur since 1991 and has built six and 7+ figure businesses. Kc is a Certified Aromatherapist, Mind-Body Eating Coach, and NLP Practitioner. This allows her to bring an integrated and intuitive approach to her coaching. Kc is the Founder of The Soulprint Method™, a system that combines energy, mindset, and spirituality. This holistic approach provides extreme clarity, dissolves limiting beliefs, improves performance, and opens the way to experience and share your full potential. She is the host of Women Developing Brilliance® — The Spirit of Business; a show dedicated to cultivating confidence, increasing visibility, elevating vibration, and leading with purpose. When she’s offline you can find her whipping up plant-based eats or hiking the Finger Lakes Trail in Upstate, New York. Kc is an Executive Contributor of Brainz Magazine. Her work has been highlighted in ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Thrive Global, SmallBizDaily, International Journal of Professional Holistic Aromatherapists, Female Entrepreneurial Association, and The Smart Girl Tribe.

Gratitude isn't a passive word or a kind affirmation. It is a space, A healing space. While many of us can comprehend the practice and the application of gratitude in our personal lives, or in our well-being journey, there is an extraordinary opportunity to bring gratitude to your profession. And to your leadership. And what you will find is limitless, but most importantly a greater depth and a direct line to your human potential.

Welcome to unlikely leadership and today we're going to be talking to Omari Salisbury the self proclaimed black Forrest Gump. What? What does that even mean? Listen, there's an article that came out this year. And I'm just going to take in a paragraph from it as an introduction because his actual bio is so long and involves such a beautiful, fascinating, inspiring windy road. It's best served up to you from his own voice, which he shares about in this podcast episode he's the CEO of Converge Media. But, over the past 15 months, he has stubbornly planted himself at the head of protests in during showers of pepper spray and deafening blast balls, interrogated public officials with admirable persistence, bird dog developments across many beats, from gun violence to homelessness to grassroots COVID relief, and generally amplified stories about Seattle's black community he thinks should get more play from other news organizations, all while running his small business. My conversation was just so inspiring just to hear someone just dig down deep in their heart, their gut, their soul, their internal brain trust and just be someone exposed be someone who is surrendered to the direction that the universe is pulling them, and that is their expression of leadership in its boldest form, and in his humblest form. So let's get in and talk to him. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Omari Salisbury is a multi-talented media professional and the driving force behind Converge Media. The “Global Citizen”, Salisbury has travelled to 60 countries and brings a broad perspective and unrivaled dedication to his team.

Nile Evans decided to pursue his longtime career goal of becoming a television writer/producer after attending Menlo College in Atherton, California in 1995.  He called on a valuable resource within his family, Executive Producer Bentley Kyle Evans, who hired him as a production assistant. Soon after, Bentley took him under his wing as a writers’ apprentice on the hit television series, The Jamie Foxx Show. In the show’s third season, Nile’s knack for comedy was proven when he was asked to join the writing staff as an on-set punch-up writer. In between seasons, Nile worked with writing crews for various A-list comedians including Jamie Foxx, Martin Lawrence, and then rising star Nick Cannon. Nile’s relationship with Nick led him to help Nick develop his first talk show pilot for Nickelodeon. In 2004, the duo penned a film together that sold to Overbrook Entertainment.  Their creative synergy solidified as Nile worked with Nick to produce the pilot for MTV’s Wild’n Out. The hit series helped launch the careers of Taran Killam and Pete Davidson (Saturday Night Live), as well as comedy and film stars Katt Williams and Kevin Hart. Nile and Nick have continued to work together co-writing the TV movie The Wonder Girls (Nickelodeon), which rated phenomenally, and most recently, the film School Dance (Lionsgate).In 2007, Nile helped develop a spinoff sketch show called Short Circuitz for MTV, and a pilot for reality-producing giant 51 Minds. Nile parlayed his relationship with the production company to produce his own reality series starring music artist Ray-J, For The Love of Ray-J. Since then, Nile has served as writer/producer on Love That Girl (TV One), Family Time (Bounce TV), In The Cut (Bounce TV), and Mind of a Man (GSN).Beats by Dre tapped Nile to write for their Beats Pill campaign in 2013, where he developed new ways for the company to launch their advertising cartoon mascots. Yearly, Nile serves as presenter and host writer for the BET Awards and BET Hip Hop Awards, writing for talents such as Sam Jackson, Chris Tucker, Kevin Hart, Mike Epps, Snoop Dogg, and Chris Rock.  Nile has continued to develop his relationship with MTV, extending himself to their sister network, MTV2, where he worked as Supervising Producer on Hip Hop Squares, and currently heads Wild’n Out as the executive producer/showrunner. The relaunched series holds the record as the highest-rated show in the network’s history.

