On today's episode I speak with the co-founders of Givepact. Givepact is a Web 3 technology platform for nonprofits that helps convert crypto donations into cash donations.

Alicia Cepeda Maule is the Co-Founder and CEO. Alicia has over a decade of digital strategy experience and is eager to help humanitarian causes make a splash in Web 3. "I’m Innocence Project’s first Digital Engagement Director and since 2015 have led the organization in exponential audience growth, revenue, and advocacy including execution prevention campaigns. I worked in digital for President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign and msnbc.com. I have a B.A. in Africana Studies from Brown University."

Steven Aguiar is the Co-Founder and COO. Steven has deep experience using digital channels 'to drive positive outcomes for mission-driven organizations. I am a full-stack digital marketer, co-founder of Givepact and founder of BlueWing. I have deep experience using digital channels to drive positive outcomes for businesses and mission-driven organizations. I have worked with dozens of companies to grow and convert an audience throughout the entire marketing funnel. I have a BA from Brown University and am a Facebook, Google and HubSpot-certified professional."

Dr Michelle Johnston is an author and Emergency Medicine Physician. She works as a senior consultant at Royal Perth Hospital, an inner city  level one trauma centre in Australia. She is committed to clinical care and teaching, and was awarded the Australasian College For Emergency Medicine's Teaching Excellence Award. 

Her first book Dustfall, released in February of 2018  is a story about medical error and its consequences. She has dedicated her career to finding the sweet spot between creativity and critical care, and believes there is a beating heart of humanity within the sometimes brutal world of emergency medicine.

In today's episode we speak about Michelle's highly anticipated second novel Tiny Uncertain Miracles published 2022 by Harper Collins.

From Michelle's website: "Awkward, hapless Marick is still struggling with the loss of his wife, his child and his faith when he is reluctantly thrust into the position of chaplain at a large public hospital. Shortly after arriving, he meets Hugo, a hospital scientist and a man almost as lost as Marick himself, who is working in a forgotten lab, deep in the subterranean realms of the hospital. Hugo is convinced that the bacteria he uses for protein production have – unbelievably – begun to produce gold. Is it alchemy, evolution, a hoax or even … possibly … a miracle? In the meantime, Christmas is approaching, the number of homeless outside the hospital is increasing, the Director of Operational Services is pressing Marick about his weekly KPIs, you can’t buy chocolate in the hospital shop anymore, and Marick keeps waking with nightmares at 4 am every night. If ever a miracle was needed, it’s now."

Nora D. Volkow, M.D., is a researcher and psychiatrist. She is the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) soon to be the  National Institute on Drugs and Addiction at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIDA is the world’s largest funder of scientific research on the health aspects of drug use and addiction.

Dr. Volkow's work has been instrumental in demonstrating that drug addiction is a brain disorder. She pioneered the use of brain imaging to investigate how substance use affects brain functions. In particular, her studies have documented how changes in the dopamine system affect the functions of brain regions involved with reward and self-control in addiction. She has also made important contributions to the neurobiology of obesity, ADHD, and aging. 

Dr. Volkow was born in Mexico and grew up in Mexico City. She earned her medical degree from the National University of Mexico in Mexico City. Her psychiatric residency was at New York University, where she earned a Laughlin Fellowship from The American College of Psychiatrists as one of 10 outstanding psychiatric residents in the United States.

Megan Ranney MD MPH is an emergency physician, researcher, and advocate for innovative approaches to health. Her work focuses on the intersection between digital health, violence prevention, and population health. 

She is the incoming dean of the Yale School of Public Health and former Deputy Dean of the School of Public Health, as well as founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health . She is co-founder and Senior Strategic Advisor to the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM) at the Aspen Institute which creates practical, scalable, and immediate health-based solutions to reduce all forms of firearm-related injuries in the United States. She recently served as co-founder and president of the board for GetUsPPE.org, a startup dedicated to matching donated personal protective equipment to those who need it most. She is a Fellow of the fifth class of the Aspen Health Innovators Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. 

 

She is the Warren Alpert Endowed Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Professor of Behavioral and Social Science / Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the School of Public Health.

"On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court officially issued a ruling in Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, refusing to strike down a Mississippi state law banning abortion after the fifteenth week of pregnancy."

