Tiffany O'Donnell talks to Lisa Bluder, who spent 24 seasons as the P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at The University of Iowa.

As the all-time winningest coach in Big Ten history with an overall record of 528-254 and a Big Ten record of 262-145. Under her leadership, the Hawkeyes advanced to the last two National Championship Games and made 22 postseason appearances overall (18 NCAA and 4 WNIT), including 14 of the last 16 NCAA Tournaments. Bluder led the Hawkeyes to five Big Ten Tournament titles, and two shared Big Ten regular season championships.
 
Bluder was the Naismith National Coach of the Year in 2019, three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2001, 2008, 2010), three-time WBCA Regional Coach of the Year (2001, 2008, 2018, 2019), and had posted a winning record in 23 of her 24 years at Iowa, including 18 upper-division finishes in the Big Ten Conference. She had the third-most victories among active coaches in Division I women’s college basketball when she retired in 2024.

On today's episode, Lisa talks about her journey to getting to where she is today, coaching Caitlin Clark, women in sports and what's next for her.

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Tiffany O’Donnell talks to Sara Castillo & Katie Castillo-Wilson who are the founders of TapOnIt- a leader in text message marketing. Their proprietary SaaS (software as a service) Text Marketing Platform is used across the country by businesses of all sizes to build, grow, retain, engage, and even monetize databases of users that have opted-in to receive content from them via text. Whether the platform is used for marketing, sales, internal operations, or customer service, TapOnIt's best-in-class solution helps its clients reach their goals. In January 2018, Gannett, a leader in local media, invested $2M in TapOnIt to accelerate its growth. The team operates out of its office in Davenport, Iowa.

On today's episode, Sara and Katie talk about lessons that they have learned and what it's like to start a tech business in Iowa.

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Tiffany O’Donnell talks to Dr. Kit Evans-Ford who is passionate about nonviolence, God, and serving others. She has been a trainer and activist for 14 years working relentlessly in the areas of nonviolence education and assisting people in healing from violence and abuse. Dr. Kit is a Teach for America and United States Peace Corps Alumni. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Theology at St. Ambrose University and is also the founder of Argrow’s House of Healing and Hope in Davenport, Iowa. Argrow’s House is a safe space where free services are offered daily for women healing from violence and abuse in the greater Quad Cities area. Argrow’s House is also a successful social enterprise where women healing from violence and abuse create beautiful bath products that provide a living wage for themselves in a safe space that celebrates who they are.

On today's episode, Dr. Kit Evans-Ford talks about her journey and discusses how her work inspires her life and how her life inspires her work.

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Tiffany O'Donnell talks to Robin Boudreau who is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of No Foot Too Small, a local nonprofit, for-purpose organization inspired by the loss of her son Beau in 2013. In 2019, as the organization continued the trajectory of significant local and national growth, Robin resigned from her career in medical sales and leadership after nearly two decades. Called to serve and connect with others from an early age, Robin holds a degree in Family Science; coursework that has proven instrumental in her mission to support and uplift families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. Robin is also the wife of Dr. Ryan Boudreau, an Associate Professor, and proud mother to her earthly children, Bella and Benjamin.

On today's episode, Robin talks about her journey to starting No Foot Too Small, the important work that they are doing and gives her advice to other women who are considering a career shift.

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Tiffany O'Donnell talks to Erica Cole, the Founder & CEO of No Limbits, a startup adaptive apparel company with the mission of increasing comfort, confidence, and independence in those who struggle with clothing due to a disability. Erica lost her leg in a car accident in 2018 and started No Limbits out of a personal need for adaptive apparel. No Limbits recently closed a $1.4M Seed Round after appearing on Shark Tank with investors Mark Cuban and Emma Grede. No Limbits has products for a wide range of disabilities including a wheelchair pant, limited dexterity collection, and their recently launched sensory friendly collection.

On today's episode, Erica talks about her journey to becoming a founder, the science behind creating adaptive clothing and how she has stayed positive and inspired through it all.

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Women Lead Change has a lot of events coming up which means registration deadlines are quickly approaching! On today's episode, Mackenzy Caligiuri will be giving you all a preview of whats to come this fall at Women Lead Change.

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Tiffany O'Donnell talks to Nia Wilder, an artist with Purpose. She uses her gift of film, photography and music to produce purpose driven art. When she’s not creating, you can find her at Spark Lot. A retail store created to provide small local businesses with a physical location and store front for their products and services. Recently, she’s been shifted in another direction to serve her community as Councilwoman of Ward 3 in Waterloo. Overall, Nia’s goal is to walk in Purpose, on Purpose.

On today's episode, Nia talks about the importance of mentorship, her journey into local government and how everything really does fall into place.

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Tiffany O'Donnell talks to Tricia Rivas, owner of Trixie’s Salon & Spa, founder of the Dream Catchers Foundation, and Customer Relations Coordinator with the Small Business Development Center. Tricia has a fierce passion for counseling small businesses and non-profits, and connecting people in communities for the better good. She spends her free time with family and friends traveling, camping, going on road trips to small towns in Iowa, shopping local boutiques and anything that includes food and good whiskey.

On today's episode, Tricia talks about the importance of believing in yourself, where real beauty comes from and tells us some of her favorite stories along the way.

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Mackenzy Caligiuri talks to host and CEO, Tiffany O’Donnell and the rest of the Women Lead Change team. There are 8 of us in 3 regions, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities and though we may be small we are mighty and we get a lot done. We asked you all, our listeners, what you wanted to know more about us and so we decided to give it a go. You’ll hear from each member of our team what their role is within our organization and what their favorite thing is about working at Women Lead Change and you’ll soon find out there’s one thing that sticks out.

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Tiffany O'Donnell talks to Cari McCoy, the CEO of Clickstop, an ESOP and the parent company to several ecommerce businesses as well as a nationwide laundromat enterprise, Clean Laundry. Clickstop is known for rapid growth as well as its commitment to exceptional workplace culture, which has landed it numerous awards including first place finishes as CBJ’s "Coolest Places to Work," recognition on Inc. Magazine’s list of "Fastest Growing Companies" for 13 straight years, and multiple “Iowa Top Workplaces” awards. A Cedar Rapids native and Coe College graduate, Cari built her career in marketing, leaning into buyer psychology and content strategy before diving into sales and operations. She is committed to continuing Clickstop’s legacy by steering the company toward a bright future with a permanent hybrid on-site and remote workforce, trailblazing a new notion of great workplace culture through a commitment to employee ownership that’s fueled by rapid and sustainable growth for the business and for its people.

On today's episode, Cari talks about her fast-paced leadership journey and what makes Clickstop a winner of multiple top workplaces awards.

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