Brian is an actor and producer whose producing credits include late life, the Golden Horse Best Documentary Award nominated feature on former New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang. The Jeremy Lin documentary Linsanity, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival award winning biopic Another Shot on former NBA player Stephon Marbury's life in China. I can I will I did, starring Tony Award nominee Mike Feist, and the new film snake head now out on VOD after recently having played at the Toronto International Film Festival. Yang has also produced documentary specials for ESPN Fox Sports as an actor his film credits include saving face. The jade pendant and laundromat and TV credits include the path Westworld blacklist General Hospital and Hawaii Five O, on which he played the lab tech Charlie Fong for five seasons. He also worked on the Andrew Yang presidential 2020 campaign and a role as regional fundraise director. How's that for a resume? I can't wait to jump in and have a great conversation with my dear friend Brian Yang. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Brian Yang is an actor and producer whose producing credits include LATE LIFE, the Golden Horse Best Documentary Award nominated feature on former New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang; the Jeremy Lin documentary LINSANITY which premiered at Sundance Film Festival; Shanghai International Film Festival award winning biopic ANOTHER SHOT, on former NBA player Stephon Marbury's life in China; I CAN I WILL I DID starring Tony Award nominee Mike Faist; and the new film SNAKEHEAD now out on VOD after recently having played at the Toronto International Film Festival. Yang has also produced documentary specials for ESPN and Fox Sports. As an actor, his film credits include SAVING FACE, THE JADE PENDANT, and LAUNDROMAT and TV credits include THE PATH, WESTWORLD, BLACKLIST, GENERAL HOSPITAL, and HAWAII 5-0, on which he played the lab tech Charlie Fong for five seasons. He also worked on the Andrew Yang Presidential 2020 campaign in a role as a Regional Fundraiser Director.

Audrey shares about her own experience with leadership stress, how stress works uniquely on women, how we all have a way to shift from stress to freedom in one moment, examples of how stress is connected to our growth, and an awesome book recommendation called The Stress Code.

Welcome to unlikely leadership. Today we're going to talk to Sean Goode. And this is part two of an ongoing conversation. Sean is the executive director of Choose180. It's an organization that introduces youth and young adults to opportunities to collaborate with institutional leaders and help them avoid engaging with criminal justice system and instead realize the potential to lead long, successful and fulfilling lives. It's a very powerful mission that this organization has. And Sean is also a new host. In the amplify voices family, we're going to be collaborating, collaborating and producing a podcast for Sean where he will be talking with educators, parents and young people, a very important triad in life to to have successful relationships and work through problems. It's a podcast called possibility over problems. So let's get started and let's go into the next conversation. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Sean Goode is the executive director of Choose180, and the definition of an intentional leader. Both of his parents struggled with mental health issues, and his brother was sent to prison when Sean was only six. Along with dealing with those issues, he struggled with a lack of stability as he moved to twelve different places during twelve years of school. Despite all of those struggles, Sean was able to break the stereotype and dedicate himself to being everything others thought he couldn’t. Today, Sean transforms the lives of kids by steering them clear of the traditional school-to-prison pipeline. He provides them with a sense of community rather than shame and imprisonment. Outside of his work, Sean’s a family man at heart. He has a wife who he considers his best friend and children of his own that he’s raising.

Welcome to unlikely leadership. I'm Audrey and today we're going to be talking to Erica Courdae who is a trusted adviser to entrepreneurs and executive teams committed to shifting focus, power and resources in order to create more equity in their business and in the world. She believes imperfect action is necessary to create meaningful social change and helps public figures engage in the work without fear of judgment. She's a certified coach and a 20 plus year beauty industry veteran. She's provided training for established businesses such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Martha Beck Incorporated, and Paul Mitchell school. Her voice has been featured on podcast workshops and online communities with a combined reach of 1000s and 1000s and 1000s of people. She has a wonderful podcast, which I was a guest, called Pause On The Play. Check that out and be ready for a very very rich, intelligent, thoughtful, compassionate discussion on equity. Please stay tuned after the guest discussion for skill highlights. www.AmplifyVoices.io About our guest: Erica Courdae is a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs and executive teams committed to shifting focus, power, and resources in order to create more equity in their business and the world. She believes imperfect action is necessary to create meaningful social change and helps public figures engage in the work without fear of judgement. In 2018, Erica co-founded the Pause on the Play Podcast. After receiving requests from listeners for a space to connect on the show’s topics, Erica expanded the Pause on the Play brand to include a community and consultancy. Her leadership has now helped hundreds of individuals define their values, diversify their networks, and call people into conversations about inclusivity and individuality. A certified coach and 20+ year beauty industry veteran, Erica has provided training for established businesses such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Martha Beck Incorporated, and Paul Mitchell School. Her voice has been featured on podcasts, workshops, and online communities with a combined reach of over ten thousand people. Learn more about Erica’s work by visiting www.pauseontheplay.com.