Lead With We

Jessica Rolph is the co-founder and CEO of Lovevery, a company best known for its award-winning subscription play kits, designed by child development experts and distilled to their purest purpose to be exactly what children need at each stage of life. In this episode, she shares how to design, launch, and scale a high growth and high impact business that combines the best interest of its customers, the greatest potential for profit, and the deepest commitment to the planet and our future while also balancing a happy family life.

Lead With We is produced by Goal 17 Media.

Jessica Rolph

Jessica Rolph is co-founder and CEO of Lovevery, a stage-based early learning program best known for its award-winning subscription Play Kits. Prior to Lovevery, Jessica was the Cofounder and COO of Happy Family, helping to launch, build and lead Happy Family to its position as a top organic baby and toddler brand in the U.S. Jessica also co-founded the Climate Collaborative, a non-profit organization helping companies in the natural products industry take meaningful steps to reverse climate change. Jessica and her husband, Decker, live in Boise, Idaho with their three children.

Resources

Learn more about Lovevery at https://lovevery.com

Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-rolph-4b86ba

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Daniel Epstein is the founder and CEO of Unreasonable. An international company dedicated to supporting growth equity entrepreneurs, re-purposing capitalism, and bending history in service of people and the planet. Part investment firm, part media house, and most importantly a global community of like-minded and passionate change agents, Unreasonable partners with multinational institutions and respected brands to support impactful growth stage entrepreneurs. In this episode, Daniel shares how to launch, build and scale a collaborative ecosystem that not only gives entrepreneurs an unfair advantage to succeed but also provides the tools and support they need to scale their impact and realize a future we can all look forward to.

The Lead With We podcast is produced by Goal 17 Media.

Daniel Epstein

Named by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Daniel’s life has been shaped by a fundamental belief that entrepreneurship is the answer to nearly all the issues we face today. This unfettered belief in entrepreneurs led Daniel to found and become CEO of Unreasonable. Unreasonable is dedicated to supporting growth-equity entrepreneurs positioned to bend history in the right direction. Part investment firm, part media house, and most importantly a global community, Unreasonable partners with multinational institutions and revered brands to align them with impactful growth-stage entrepreneurs. Today Unreasonable actively supports over 310 entrepreneurs who have raised more than $8.9B in financing, generated over $7.1B in revenue, and impacting the lives of more than 800M individuals across 180+ countries. Daniel’s mission through Unreasonable is to evolve capitalism specifically how the world’s largest companies and iconic brands can partner with disruptive entrepreneurs to profitably solve seemingly intractable social and environmental problems.

Resources

Learn more about Unreasonable at https://unreasonablegroup.com

Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/unreasonably/

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Angela Baker is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Qualcomm, a leading global technology company enabling a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. In this episode, Angela explains how 5G technology not only drives transformative innovation but also holds the key to myriad avenues of impact, from regenerative agriculture to education to health and safety. And how such technologies can accelerate and scale dramatic improvements in people's lives at a time when it's critically needed.

The Lead With We podcast is produced by Goal17Media.

Angela Baker

Angela Baker is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Qualcomm where she oversees all corporate responsibility and environmental, social, and corporate governance. This includes the company's climate strategy and net-zero emissions by 2040 goal as well as several other ESG 2025 targets. She also manages all social impact programs, including Wireless Reach, a strategic initiative that brings wireless technology to under-served communities globally. Previously, she served as an advisor to Secretary Hillary Clinton in the Office of Innovation at the United States Department of State, where she worked on foreign policy goals connected to the 21st Century Statecraft agenda through bilateral and multilateral engagement with strategic partners on technology and development issues.

Resources

Learn more about Qualcomm at https://www.qualcomm.com/home

Connect with Angela on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-baker-ba7b772/

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Carina Cortez is the Chief People Officer at Glassdoor. Built on the foundation of increasing workplace transparency, Glassdoor offers insights into the employee experience powered by millions of company ratings and reviews, CEO approval ratings, salary reports, and more – all by the employees themselves. Carina is passionate about building the future of work and helping people find meaning in their work at a time when this is critical to every business. In this episode, she shares what she had to unlearn from her 20-plus-year history in HR during her first year at Glassdoor and how the company is leading with purpose, building a culture of transparency, and empowering organizations to rebuild their cultures to drive growth, productivity and impact.

The Lead With We podcast is produced by Goal17Media.

