As President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, Robbie Makinen has led the Kansas City region through a dramatic transformation aimed at bringing together five different transit systems under one umbrella called RideKC. Today, those transit agencies work together as one network to provide more than 16 million trips throughout the metropolitan area.

We're changing things up a little bit today and spending time talking about Sly's book "A Passion For Purpose" and the events that inspired the book.

Rika Nakazawa was recently on our podcast and she had so much knowledge to share that we wanted to have her back to finish our conversation. Rika is a senior executive, entrepreneur, tri-lingual and a huge advocate for advancing diversity leadership.

Fresh off of Forbes 30 Under 30 - Energy list, Sunny Sanwar joins us to talk about how his company, Dynamhex, can help cities both visualize climate change and act on it with measurable impact. 

We chat with Jeff Mazur, the executive director of LaunchCode, about their mission to fill the gap in tech talent by training individuals to meet the needs of tech companies across the country.

In this episode, we chat with Anne St. Peter, founder of Global Prairie, about women in business, especially at the C Suite level and as entrepreneurs.

Ralph Smith joins us to talk about educating children and challenges educators face presently when preparing children for jobs of the future.

In our final episode dedicated to Women's History Month, we talk with Rika Nakazawa. Rika is a senior leader, entrepreneur, investor, board director and frequent public speaker. She's also the CEO and co-founder of BoardSeatMeet, Inc.

Continuing with our Women's History Month series, we chat with Gabrielle Wyatt, founder of The Highland Project, and Cokethea Hill, Leadership Development and Research Director at The University of Kansas.

Continuing our Women's History Month theme, we speak with Susan Freeman, the CEO and Founder of Freeman Means Business, which helps professionals learn inclusive communication, and is also on the Board of BoardSeatMeet, Inc., which seek to accelerate gender equity in the boardroom.