We discuss the Dobbs decision and its impact 1 year later.

Kimi Chernoby is Counsel for Reproductive Rights and Health at the National Women’s Law Center. She is a Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Kimi was the first graduate of the University of Florida’s MD/JD program and previously served as a Health Policy Fellow for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. As a resident physician in Indiana, she helped pregnant minors obtain the right to consent to their own medical care including post-partum contraception. Her work focuses on increasing access to contraception at the state and federal level, specifically using clinical experience to advance policies that center the needs of patients.

Robin Marty is the Director of Operations for the West Alabama Women's Center and a freelance reporter and the author of the book "Handbook for a Post-Roe America," a guide for what to do if and when Roe is overturned and states make abortion illegal, and the co-author of "The End of Roe v. Wade" Robin's work is frequently published in Time Magazine, Cosmopolitan, NBC, The Guardian, Politico and other news outlets, and she is a regular guest on MSNBC.

June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. Today's episode is one recorded and dropped in 2021 with Drs. Selwyn Rogers and Everett Lyn. Unfortunately, the conversation is as relevant today as it was then. 

Selwyn O. Rogers is the Dr. James E. Bowman Jr. Professor of Surgery (first James E Bowman professorship) and the Chief, Section of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Founding Director, Trauma Center. He is the Executive Vice President, Community Health Engagement University of Chicago Medicine 

Everett T Lyn is the Former Clinical Director and Director of Faculty Affairs and Development Brigham and Women's Hospital.Former Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine North Shore Medical Center. He is also the Former Chief Medical Officer Dignity Health Care and Former Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School.

Lois K. Lee is a Senior Associate in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine at The Boston Children's Hospital. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School  Dr. Lee is a researcher passionate about health policy and injury prevention, including firearm safety and children. She was the inaugural Nick Littlefield health policy fellow at the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI; www.nehi.net). During this time she worked as a health policy staffer for Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

Dr. Annie Andrews is the Founder and CEO of Their Future Our Vote, an organization focused on mobilizing resources and support for policies that put the needs of children first and educating leaders and lawmakers about these policies. Annie had decided to run for Congress to give children a voice in Washington, D.C. She was the Democratic nominee in South Carolina’s first congressional district in 2022.  Dr. Andrews is currently a Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, where she cares for children and adolescents at the Children’s Hospital.

Kim Scott is the author of Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-ass Culture of Inclusivity and Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and co-founder of the company Radical Candor. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. Prior to that Kim managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo and started a diamond-cutting factory in Moscow. She lives with her family in Silicon Valley.

Follow Kim:https://kimmalonescott.com/

May is National Historic Preservation Month!

Please remember the National Marian Anderson Museum with your giving in support of the recovery repair and restoration process for the treasured National Landmark and programming. You can pledge support to the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society .

Marian Anderson was a contralto and international singer that triumphed over racial prejudice and became an inspiration for the civil rights movement. She was denied a performance at The Daughters of the American Revolution’s (DAR) Constitution Hall in 1939. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR and an integrated team of activists from the NAACP to Howard University and Secretary of the Interior, Henry Ickes organized Anderson’s iconic 1939 concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial  to an unprecedented 75,000, featured on newsreels and heard on radio by millions around the world. In 1955 she became the first black woman to sing at the Metropolitan opera

Jillian Patricia Pirtle is a professional American Stage & Opera Artist  Jillian received her BFA Degree in Musical Theater & Operatic Performance from the University of the Arts in 2004. She also has a degree History and is a licensed historian with the state of Pennsylvania.  In 2018  Lady Blanche Burton Lyles the founder of The National Marian Anderson Museum & Historical Society died and Jillian became the museum & organizations CEO. The museum is run and maintained by The Marian Anderson Historical Society  in Philadelphia

Amy Bernstein is the editor of Harvard Business Review (HBR) and the Vice President and Executive Editorial Director of Harvard Business Publishing. She also co-hosts HBR's Women At Work podcast.

"I lead HBR, the leading journal of management and leadership thinking, and its team of editors. During my tenure we were twice named National Magazine Award finalists for general excellence. I am also responsible for the editorial strategy and content development of the learning and educator assets for our Corporate Learning and Higher Education businesses."