Carina Cortez

Carina Cortez is the Chief People Officer at Glassdoor. Thousands of employers across all industries and sizes turn to Glassdoor to help them recruit and hire quality candidates at scale who stay longer. Cortez had 20 years of experience in HR before joining Glassdoor. She has formerly worked in recruiting and people operations across a diverse set of companies, including Ellie Mae, Walmart eCommerce, PayPal, and Visa. As Chief People Officer, she leads the company's people functions, including strategic human resources, talent acquisition, total rewards, culture management, employee relations, learning and development, diversity, inclusion and belonging, and more.

Resources

Learn more about Glassdoor

Connect with Carina on LinkedIn

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Over the past 25 years, Lotus Foods has imported over 25 million pounds of certified organic rice from a multi-country network of rice producers whose lives and communities have been transformed by access to markets and organic and fair trade premiums. In this episode, Co-Founders Caryl Levine and Ken Lee share how their commitment to organic and regenerative practices is generating more rice from less land, preserving valuable genetic biodiversity, saving hundreds of millions of gallons of water annually, and reducing methane gas generated by rice fields by over 40%.

The Lead With We podcast is produced by Goal17Media.

Caryl Levine and Ken Lee

Caryl Levine and Ken Lee are Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Lotus Foods. Lotus Foods is one of the most innovative, organic, and fair trade specialty rice brands in the country. Its products have received many awards from the Specialty Food Association and Natural Products trade groups. Ken has over 20 years of experience importing rice from smallholder farmers in developing countries who had no previous export experience and providing them access to a global marketplace. Responsible for establishing Lotus Foods’ primary account base, Ken has developed extensive personal and capacity-building relationships with the company's suppliers throughout the world. Caryl leads Lotus Foods marketing and sales and is primarily responsible for the image and positioning of the Lotus Foods brand, the development of all packaging and merchandising materials, and new product development.

Resources

Learn more about Lotus Foods at https://www.lotusfoods.com/

Connect with Lotus Foods on LinkedIn

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Bryce Fluellen is the Executive Director of Social Equity Franchise at Everytable. They are redefining the fast-food landscape by selling nutritious, fresh, made-from-scratch food at fast-food prices in underserved communities. To that end, they’re reducing meal prices to meet the minimum income of each community. Bryce is a master chef who has worked with nationwide restaurants to drive systemic change to benefit underserved populations and communities. In this conversation, he shares how his passion for education and healthy eating serves the company's rapid growth and the democratization of healthy, affordable food where it’s needed most.

Bryce Fluellen is the Executive Director of Everytable's Social Equity Franchise Program. This model invests directly into marginalized entrepreneurs of color by providing the opportunity to open Everytable stores with zero upfront capital or net worth.

Fluellen has fought for food justice and social equity for more than 20 years. He developed and implemented strategic programs at Starbucks, Magic Johnson Enterprises, and the American Heart Association to drive systemic change to benefit underserved communities. As Community Impact Director at the Los Angeles chapter of the American Heart Association, he was instrumental in developing and implementing a multi-year, million-dollar regional campaign with the National Football League Foundation to transform and improve youth physical activity and building an impact blueprint for the League to scale across 30 team markets.

Also a Master Chef, he operated a Los Angeles full-service catering company, YAMS Catering, where he created partnerships with health-focused organizations to educate Black and Brown communities about healthy eating.

Learn more about Everytable at https://everytable.com/about.

Connect with Bryce on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryce-fluellen-8307468/.

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Adam Grogan is the President of Greenleaf Foods, a portfolio of leading plant-based protein brands including Lightlife Foods and Field Roast that are transforming the future of food. Greenleaf Foods, SPC is a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of Maple Leaf Foods Inc, a one hundred year old iconic brand headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Adam leads Greenleaf’s strategic direction, financial performance, innovation, customer development and distribution. In this episode, he shares how Greenleaf plans to become the world’s most sustainable plant-based protein company on earth, how and why consumer purchasing habits are changing, and how to anticipate and capture emerging marketplace opportunities to accelerate business growth and a regenerative future.

This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and YouTube.

Adam Grogan, President of Greenleaf Foods, SPC As President of Greenleaf Foods, a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of Maple Leaf Foods, Adam Grogan oversees Greenleaf’s portfolio of leading plant-based brands, including Field Roast™ and Lightlife.

In his role, Grogan leads the strategic direction, the financial performance, and the ongoing innovation, customer development, and distribution that drive Greenleaf’s growth in the retail and foodservice segments of the plant-based protein industry. He most recently served as Greenleaf’s Chief Operating Officer, where he oversaw business operations and commercial strategy, business goals, sustainability efforts, and cost management of manufacturing and supply chain processes.

