She Built It® Podcast

Camille is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of leading lifestyle digital publication Camille Styles, an influential go-to resource for inspiration and advice on elevating everyday experiences. The online publication features engaging storytelling and imagery focused on food, design, gatherings, wellness and beauty that connects authentically with its audience that reaches more than 50 million impressions each month across its site and social media channels. Camille Styles, which has since evolved into an influential media company, employing an all-female team of editors, writers and photographers based across the country. Camille has served as an in-demand national spokesperson for such global companies as Target and collaborates with brands from Chandon and KitchenAid to Pottery Barn and Sonos.

Melanie Barr, Founder and CEO of She Built it™ leads this week’s episode. Melanie launched She Built It™ in 2015 after selling millions in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Millennium Corporate Solutions to name a few. Her experience leading Boards and assisting organizations with female-focused missions inspired her to launch and grow the She Built it™ community, a collective that comes together to empower you to "experience the life and business that you crave." She Built It™ fosters meaningful member connections and shares knowledge and resources that inspire you to make your next leap - big or small.

As Senior Vice President of Wedgewood Homes, Jamie Bedner oversees the acquisition, renovation, and sales for the West Coast and Midwest Regions of the United States. Jamie also heads up Maverick Design – Wedgewood’s creative design group. Jamie earned a degree in Business Administration and Management from UC Berkeley. She is passionate about design in all its forms—from fashion to home decor and home design.

Janis Gardner Cecil, President, JGC Fine Art, New York, is an art advisor, curator, and art historian with over 25 years of experience as a gallerist and dealer in the primary and secondary art markets.  Cecil's relationships with private collectors, corporations, and institutions draw upon her in-depth knowledge and experience with international impressionist, modern, postwar, and contemporary art. In addition to advising clients on acquisitions and sales of works of art, Cecil is engaged with all aspects of collection management from conception to installation.

Jenny Bonchak, Founder at Slingshot Coffee Co. / Needs & Wants, is on a pursuit to craft better, more exciting coffee experiences for people everywhere. As a national award-winning barista and veteran of the Specialty Coffee industry for more than 13 years, she launced a pioneering, nationally-recognized Cold Coffee brand that brings a unique story and category-building products to life that don’t make them just another Cold Brew brand, but distinctly Slingshot. The company’s sister brand, Needs & Wants, is the first and only beverage on the market to use a 100% women-led supply chain, and is dedicated to helping strengthen economic resources for women starting at the farm-level, and environmental sustainability throughout the world.

Melanie Barr, Founder and CEO of She Built it™ leads this week’s episode. Melanie launched She Built It™ in 2015 after selling millions in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Millennium Corporate Solutions to name a few. Her experience leading Boards and assisting organizations with female-focused missions inspired her to launch and grow the She Built it™ community, a collective that comes together to empower you to "experience the life and business that you crave." She Built It™ fosters meaningful member connections and shares knowledge and resources that inspire you to make your next leap - big or small.

Jen Maxfield is an Emmy-award winning reporter and anchor at NBC New York with over twenty years of experience. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she teaches broadcast journalism. Maxfield’s first book, More After the Break: A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories, will be published by Greenleaf Book Group in July of 2022. More After the Break was an instant Amazon bestseller when it became available for preorders this winter. Her anchoring and reporting were part of NBC-NY’s COVID 19 coverage that was awarded the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award in 2021, recognized as the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. 

Christa Gurka is a board certified physical therapist and nationally certified Pilates instructor specializing in Pilates based rehab and injury prevention. She is the founder and CEO of Pilates in the Grove in Miami Florida. What started out as a passion for mindful movement transformed into a movement to help people learn to feel better by moving better. Over the last few years Christa started a mentorship program to support other female boutique fitness and wellness entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses to suit the lives they wanted for themselves and their families. Outside of the studio Christa enjoys walking her pup Duncan and cheering on her favorite athletes her two teenage sons at their various sporting events.

Cailen Ascher is an award-winning Business Coach with a 3-day workweek, a mom of two little girls and the creator of Scale-Up Accelerator™ — a program that teaches coaches and online service providers how to create a highly profitable Premium Group Program so they can double revenue while decreasing work hours. Cailen has been featured in Business Insider, Huffington Post and Inspired Coach Magazine and has been interviewed on top podcasts like Entrepreneurs on Fire and She Means Business Podcast among many others. She is also host of The Soulful Business Show™ which airs weekly. Her programs have helped 1000s of coaches & service providers transform their lives and businesses with her proven strategies for working less, making more and living better.

Jen Szpigiel is the owner and founder of Becoming Iconic®️, Jen infuses her years of wisdom and proven strategies for visionaries, legends and entrepreneurs who want to break expired paradigms and shift the narrative within their businesses, relationships and lives. She is an industry leader, mentor, and podcast host.