Leveling The Playing Field

This week’s episode comes with a big announcement from Bobbi-Sue followed by an interview with Minnesota Lynx Head Coach and General Manager, Cheryl Reeve. After playing collegiate basketball, Cheryl immediately started her career as an assistant coach with her alma mater. Not only is Cheryl one of the most successful coaches in our time, but she’s also one of the most outspoken. She is a strong advocate for women and all marginalized communities. These and other topics are discussed in this final episode of LTPF with Bobbi-Sue as host.

This week’s episode is presented by the Arizona Office of Tourism. This Spring, follow your favorite baseball teams to Arizona for Cactus League Spring Training, Amazing weather and landscapes, exciting outdoor adventure, incredible food – Arizona is the perfect home base for baseball fans. Plan your spring training getaway at VisitArizona.com/SpringTraining.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: Cheryl Reeve, Head Coach/GM of the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week’s guest is Dari Passarello Herman, former sports and entertainment attorney, who turned her love of running and disdain for existing headbands into a new business. She is the Owner/Creator of SparklySoul Headbands. Dari’s path is obviously unique given where she landed. Well before her entrepreneurial hustle started, however, she was blazing her own trail. As a law student, she chose to forego many of the typical steps (clerkships) and instead work directly with the those in sports and entertainment. She started out at Bob Woolfe and Associates in Boston, then she went to DC to work at FAME – another high end agency. It was while she was working as in house counsel at Nielsen that she discovered a problem that she knew she could solve – and the rest is history!

This week’s episode is presented by the Arizona Office of Tourism. This Spring, follow your favorite baseball teams to Arizona for Cactus League Spring Training, Amazing weather and landscapes, exciting outdoor adventure, incredible food – Arizona is the perfect home base for baseball fans. Plan your spring training getaway at VisitArizona.com/SpringTraining.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: Dari Passarello Herman, Owner of SparklySoul Headbands appeared first on Radio Influence.

Our guest this week is Sarah Axelson, Sr. Director of Advocacy at the Women’s Sports Foundation. Sarah was an athlete all through college and wasn’t quite sure what to do near graduation when she was alerted to an internship by a friend. She’s been with WSF ever since. She talks about her career but also talk a lot about what WSF does and how people can get involved. Two things Bobbi-Sue and Sarah talk about in depth are National Girls & Women in Sports Day and the newly announced Scott Pioli and Family Fund for Women Football Coaches and Scouts.

This week’s episode is presented by the Arizona Office of Tourism. This Spring, follow your favorite baseball teams to Arizona for Cactus League Spring Training, Amazing weather and landscapes, exciting outdoor adventure, incredible food – Arizona is the perfect home base for baseball fans. Plan your spring training getaway at VisitArizona.com/SpringTraining.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: Sarah Axelson, Sr. Director of Advocacy at the Women’s Sports Foundation appeared first on Radio Influence.

Stefanie Jewett, CEO/Founder of Activvely – a fitness app that matches people together as workout buddies or activity friends – joins Bobbi-Sue on this week’s episode of LTPF. Stefanie was not a sports girl growing up and truly thought her passion was in broadcast journalism. She had many interesting internships in politics and advocacy before giving taking one more shot at broadcast journalism. Doing so landed her a gig at CNN, where she stayed for 5 years before turning her attention to her business idea. This conversation includes a lot of discussion on women supporting other women, what tech startup life is like, and how sometimes you have to take a leap of faith.

This week’s episode is presented by the Arizona Office of Tourism. This Spring, follow your favorite baseball teams to Arizona for Cactus League Spring Training, Amazing weather and landscapes, exciting outdoor adventure, incredible food – Arizona is the perfect home base for baseball fans. Plan your spring training getaway at VisitArizona.com/SpringTraining.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: Stefanie Jewett, CEO/Founder of Activvely appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week, Bobbi-Sue speaks with children’s book author, Shelly Boyum-Breen. She is the author of the “Shelly Bean the Sports Queen” books. Growing up in MN, Shelly spent countless hours on the basketball court, neighborhood hockey rinks and local golf courses. She spent five years in the education field, coaching college and high school basketball and tennis.  Boyum-Breen then worked with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx organization.  Shelly served with the organization for four years and later moved into a sales consulting role serving the Lynx, the New York Liberty and the 10th Anniversary WNBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden.

Before writing the “Shelly Bean” series, Boyum-Breen was the Founder of Foundation IX and the Let Me Play grants supporting Minnesota girls’ participation in sports and fitness.  She and Bobbi-Sue talk about the impact that sports had on them growing up, how it was their safe place, and how important it is for young girls and boys of all types to see themselves in books about sports.

This week’s episode is presented by the Arizona Office of Tourism. This Spring, follow your favorite baseball teams to Arizona for Cactus League Spring Training, Amazing weather and landscapes, exciting outdoor adventure, incredible food – Arizona is the perfect home base for baseball fans. Plan your spring training getaway at VisitArizona.com/SpringTraining.

Zola, the wedding company that will do anything for love, is reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience to make the happiest moment in couples’ lives even happier. From engagement to wedding and decorating your first home, Zola is there, combining compassionate customer service with modern tools and technology. All in the service of love. To start your free wedding website and also get $50 off your registry on Zola, go to ZOLA.com/LEVELING.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: Shelly Boyum-Breen, Author & Founder of the Foundation IX & Let Me Play Grants appeared first on Radio Influence.