Grogan began his career in the food industry with Maple Leaf Foods, holding a variety of critical positions within the organization for over two decades. Grogan held the roles of Senior Vice President, Marketing, Innovation, Research & Development, and Vice President and General Manager of Customer Business Development, where he helped shape one of the largest brand transformation agendas in Canadian food history.

Grogan graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration in 1998 and received his Master of Business Administration from York’s Schulich School of Business in 2003. In 2013, he won the Generation Next Award which, recognizes a leader under the age of 40 for

Outstanding Innovation and Contribution to Canadian Grocery Industry. Adam splits his time between Toronto and Greenleaf’s Head Office in Chicago.

Learn more about Greenleaf Foods at https://www.greenleaffoods.com/#press

Connect with Adam on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adamgrogan 

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Stacey Tank is the Chief Transformation Officer at Heineken, the world's most international brewer, where she oversees the company's new growth strategy, ‘EverGreen’ and its latest sustainability and ESG vision, Brew a Better World 2030. She reveals how a complex, global enterprise reengineers its business and reimagines the role of its brands to not only serve moments of celebration that bring people together, but also a regenerative future that benefits all.

Stacy Tank:

Stacey Tank is currently the Chief Transformation Officer at Heineken (AMS: HEIA) based in Amsterdam. As a direct report to the CEO and member of the executive committee, Tank shepherds the company's new growth strategy, "EverGreen." In addition, Tank is responsible for the company's stepped-up sustainability and ESG vision, Brew a Better World 2030. 

Tank formerly led the multi-billion dollar Home Depot Installation Services and Home Depot Measurement Services businesses for The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the world’s largest home improvement retailer with $132.1 billion in annual sales and over 500,000 employees.

Tank is the founder of Our Happy Place (OurHappy.org), a non-profit serving children, educators and families navigating childhood mental wellness, and a board trustee for the HEINEKEN Africa Foundation. Tank is a 2020 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (YGL), a 2019 Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a 2014 Academy for Systems Change Fellow.

Resources:

Learn more about Heineken at https://eatthechange.com/pages/about

 Connect with Stacy on LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/staceytank

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Seth Goldman is the, Co-Founder and Chief Change Agent of Eat the Change which is a food company focusing on sustainable and plant-based ingredients to empower us to, "eat the change you wish to see in the world."

Before co-founding, Eat The Change Seth was the Founder of Honest Tea the multi-million organic tea company that was acquired by Coca-Cola in 2011 and is Chair of the board of Beyond Meat the plant-based meat substitutes company. In this conversation, Seth talks about why he is passionate about the future of food, and his optimism about good and sustainable food.

Seth Goldman

Seth Goldman is Co-Founder and Chief Change Agent of Eat the Change®, a chef-crafted brand that helps people “Snack to the Future™”. Eat the Change® recently launched a line of organic mushroom jerky and a vegetable-based kid-friendly snack. Seth is also the Co-founder of PLNT Burger, Honest Tea and Chair of the board of Beyond Meat. He has been widely recognized for his entrepreneurial success and impact, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in Greater Washington, the Washington DC Business Hall of Fame, Beverage Industry Magazine’s Executive of the Year, and Partnership for Healthier America’s CEO of the Year.

Resources

Learn more about Eat The Change at https://eatthechange.com/pages/about

Connect with Seth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-goldman-234bb7124/

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Michele Mosa is the Director of Corporate Citizenship at Samsung Electronics America. In her role, Michele guides their transformative initiatives, including Samsung’s annual ‘Solve For Tomorrow’ Contest. The contest is open to all public school students and encourages them to build solutions and address the most pressing issues impacting society. Michele reveals why it is so critical for her company to support public teachers, help mentor the innovators of tomorrow, and build a brighter future - together. 

Michele Mosa

Michele Mosa is Director, Corporate Citizenship at Samsung Electronics America, leading Samsung’s STEM education programming, including the Solve for Tomorrow contest.

At Samsung, Michele leads the strategy behind the flagship initiative, oversees a team of passionate purpose leaders, and manages the day-to-day stakeholder relationships of the multi-million-dollar program. She has extensive experience delivering and driving Strategy, Innovation, Technology, and CSR.

Michele is passionate about exploring the space where technology meets humanity and inspiring others to realize that their voice matters. Michele has a MBA in Change Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation from NYU Stern.

Resources:

Learn more about Samsung’s Solve For Tomorrow Contest at https://www.samsung.com/us/solvefortomorrow/

Connect with Michele on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelemosa

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