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Jayzen is thrilled to welcome Josh Cole to the show. As one of the pioneers in digital marketing, Josh first created the digital footprint for Universal Studios Theme Park. One of his “claim to fame” stories is being the guy who first registered all of their social media accounts and grew the followers from none to over three million. He revolutionized ticketing for the company by creating online ticket sales and print-at-home tickets. He led all elements of digital marketing (brand and performance advertising, content creation, social, analytics, etc.) and the e-commerce sales channel, growing it from $1M to over $125M in annual revenue.

Josh has gone on to have an incredible career as a marketer and currently is the Chief Marketing and Digital officer for TITLE Boxing Clubs and BoxUnion. He brings a wealth of knowledge, insight and storytelling to the show.

Guest Bio

 Josh Cole

Chief Marketing and Digital Officer

TITLE Boxing Clubs, BoxUnion

Josh Cole is a versatile marketing leader with over 20 years of experience successfully identifying new opportunities for business growth and scaling team capabilities to capitalize on them, within both smaller and larger organizations.

Josh is known for his expertise in data-driven marketing and has presented about performance marketing, insights-based marketing strategy and customer experience at industry events including Brandweek 2020 and Adweek’s Outlook 2021 among others. He has also authored and contributed to numerous articles and been a guest on various marketing industry podcasts about marketing and team leadership.

Josh has deep experience building high-performing, insights-based marketing teams, having established the digital marketing team for Universal Studios Hollywood and then greatly expanding the team and marketing capabilities for Sky Zone.

In April 2021 Josh was named Chief Marketing and Digital Officer for TITLE Boxing Clubs (a network of 170 clubs), BoxUnion (boutique boxing-based studios) and their respective digital-subscription platforms.

Previously Josh was Chief Marketing Officer of Sky Zone, a leader in the experiential entertainment industry. Josh leads development of marketing strategy and the team responsible for its tactical execution through brand marketing, creative development, digital advertising, social media, influencer marketing, product marketing, marketing analytics, CRM, publicity, promotions and partnerships. During his tenure the Sky Zone has turned into a well-known and well-loved brand. It’s network has grown from 81 to 210 worldwide locations, brand awareness has increased over +37ppt.

Josh has established industry-leading brand awareness for Sky Zone through innovative partnerships with Snapchat and top-tier social media influencers, live events in partnership with Disney, Carnival Cruise Line and Amazon, and high-profile media integrations including with ESPN, Bad Moms Christmas movie, The Bachelorette and Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Previously he was Vice President, Digital Marketing and E-Commerce for Universal Studios Hollywood. From 2002 to 2014, he led the company -- from strategic vision to tactical implementation -- through a digital transformation. He built the team and capabilities that enabled the use of digital marketing to effectively launch products, engage customers and increase sales on a global basis. He led all elements of digital marketing (brand and performance advertising, content creation, social, analytics, etc.) and the e-commerce sales channel, growing it from $1M to over $125M in annual revenue. In addition, he co-headed the task force that initiated marketing and sales initiatives in China, growing this market from zero to 10% of annual company revenue.

He holds a Master of Arts degree (with honors) from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree (summa cum laude) from Boston University.

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What an incredible month of LGBTQ+ guest over the past four weeks! As we bring Pride on Brand and LGBTQ+ Pride Month to a close, Jayzen is thrilled to welcome Lorri L. Jean, the CEO of the world's largest LGBTQ+ non-profit, the Los Angeles LGBT Center. As CEO, Lorri has driven a period of unprecedented expansion, increasing the budget from $8 to $150 million, the number of locations from one to ten and the numbers of people served annually to more than a half million

In celebration of Pride Month, the Lead With Your Brand Podcast has partnered with Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the premier organization working exclusively on LGBTQ workplace equality. Each week in the month of June, we’ll be featuring an out leader each with an amazing career story to share. In addition, I’ll be hosting two special roundtable episodes where we’ll explore issues around the trans experience and intersectionality of race and LGBTQ+ in the workplace. Out & Equal will be providing discussion guides for shows, so we encourage you to use the podcast as a virtual “book club” with your ERG or group of friends. Listen to the episodes and schedule your group discussion with the discussion guide as part of your own pride programming. Check out LeadWithYourBrand (dot) com/pride for more information and to hear some of our favorite shows from Season 1 and 2 that also feature LGBTQ+ leaders

Happy Pride!

