Confident

Welcome to season 4 of Confident with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. This season, we’ll be talking with some fierce female leaders about things we care about, including the gender gap and social justice. We hope these conversations will spark your passion and sense of agency to affect positive change. Are you ready?

This week we discuss female-founded companies with Carolyn Driscoll!

About Our Guest: Carolyn Driscoll is the Founder & CEO at UncommonGood, a cloud-based software solution for Nonprofits, Community Organizations, and Small Businesses. Carolyn launched the company after a 20-year career in both small businesses and scaling startups. In her free time, she travels, sails, gardens, and hikes with her dogs.

Learn more about UncommonGood: https://www.douncommongood.com/

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/what-do-you-care-about to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Welcome to season 4 of Confident with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. This season, we’ll be talking with some fierce female leaders about things we care about, including the gender gap and social justice. We hope these conversations will spark your passion and sense of agency to affect positive change. Are you ready?

This week we break the glass ceiling with Shaz Kahng!

About Our Guest: Shaz Kahng is a visionary leader and inventive thinker who is passionate about consumer-focused businesses. Shaz brings a wealth of experience running companies and businesses such as Gymboree, Lucy Activewear, Nike, and working with brands like Staples, Carters, Sephora, Tiffany, Levi Strauss, Macy's, Quaker Oats, Kraft, and P&G. She currently serves on the public corporate board for GoPro & is an advisor to PE and VC backed businesses and is on the Investor Advisory Council of AVG Funds, a venture capital firm. Shaz is also the writer of two novels in her Ceiling Smashers series. Shaz graduated from Cornell and Wharton and is the mother of twin girls.

Learn more about her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shazkahng/

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/what-do-you-care-about to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Welcome to season 4 of Confident with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. This season, we’ll be talking with some fierce female leaders about things we care about, including the gender gap and social justice. We hope these conversations will spark your passion and sense of agency to affect positive change. Are you ready?

Join us on this week as we return for episode 6 and discuss the importance of electing women to office with women’s leadership advocate and executive director of the Yale campaign school, Patti Russo!

About Our Guest: Patricia Russo is a nationally recognized leader focused on improving the quality of life for women in the United States. For over thirty-five years she has held numerous leadership positions in public, private, and non-profit organizations centered on women’s rights. She has also held leadership positions on federal, state, and local political campaigns. Currently, Patti serves as Executive Director of The Campaign School at Yale University, a non-partisan training program dedicated to increasing the number of women in elected office. Patti also speaks extensively on women’s leadership at both the national and international levels.

Learn more: https://tcsyale.org/

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/what-do-you-care-about to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Welcome to season 4 of Confident with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. This season, we’ll be talking with some fierce female leaders about things we care about, including the gender gap and social justice. We hope these conversations will spark your passion and sense of agency to affect positive change. Are you ready?

Join us on earth day as we return for episode 5 and discuss advocating for climate justice with Diana Kapp!

About Our Guest: Diana Kapp is a journalist and author with an MBA from Stanford who has written about education and entrepreneurism for most of the major media outlets (NYT, WashPo, WSJ, ELLE, Marie Claire -you name it). She has also published two novels: Girls Who Run the World and her most recent Girls Who Green The World, published just in time for Earth Day. Diana lives in San Francisco.
Learn more: https://dianakapp.com/

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DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/what-do-you-care-about to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Welcome to season 4 of Confident with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. This season, we’ll be talking with some fierce female leaders about things we care about, including the gender gap and social justice. We hope these conversations will spark your passion and sense of agency to affect positive change. Are you ready?

Nov. 30, 2021: Four students were killed, seven injured, and hundreds terrorized at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit, Michigan when a 15-year-old gunman entered with a weapon he found at home.

This week, we sat down with Karen D. McDonald, Oakland County Prosecutor, and discuss how she sparked a national conversation on gun accountability when she pressed unprecedented charges that she “felt in her gut was right”. Known as a "creative, unsparing prosecutor, crusading for justice,” McDonald provides a masterclass in leading with compassion.

McDonald charged Crumbley’s parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, after evidence emerged that they had supplied the boy his weapon while ignoring a litany of warning signs about his dangerous state of mind.

About Our Guest: Karen D. McDonald was elected Oakland County Prosecutor on November 3, 2020, and took office on January 1st, 2021. Karen is committed to protecting victims of crime, improving outcomes for juveniles and families, and increasing fairness and racial equity across the criminal justice system. 