Celeste Bell, the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition for Major League Baseball. is this week’s guest on the pod. Celeste’s career has been full of twists and turns much like other guests. While in school, Celeste thought she wanted to be an athletic trainer until an internship showed her maybe that wasn’t her path. She then had a couple of other internships, including one with the LPGA that lasted a year.

After that, she applied… and applied… and interviewed… and nothing. So, she became a flight attendant… as one does. She keeps interviewing until finally, she landed her first full-time job with the NBA. That job leads her to her next with MLB, where she’s worked for the past 10+ years. But wait… that’s not all. She’s about to make another pivot. It’s really an incredible story.

Not only is Celeste a power player in the sports industry but she also gives back. She is on the national board for Play Like a Girl,  a hip, innovative and inspiring resource for women and girls, powered by a creative online network, targeted community outreach and popular live events. Based in Nashville, TN, Play Like a Girl is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing girls’ health and empowerment through the transformative power of sport and physical activity. To accomplish this, Play Like a Girl leverages the collective power of women to deliver early, positive experiences necessary for middle school girls to develop a lifelong passion for active play.

Hope you enjoy this week’s show!

This week’s episode is presented by the Arizona Office of Tourism. This Spring, follow your favorite baseball teams to Arizona for Cactus League Spring Training, Amazing weather and landscapes, exciting outdoor adventure, incredible food – Arizona is the perfect home base for baseball fans. Plan your spring training getaway at VisitArizona.com/SpringTraining.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: Celeste Bell, MLB’s Senior Director, Talent Acquisition appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week’s guest is Donna Orender. Donna is a powerhouse in the sports world. Not only did she play professional basketball in the original women’s basketball league, but she also spent 18 years at the PGA, and was the president of the WNBA during one of its most pivotal moments.

During her time at the PGA and at the W, Donna helped create the way that professional golf and women’s basketball programming was created, packaged, and distributed. Her natural curiosity and propensity for asking “Why not?” have served her well. She is the CEO/Founder of Orender Unlimited and Generation W where she creates programming and events to empower girls and women.

She wrote a book called “Wowsdom! The Girl’s Guide to the Positive and the Possible.” that focuses on teaching young girls (and the girls within us all) that they can do anything. Also in 2018, Donna was honored by the Women’s Sports Museum as with a Trailblazer award. Bobbi-Sue and Donna talk all about the various stops along Donna’s career path. Some notable quotes:

“It’s this idea of building community, especially communities of women.  Who come together around something. It’s all about this singular purpose and focus that allows us to combine our differences and where we come from. All those differences kind of blend away as we unite about what we have in common and where we want to go.”

“I think that I have a very active curiosity about life in general, about the opportunity to achieve, to bring your best to do your best, to further and advance whatever you’re working on behalf of others.  I have to accept at this stage of my life as I look at the patterns – and I always encourage people to look at the patterns of your life – they’re there to be seen, you have to take a step back and really look – that is something that I do that gives me pleasure to do because I am highly motivated by this idea of making a  difference. Making an impact. Being able to look at the white space that’s in front of you and say ‘OK what’s not there that could or should be.'”

This week’s episode is presented by the Arizona Office of Tourism. This Spring, follow your favorite baseball teams to Arizona for Cactus League Spring Training, Amazing weather and landscapes, exciting outdoor adventure, incredible food – Arizona is the perfect home base for baseball fans. Plan your spring training getaway at VisitArizona.com/SpringTraining.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: Former WNBA President & CEO of Generation W, Donna Orender appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week’s guest is America East Conference Commissioner, Amy Huchthausen. She is the first woman to lead the conference and has received many industry accolades including being named to the Sports Business Journal’s “40 under 40” and “Game Changers.” Prior to being a Commissioner at the America East, she was with the NCAA and a few other conferences for various periods of time. Amy’s leadership has helped with America East grow its profile and serve its student-athletes in a new way.

This conversation goes through Amy’s career in college athletics, the amazing initiatives that the America East has started which focus on inclusivity and mental health, and, of course, her dog Lucy. Bobbi-Sue and Amy are both law nerds and bookworms so get cozy in this cold weather to listen to this final episode of LTPF for 2018.

Have a safe and happy holiday season!

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: America East Conference Commissioner Amy Huchthausen appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week’s episode features Jaclyn Miller, the Director of Marketing & Communications for Up2Us Sports. Up2Us Sports is the nationwide leader in engaging, training, and supporting sports coaches to serve as mentors and role models to youth living in some of America’s most under served communities. Jaclyn’s commitment to giving back and working for nonprofits is evident in her career path and community work. She has worked for the Women’s Sports Foundation and served on the board of numerous organizations, most recently Athlete Ally. She’s also the first person from her school to graduate with a degree in sports management. This conversation focuses on Jaclyn’s path through nonprofit work, college athletics, the private sector and back to the nonprofit world, and highlights some amazing organizations using sports to do good.

Make sure to check out the sponsor of this week’s podcast, Sustain Natural. They are a one-stop-shop for “vagina-friendly” products including condoms, lube, tampons and more. What do they mean by vagina-friendly? They mean organic, vegan, fair-trade, sustainably-made, and, of course, free of synthetic ingredients commonly found in some other brands. Right now, listeners of Leveling The Playing Field can get 20% off your first one time order and free shipping when you sign-up at SustainNatural.com and use code LTPF at checkout.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at [email protected].

Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Google Play!

The post Leveling The Playing Field: Jaclyn Miller, Director of Marketing/Communications for Up2Us Sports appeared first on Radio Influence.