Guest Bio

Lorri L. Jean

CEO, Los Angeles LGBT Center

Lorri L. Jean is nationally recognized as one of the most effective leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement. Jean serves as CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the world's largest LGBTQ organization. Previously, Jean was the Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, leading a turnaround and returning the Task Force to financial solvency. She has been named by OUT Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful LGBT people in the nation and by Los Angeles Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in Los Angeles.  

Jean has been an activist on women’s rights since 1970 and on LGBT issues since 1979, including serving as lead plaintiff in the successful landmark civil rights lawsuit against Georgetown University. In 1989, with her appointment as Deputy Regional Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA"), she became the highest-ranking openly LGBT person in the Federal government.

While serving at the helm of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, Jean has driven a period of unprecedented expansion, increasing the budget from $8 to $150 million, the number of locations from one to ten and the numbers of people served annually to more than a half million. Jean and her wife, attorney Gina M. Calvelli, recently celebrated their 29th anniversary (they were legally married in September, 2008).

Links 

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Learn more about the Los Angeles LGBT Center at LALGBTCenter.org

This June, Out & Equal has partnered with The Lead With Your Brand!™ podcast for special Pride month programming. This is the second of two special roundtable discussions.

Pride on Brand : The Trans Experience in the Workplace

In this special episode, Jayzen welcomes Kate Fisher from Oracle, Aro Royston from Boeing, Alex Dropp from Bank of America and Ashley Brundage from Empowering Differences to talk about their experiences as trans people in the workplace.

In this episode, our panel candidly shares their experiences and how their personal experiences have shaped their careers and the workplace.

Out & Equal has developed discussion guides to supplement the program, and we encourage you to use the podcasts as a virtual “book club” with your resource group or team! Listen to the episodes and schedule a group discussion using this resource as part of your own Pride programming.

Check out LeadWithYourBrand(dot)com/pride to download the discussion guides and visit OutAndEqual(dot)org to explore Out & Equal’s Pride resources!

Guest Bios

Kate Fisher (she/her)

Enterprise Account Manager, Oracle

Kate is with Oracle Corp’s Cloud Infrastructure organization working with some of Oracle’s most strategic customers. She has over 25 years experience in the IT industry in various engineering, consulting and sales roles. She is also active in building safe workplace environments that value, promote and recruit diverse talent as a global co-chair for the Oracle OPEN (Oracle Pride Employee Network) an LGBTQ+ ERG. Kate is also a member of the Board of Directors for one-n-ten a nonprofit organization serving and assisting LGBTQ+ youth and she is a 3 time SCCA Autocross National Champion.

Aro Royston (he/him)

Graphic Artist, Boeing

Aro is responsible for helping Boeing acquire contract awards, resulting in new business orders valued at more than $10 billion. He has worked at Boeing for eight years. Aro is a passionate leader in equity, diversity and inclusion. He is the enterprise vice president of the Boeing Employee Pride Alliance (BEPA) Business Resource Group, vice president of the Global Sales and Marketing Diversity and Inclusion Champions Council and a member of the Boeing Black Employees Association (BBEA) Business Resource Group. He is also a founding member of Boeing’s Racial Equity Taskforce. He continues to mold an inclusive, accepting and learning culture at The Boeing Company.

Alex Dropp (they/them)

Director, Global Banking and Markets, Bank of America

Alex is a Director and serves as a Product Manager working on regulatory reporting as part of the Platform Development team. Alex’s finance career began over 25 years ago as a retail stock broker. Alex has traveled globally to work with institutional clients, and in 2007 was recruited to lead the institutional training team for Bank of America’s clearing division. Alex won Bank of America’s Global Diversity and Inclusion award in 2014 and 2015 for their work with the Disability Network highlighting Learning Disabilities and for their volunteer work with the LGBT+ Pride Network.