Prior to her election as Oakland County Prosecutor, Karen was a judge on the Oakland County Circuit Court. She was elected to the bench in 2012, and re-elected in 2018. As a judge, Karen specialized in family matters - including divorce and custody, child abuse and neglect, and adoption. She is especially proud to have presided over the first adoption by an LGBTQ+ couple in the history of the State of Michigan.

Karen began her career as a high school English teacher in Midland, Michigan – an experience that sparked her lifelong commitment to kids. After attending law school, Karen served as an assistant prosecuting attorney at the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office, where she prosecuted child sexual assault cases. She then became a private practice attorney and partner at a prominent Oakland County-based law firm, where she specialized in civil and family law.

Throughout her legal career, Prosecutor McDonald has honed significant expertise in matters relating to children and families. She has been called upon to share her passion and expertise on a number of boards, tasks forces, and commissions, including the Oakland County Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force and the Foster Care Review Board Program Advisory Committee. She is the recipient of the Oakland County Domestic Violence Prevention Award and the Joan E. Young Champion of Children Award. In July 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Prosecutor McDonald to serve on the State of Michigan’s Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform, chaired by the Lieutenant Governor.

Karen was raised in Portland, Michigan, alongside her two sisters. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and political science at Alma College and graduated cum laude from Wayne State University School of Law. She lives in Birmingham with her husband and five children.

To learn more:

OCPO Website: https://www.oakgov.com/prosecutor

OCPO FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/OaklandCountyProsecutor

Political Website: https://mcdonaldforprosecutor.com

Political FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/KarenMcDonaldMI

PHOTO CREDIT: HOUR Detroit

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/what-do-you-care-about to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Welcome to season 4 of Confident with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. This season, we’ll be talking with some fierce female leaders about things we care about, including the gender gap and social justice. We hope these conversations will spark your passion and sense of agency to affect positive change. Are you ready?

Join us this week as we return for Season 4 and discuss paying it forward with Illana Raia!

About Our Guest: Recently named one the first 250 entrepreneurs on the Forbes Next 1000 List, Illana Raia is the founder and CEO of Être - a mentorship platform for girls. Believing that mentors matter early, Illana brings girls directly into companies they choose (Spotify, Google, YouTube, NYSE…) to meet female leaders face to face.
Illana is a member of the International Space Station National Lab Education Subcommittee, serves on the National Girls’ Collaborative Champions Board, and has authored 60+ articles for HuffPost, Ms. Magazine and Thrive Global. Her award-winning book Être: Girls, Who Do You Want To Be? was released on Day of the Girl 2019, featuring wisdom from 40 luminary women like Arianna Huffington, Debra Messing and Reshma Saujani alongside quotes from 50 girls.
Prior to launching Être in 2016, Illana was a corporate attorney at Skadden Arps in NYC and a guest lecturer at Columbia University. She graduated from Smith College and the University of Chicago Law School, and remains unapologetically nerdy.

Pre-Order The Epic Mentor Guide: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Epic-Mentor-Guide/Illana-Raia/9781637630495

Learn more about Etre Girls: www.etregirls.com

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/what-do-you-care-about to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Welcome to season 4 of Confident with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. This season, we’ll be talking with some fierce female leaders about things we care about, including the gender gap and social justice. We hope these conversations will spark your passion and sense of agency to affect positive change. Are you ready?

Join us this week as we return for Season 4 and discuss leading change with Uma Amuluru.

About Our Guest: Uma Amuluru is chief compliance officer and vice president, Global Compliance, for The Boeing Company, and a member of its Executive Council. As chief compliance officer, Amuluru is responsible for Boeing’s ethics and compliance program, which enables business success through an organizational culture committed to integrity, ethical conduct, workplace and product safety, and compliance with laws and company policies. As a member of the Executive Council, Amuluru is responsible for proactively addressing legal and compliance obligations, as well as providing company leaders with early visibility of any arising issues.

Amuluru previously served as vice president and assistant general counsel for Boeing. She was responsible for legal advice and counsel to the chief engineer, chief information officer and Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Operations leaders. Amuluru advised on matters related to intellectual property, cybersecurity, enterprise supply chain, and environment, health and safety.

Before joining Boeing, Amuluru held several senior positions in the federal government. As counselor to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Amuluru advised on high-profile criminal and law enforcement matters. She was also associate White House counsel to President Barack Obama, a role in which she provided legal and strategic advice to senior White House officials on issues involving compliance, oversight and risk management. Amuluru also served as assistant United States attorney for the District of Columbia.   

