Freeman Means Business' Wonder Women in Business Podcast

As a mental health professional and Certified Resilience Coach (CReC), Renee Branson provides clients with immediately usable tools to increase resilience, well-being, and optimism in the workplace. She works with lawyers, legal marketers, business professionals, non-profit leaders, and others to help them understand and incorporate resilience in their own professional lives and in the teams they lead.

Anjli Garg, Director, Associate General Counsel, Citibank, N.A.

Anjli serves as a general counsel to Citi’s global commercial cards business, working with Citi’s largest institutional clients.  She is also an active member of Citi Legal’s Global Diversity Council. Before joining Citi, she was in-house counsel at American Express and an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell.  Anjli has also published articles and spoken at conferences and panels on topics as diverse as privacy and data security, unconscious bias, and diversity and inclusion.  She has 20+years of experience as a corporate transactional attorney, and obtained her J.D. from NYU School of Law.

Anjli is also a Certified Professional Coach and Energy Leadership Index – Master Practitioner through iPEC, which is an International Coach Federation accredited coach training program.  Anjli’s passion as a coach is to help successful people find their missing puzzle piece by clarifying their priorities, tapping into their personal power and charting and navigating their journey there.

Karen Catlin

After spending 25 years building software products and serving as a vice president of engineering at Macromedia and Adobe, Karen Catlin witnessed a sharp decline in the number of women working in tech. Frustrated but galvanized, she knew it was time to switch gears.

Today, Karen is a vocal advocate for inclusion, a leadership coach, a keynote speaker, and the author of three books: "Present! A Techie's Guide to Public Speaking" (with Poornima Vijayashanker), "Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces," and "The Better Allies™ Approach to Hiring."

Maria Pia Buchi’s expertise spans from investment funds and private wealth to all types of finance and corporate transactions.

Before moving to the US to assume overall responsibility for the business development function of Harneys Fiduciary across the Americas, Pia started and developed our Brazil practice. From the Miami Fiduciary (Representative) Office, Pia will be looking to replicate the same success story of Brazil in a tailored country-by-country basis by working with our offices across the region and market participants to explore solutions for international clients.

Pia is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

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Brandi Hobbs is the Chief Strategy Officer for Bell, Davis & Pitt, a full-service firm based in North Carolina. She has spent eight years serving the legal industry and previously was a speakers’ bureau consultant. Brandi has a master’s degree in law firm management from the George Washington University and a Yellow Belt Certification in Legal Lean Sigma from the Legal Lean Sigma Institute.  She is also the mother of two amazing young women - Tatum and Teaghan - who remind her what really matters every day.

Dr. Diane Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of Tonerra, and Co-Founder of DIMA Innovations, which are consulting and media-based businesses. She is a nationally syndicated radio host, keynote speaker, and the former MBA Program Chair at the Forbes School of Business. She has authored multiple books which are required in universities around the world, including Cracking the Curiosity Code: The Key to Unlocking Human Potential. She is the creator of the Curiosity Code Index® assessment, which is the first and only assessment that determines the factors that inhibit curiosity. Her groundbreaking work in the area of curiosity helps organizations improve innovation, engagement, and productivity. Thinkers50 Radar chose her as one of the top minds in management and leadership. Her work has been endorsed by some of the most respected names in leadership, including Steve Forbes, Keith Krach, Ken Fisher, Dave Ulrich, and Verne Harnish. She is a highly sought-after keynote speaker who has shared the stage with top speakers including Marshall Goldsmith, Martha Stewart, Daymond John, Travis Bradberry, and Jeffrey Hayzlett. She has been featured on Forbes, INC, Investors Business Daily, First for Women, Investopedia, SHRM, International Institute for Learning, International Coach Federation, HR Virtual Summit, Flerish YOU app (in association with Reid Hoffman), Cross Knowledge (Wiley), Training Industry, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox.

David Turgeon is a Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor (CM&AA) who has worked extensively with entrepreneurs and small businesses in the private sector.

David began at a NASA incubator helping raise tens of millions of startup capital on projects for the Mars Expedition, the SBIRS (Space Base Infrared System), DNA sequencing and fuel cell technology.   He supported the aspirations of talented entrepreneurs and embraced the JPL spirit of big ambitions.

Next he managed property due diligence for large scale mortgage loan securitizations.  David streamlined the process for asset valuations and his division participated in over 1,100 deals per month at its peak.

Later, David led investors in negotiations with Chinese corporations and government officials for major energy and infrastructure projects in preparation for the Beijing Olympics.  The highlight of the trip was signing a $200 million deal with Jining Mining & Coal.  He was able to establish trust and common ground with diverse parties in a limited timeframe.

David eventually formed his own M&A firm, Jillion, to serve the California middle market.  As a result, he became an experienced negotiator with a successful record of sourcing and closing transactions in healthcare, aerospace, distribution, manufacturing and others.

Ultimately, he is driven by a great appreciation for the people and the businesses he represents. David lives in Southern California with his wife and daughter and enjoys golfing and mountain biking.

David earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Management Information Systems from State University of New York at Buffalo, has been a Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor since 2006 and a licensed California Real Estate Broker since 2005.

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Maya Markovich is a multidimensional product and innovation leader with roots in legal, change management, behavioral science, VC and tech industries. Deep skillset in strategic planning, detecting emerging market trends, and market positioning. Guide collaborative, cross-functional teams to design and deliver innovative solutions for client business problems.