Ashley T Brundage (she/her)

President, Empowering Differences

Ashely started her career as a means of survival. Fighting discrimination and homelessness she found employment as a part time bank teller then rose to national VP of Diversity and Inclusion in less than 5 years. She captured this process of career development in her new book and online course called Empowering Differences. Personally she enjoys time her wife of 19 years and their 2 teenage boys.

Additional Information

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Learn more about Out & Equal at OutAndEqual(dot)org

We’re still celebrating Pride On Brand for LGBTQ+ Pride Month! This week, Jayzen is excited to welcome Yvette Miley to the show. Yvette is the SVP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the NBCU News Group. Her responsibilities include recruiting and retention, training and development, employee engagement, strategic partnerships, and editorial initiatives across all four networks.

She has worked for NBCUniversal for 27 years and is the recipient of many of the industry’s highest honors. She received three Emmy Awards, including an Emmy for the MSNBC and NBC News coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage in 2016 and ten Edward R. Murrow Awards, among many others.

In celebration of Pride Month, the Lead With Your Brand Podcast has partnered with Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the premier organization working exclusively on LGBTQ workplace equality. Each week in the month of June, we’ll be featuring an out leader each with an amazing career story to share. In addition, I’ll be hosting two special roundtable episodes where we’ll explore issues around the trans experience and intersectionality of race and LGBTQ+ in the workplace. Out & Equal will be providing discussion guides for shows, so we encourage you to use the podcast as a virtual “book club” with your ERG or group of friends. Listen to the episodes and schedule your group discussion with the discussion guide as part of your own pride programming. Check out https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com/pride for more information and to hear some of our favorite shows from Season 1 and 2 that also feature LGBTQ+ leaders

Happy Pride!

Guest Bio

Yvette Miley

Senior Vice President of DEI, NBCU News Group

Yvette is an Award-winning journalist and serves as SVP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the NBCU News Group. Her responsibilities include recruiting and retention, training and development, employee engagement, strategic partnerships, and editorial initiatives across all four networks.

She has worked for NBCUniversal for 27 years. Before joining MSNBC and NBC News, Miley was Vice President & News Director of the Miami/Fort Lauderdale-based NBC owned and operated television station NBC 6/WTVJ in June 2004. In July 2001, Miley was named Vice President and News Director of the then-owned NBC station, WVTM-NBC 13 in Birmingham, AL.

Miley is the recipient of many of the industry’s highest honors. She received three Emmy Awards, including an Emmy for the MSNBC and NBC News coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage in 2016 and ten Edward R. Murrow Awards, among many others.

Miley’s additional accolades include a Pride Stars Award by Adweek in 2020 and the National Association of Black Journalists’ Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017

Miley is a native of Riviera Beach, FL and a graduate of Suncoast High School and the University of Florida.

Links 

To learn more about Lead With Your Brand and the Career Breakthrough Mentoring program, please visit: https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com

 To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: https://www.jayzenpatria.com

Please connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayzenpatria

 Learn more about Out & Equal at https://outandequal.org
 

This June, Out & Equal has partnered with The Lead With Your Brand!™ podcast for special Pride month programming. This is the first of two special roundtable discussions.

Pride on Brand : The Intersection of Race and LGBTQ+ in the Workplace

In this special episode, Jayzen welcomes Patty Dingle from BNY Mellon and Dr. Reza Rahaman from MIT to explore the impact of race and sexual orientation on their careers and in the workplace.

Patty is the Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Americas and is responsible for leading the region’s engagement in our global diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy. Prior to BNY, Patty held a similar role at Visa. She is an out lesbian who identifies as “blasian.”