Amuluru began her legal career as a commercial litigator for large companies facing complex legal disputes. As an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Amuluru represented companies in government enforcement actions, investigations, and state and federal litigation.

She also served as a law clerk at the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 

Amuluru holds a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law and earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She currently serves on the board of directors forLegal Aid Chicago and on the board of trustees for the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/what-do-you-care-about to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Welcome to season 4 of Confident with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. This season, we’ll be talking with some fierce female leaders about things we care about, including the gender gap and social justice. We hope these conversations will spark your passion and sense of agency to affect positive change. Are you ready?

Join us this week as we return for Season 4 and discuss ending period poverty with CT State Representative Kate Farrar and some inspiring Gen Z activists! 

Our discomfort in discussing periods prevents us from having the critical and necessary conversation about period poverty. In the United States, 1 in 4 menstruators is unable to afford an adequate supply of period products required for their health due to the burden of expense. The cost of these products makes them inaccessible for many individuals who are low income, forcing them to substitute tampons or pads for unsafe and unhygienic alternatives.

Featuring Kate Farrar: CT State Representative Kate Farrar was elected in November 2020 to represent the 20th District in West Hartford, CT. Kate has over 20 years’ experience as a non-profit advocate and active community volunteer, championing working families and women and girls. She has also worked to pass laws ensuring equity in healthcare, education, and the workplace. Kate has a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Connecticut and a master's in public administration from Syracuse University.

Also - Gen Z activists: Asija Qyteza (UConn) and Joy Ren (Wilton HS)

To get involved: email Rep. Kate Farrar ([email protected])

Complete the Humans with Periods form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPM5f8gHE7dBuE3GOyaefWvasqFRs3RIGCsjp6sQn7gQbE9Q/viewform

UN Menstruation and Human Rights: 

https://www.unfpa.org/menstruationfaq#Taboos%20and%20Myths%20about%20menstuations

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/podcast to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Whether we’re talking about the fear of failure or anything else holding you back, confidence is the key to unleashing your power. Welcome to “Confident”TM with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. Join our conversations with fierce female leaders -and explore how you can become the confident, inclusive leader our world needs.

This week Sheri and Olivia have recorded a special podcast episode on mental health to tell you: “You’re not alone.”

These are some of the most recent national headlines:

“Children’s mental health is a national emergency”

Gender and race intersect with mental health disparities in local youth.

Eating disorders increase among teens during pandemic

Suicide attempts among adolescent girls surged more than 50% during pandemic, CDC says

Listen in to hear Sheri and Olivia’s thoughts on destigmatizing mental health and advice on coping with stress, anxiety.

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES:

• Mobile Crisis Service 2-1-1 (Connecticut only): If your child is actively harming themselves, having suicidal thoughts, or planning to hurt others, call 911, or 2-1-1 and press option 1 for the Mobile Crisis Service. This is a 24 hour, 7 day a week free service to have your child immediately evaluated by a mental health professional. NOTE: If calling by cell phone, 2-1-1 can also be reached toll-free at: 800-203-1234

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for English, 1-888-628- 9454 for Spanish, or Lifeline Crisis Chat.

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/podcast to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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Whether we’re talking about the fear of failure or anything else holding you back, confidence is the key to unleashing your power. Welcome to “Confident”TM with me, Sheri West, and my fearless daughter, Olivia. Join our conversations with fierce female leaders -and explore how you can become the confident, inclusive leader our world needs.

Angela Scott is the Executive Director of Boston-based MEDIAGIRLS, a nonprofit whose mission is to teach girls and young women to become critical media consumers. She has been involved with MediaGirls for over four years, teaching girls to navigate social media, and seeing up close the deleterious effects on their self-esteem. We reached out after the recent WSJ expose, “Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show”. Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue, including contributing to anxiety, depression, and body image issues for 1 in 3 teen girls.

Listen to this episode to learn what parents and girls can do to curate a positive social media experience, including using social media for social good.

For More info: https://mediagirls.org

Resources: 

https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739

DID YOU KNOW?! Angela is an accomplished marathon runner, with four marathons under her belt.

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION? Visit www.golivegirl.org/podcast to submit a question YOU want us to answer on an upcoming episode. 

As always, stay true to yourself, stay kind, stay confident and show up as your best self every day!

Connect with us on social media @goLiveGirl and be sure to subscribe, rate, review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Read Sheri’s blog post on the story and launch of Confident! 

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