Reza identifies as an out gay man of Indian and Arab descent who is muslim. Prior to returning to MIT as the leader of the Gordon MIT Engineering Leadership program, he was the Vice-president of Research, Development, and Innovation for the Specialty Division of the Clorox Company.

In this episode, Patty and Reza candidly share their experiences and how their intersectional identities have shaped their careers and the workplace.

Out & Equal has developed discussion guides to supplement the program, and we encourage you to use the podcasts as a virtual “book club” with your resource group or team! Listen to the episodes and schedule a group discussion using this resource as part of your own Pride programming.

Check out http://www.leadwithyourbrand.com/pride to download the discussion guides and visit https://outandequal.org/pride-out-of-the-box-an-erg-guide-to-celebrating-pride-virtually-in-2021/ to explore Out & Equal’s Pride resources!

Guest Bio

 Patty Dingle

Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Americas

As Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Americas, Patty is responsible for leading the region’s engagement in our global diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy, ensuring D&I is integrated into business and client initiatives, and overseeing our partner network to optimize a diverse talent pipeline and professional development opportunities and outcomes. Patty works closely with senior leaders and our Employee and Business Resource Groups as we accelerate our focus and actions supporting underrepresented talent, including Black and Latinx.

 Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Patty was with Visa, where she focused on similar initiatives and played an integral part in designing an underrepresented talent strategy, including standing up the company’s first Black Executive Council. She also designed and launched Inclusive Leadership training for people managers.

 Reza Rahaman, Ph.D

Bernard M Gordon Industry Co-Director and Senior Lecturer

Gordon-MIT Program in Engineering Leadership

 Dr. Rahaman returned to MIT in 2018 after a 29 year career in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharmaceuticals, and Agricultural Chemical Industries. Immediately prior to MIT, Reza was the Vice-president of Research, Development, and Innovation for the Specialty Division of the Clorox Company. In that role he was accountable for developing innovation strategies for a diverse set of businesses and ensuring robust technology roadmaps and innovation pipelines to deliver growth and profit targets for 45% of the Clorox Company portfolio ($2.7bn in net customer sales). Among his businesses were Brita, Burt’s Bees, Glad, Hidden Valley Ranch, Fresh Step, and Kingsford Charcoal.

In addition to his passion for developing leaders, Reza is passionate about workplace equality. He was the Executive Sponsor of the Clorox Pride Employee Resource group, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the world’s premier nonprofit promoting LGBT+ workplace equality.

Links

To learn more about Lead With Your Brand and the Career Breakthrough Mentoring program, please visit: https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com

 To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: https://www.jayzenpatria.com

Please connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayzenpatria

 Learn more about Out & Equal at https://outandequal.org
 

Happy LGBTQ+ Pride Month! It’s week three of Pride On Brand, and Jayzen is thrilled to welcome Louis Vega to the show. Louis A. Vega serves as president of Dow North America and vice president, Government Affairs & Advocacy, North America.

 Over his 20+ year career at Dow, Vega has gained wide-ranging expertise, honed his strong business acumen, and led significant growth projects and business development programs. All of this has been augmented through his extensive international experience, which includes roles in Horgen, Switzerland; Washington D.C.; Dubai, UAE; Midland, Michigan; New York, New York; and Melbourne, Australia.

In celebration of Pride Month, the Lead With Your Brand Podcast has partnered with Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the premier organization working exclusively on LGBTQ workplace equality. Each week in the month of June, we’ll be featuring an out leader each with an amazing career story to share. In addition, I’ll be hosting two special roundtable episodes where we’ll explore issues around the trans experience and intersectionality of race and LGBTQ+ in the workplace. Out & Equal will be providing discussion guides for shows, so we encourage you to use the podcast as a virtual “book club” with your ERG or group of friends. Listen to the episodes and schedule your group discussion with the discussion guide as part of your own pride programming. Check out https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com/pride for more information and to hear some of our favorite shows from Season 1 and 2 that also feature LGBTQ+ leaders

Happy Pride!

Guest Bio

 Louis A. Vega

President, Dow North America

Vice President, Government Affairs & Advocacy, Dow North America

 Over his 20+ year career at Dow, Vega has gained wide-ranging expertise, honed his strong business acumen, and led significant growth projects and business development programs. All of this has been augmented through his extensive international experience, which includes roles in Horgen, Switzerland; Washington D.C.; Dubai, UAE; Midland, Michigan; New York, New York; and Melbourne, Australia.

 Previously, from 2011 to 2017, Vega served as chief of staff of the Office of the Chairman and CEO. Later, he was named vice president of Dow’s Olympic & Sports Solutions business, where he served from 2014 to 2019. He most recently headed up Dow’s presence in Australia and New Zealand as president and managing director for the two countries from 2016 to 2019.

 A passionate leader who advocates for inclusion and works towards full equality for all, Vega strives to demonstrate how diversity can ensure enterprise success and deliver bottom line results. He was named to Australia’s 50 outstanding LGBTI business executives in 2018 and 2019. A philanthropist and member of many nonprofit boards, Vega is also a proud multi-year member of the OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Models list.

 Vega is a trustee of the Chemical Industry Labor-Management Committee and a member of the Trilateral Commission. And, in 2015, his alma mater, New Mexico State University, honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Award.

 Prior to joining Dow, Vega had a series of roles in Washington, D.C. – from Capitol Hill to the Executive Branch – over the span of 12 years.

Links 

To learn more about Lead With Your Brand and the Career Breakthrough Mentoring program, please visit: https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com

To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: https://www.jayzenpatria.com

Please connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayzenpatria

Learn more about Out & Equal at https://outandequal.org

Happy LGBTQ+ Pride Month! We’re in week two of LGBTQ+ Pride Month and Jayzen couldn’t be more excited to welcome Telly Leung to the show. Telly has performed in seven Broadway shows, including the starring role in Disney’s Aladdin for over two years. He is also a producer, director and professor and always brings the unique “Telly” brand to the job, which as been shaped by his family history and by embracing his true self. Telly shares amazing wisdom that applies to whatever profession you are in.

In celebration of Pride Month, the Lead With Your Brand Podcast has partnered with Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the premier organization working exclusively on LGBTQ workplace equality. Each week in the month of June, we’ll be featuring an out leader each with an amazing career story to share. In addition, I’ll be hosting two special roundtable episodes where we’ll explore issues around the trans experience and intersectionality of race and LGBTQ+ in the workplace. Out & Equal will be providing discussion guides for shows, so we encourage you to use the podcast as a virtual “book club” with your ERG or group of friends. Listen to the episodes and schedule your group discussion with the discussion guide as part of your own pride programming. Check out https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com/pride for more information and to hear some of our favorite shows from Season 1 and 2 that also feature LGBTQ+ leaders

Happy Pride!

Guest Bio

Telly Leung

Telly was born and raised in New York City. He grew up in a traditional Chinese home in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. After attending Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama (CMU), Telly made his Broadway debut in the revival of 'Flower Drum Song", starring Lea Salonga, as a member of the ensemble and an understudy for Wang Ta. Other Broadway credits include the final company of RENT , the revival of GODSPELL at the Circle in the Square Theater and ALLEGIANCE, creating the role of "Sammy" alongside Lea Salonga (MISS SAIGON) and George Takei (STAR TREK).

In June 2017, Telly Leung began his star turn as the title character in Disney’s ALADDIN on Broadway and he would continue to play the role for two years.

In 2013, Telly started TELLY LEUNG PRODUCTIONS and began his career as a producer.

Links

To learn more about Lead With Your Brand and the Career Breakthrough Mentoring program, please visit: https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com

To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: https://www.jayzenpatria.com

Please connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayzenpatria

Learn more about Out & Equal at https://outandequal.org

And check out Telly at https://www.tellyleung.com/

Happy LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Jayzen is thrilled to be kicking off Pride Month with Jen Henderson, who has had a career in tech spanning over thirty-five years and is a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ causes. She is currently the Senior Vice President of Systems Engineering Delivery for Corporate and Institutional Banking at PNC. Jen knows firsthand the power both in and out of your career that comes with accepting one's true self.

In celebration of Pride Month, the Lead With Your Brand Podcast has partnered with Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the premier organization working exclusively on LGBTQ workplace equality. Each week in the month of June, we’ll be featuring an out leader each with an amazing career story to share. In addition, I’ll be hosting two special roundtable episodes where we’ll explore issues around the trans experience and intersectionality of race and LGBTQ+ in the workplace. Out & Equal will be providing discussion guides for shows, so we encourage you to use the podcast as a virtual “book club” with your ERG or group of friends. Listen to the episodes and schedule your group discussion with the discussion guide as part of your own pride programming. Check out https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com/pride for more information and to hear some of our favorite shows from Season 1 and 2 that also feature LGBTQ+ leaders

Happy Pride!

 Guest Bio

 Jennifer Henderson

Senior Vice President of Systems Engineering Delivery for Corporate and Institutional Banking, PNC

Jennifer Henderson attended Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is a certified agile scrum master and Certified SAFe® Program Consultant. Jen currently is the Senior Vice President of Systems Engineering Delivery for Corporate and Institutional Banking at PNC. She formerly held the position of Senior Manager of Retail and Direct Technology at Capital One, Regional Director of Technology for POSSIBLE/WPP, and was the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of Rovion, Inc. and Valley InfoSystems.

 Jen has a long history supporting women in technology and LGBTQ+ causes. She was a board member of GLSEN Cincinnati, AIDs Volunteers of Cincinnati (AVOC), the career development lead for the Chicago chapter of Women Who Code and chaired the Trans Queer Plus subcommittee of Out Front, Capital One’s LGBTQ+ business resource group. Jen currently serves on the board of directors for Out & Equal Workplace Associates. As an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and for her work on transgender policies at WPP she was named Grand Marshal of the 2016 Cincinnati Pride parade and was honored as Out & Equal's 2018 "Outie" Champion of the year award.

 Links 

To learn more about Lead With Your Brand and the Career Breakthrough Mentoring program, please visit: https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com

To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: https://www.jayzenpatria.com

Please connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayzenpatria

Learn more about Out & Equal at https://outandequal.org

Jayzen is thrilled to welcome one of the most successful marketers in the entertainment industry, who has an amazing career story to tell. Puja Vohra is the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for Showtime Networks, Inc. Knowing virtually no one in New York, Puja left her career in India, as she knew she needed to be in the “center of the universe,” and immigrated to America. After nearly 50 informational interviews and countless odd jobs over four years, she finally landed her big break in television marketing. The rest is an amazing history.

Puja Vohra is the perfect guest to wrap up AAPI Heritage Month! Over the past month, we’ve featured the stories of amazing leaders who have and continue to shape culture and community, all who happen to be of AAPI descent. Be sure to check out some incredible shows from Season 1 at www.LeadWithYourBrand.com/AAPI with a number of our favorite APPI voices from the podcast.

Let’s amplify AAPI voices and work to #StopAAPIHate!

Guest Bio

 PUJA VOHRA

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING AND STRATEGY,

SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC.

Puja Vohra is Executive Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, for Showtime Networks, Inc. In her role, Vohra oversees the marketing of all SHOWTIME original programming, including award-winning series such as BILLIONS, THE CHI, BLACK MONDAY, YOUR HONOR, THE GOOD LORD BIRD and THE L WORD: GENERATION Q. She also oversees its full-funnel media efforts, promotions, digital strategy and social media, as well as brand strategy and analytics.

Vohra is a seasoned leader with over two decades of experience working with leading brands around the world. Prior to SHOWTIME she was most recently CMO for BSE Global, where she directed marketing, creative and digital efforts for BSE Global properties, including the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center.

Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Digital for truTV, a division of Warner Media. In this role, she was responsible for all on- and off-air marketing campaigns for the network’s slate of programming, including the Emmy® Award-nominated At Home with Amy Sedaris, I’m Sorry, Impractical Jokers, Adam Ruins Everything and Tacoma FD.

Vohra joined truTV in March 2014 after serving as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Oxygen Media, where she managed the network’s consumer and ad sales marketing teams. She also previously had senior consumer and sales marketing roles at Bravo Media, making a splash with several successful launches including early seasons of Project Runway, Top Chef and The Real Housewives franchise, as well as the network’s first “Affluencers” trade campaign.

Prior to her time in the US, Vohra held marketing roles at Seagram India and MTV India.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Delhi University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. She’s been a speaker on several high-profile industry panels including Advertising Week, Variety Massive, NAB, TVOT and Promax. Under her direction, her teams have been the recipients of several awards, including a CLIO Grand, a Shorty, several CLIOs and Promax Awards for breakthrough social response and marketing campaigns. Vohra lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband, Laxman, their 12 year-old daughter, Mira, and their mutt, Bailey. If she could, she would eat PB&J’s from Sarabeth’s every day.

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Get the latest from Showtime at https://www.showtime.com
 

Jayzen is excited to welcome a very special guest to the show for AAPI Heritage Month, Congressman Mark Takano, who proudly represents California's 41st district and serves as Chairman on the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Starting his career as a teacher, Mark has always been a huge advocate for education and has worked to improve his community for over twenty years. In 2012, Mark became the first openly gay person of color to be elected to Congress. His family roots in Riverside, CA go back to his grandparents who, along with his parents, were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II. After the war, these two families settled in Riverside County to rebuild their lives.

It’s week 3 of AAPI Heritage Month! Each week in May, tune in to hear the stories of amazing leaders who have and continue to shape culture and community, all who happen to be of AAPI descent. In addition, you can check out some incredible shows from Season 1 at www.LeadWithYourBrand.com/AAPI with a number of our favorite APPI voices from the podcast.

Let’s amplify AAPI voices and work to #StopAAPIHate!

Guest Bio

Mark Takano

Congressman for the 41st District of California

For more than twenty years, Mark Takano has worked to improve the lives of Riverside County residents, both as an elected official and as a teacher at Rialto High School.

Born and raised in Riverside, Mark's commitment to public service began at an early age. His family roots in Riverside go back to his grandparents who, along with his parents, were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II. After the war, these two families settled in Riverside County to rebuild their lives.

Mark attended La Sierra High School in the Alvord Unified School District, and in 1979 he graduated as the school's valedictorian. Mark attended Harvard College and received his bachelor's degree in Government in 1983. As a student, he bussed tables to help make ends meet. During his senior year, he organized a transcontinental bicycle ride to benefit the international development agency Oxfam America.

Upon graduation, Mark returned home to Riverside and began teaching in the Rialto Unified School District in 1988. As a classroom teacher, Mark confronted the challenges in our public education system daily.

In 1990, Mark was elected to the Riverside Community College District's Board of Trustees. At RCC, Mark worked with Republicans and Democrats to improve higher education for young people and job training opportunities for adults seeking to learn a new skill or start a new career. He was elected Board President in 1991 and helped the Board and the District gain stability and direction amid serious fiscal challenges.

In 2012, Mark became the first openly gay person of color to be elected to Congress.

Mark Takano represents the people of Riverside, Moreno Valley, Jurupa Valley and Perris in the United States House of Representatives. He serves as Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and as a member of the Education and Labor Committee.

Links 

To learn more about Lead With Your Brand and the Career Breakthrough Mentoring program, please visit: https://www.leadwithyourbrand.com

To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: https://www.jayzenpatria.com

Please connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayzenpatria

Learn more about CAPAW at: https://apawomen.org

And follow their channels at:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/apawomen/

https://twitter.com/CtrAPAWomen

https://www.facebook.com/CtrAPAWomen

Get the latest from Congressman Takano at https://takano.house.gov