Trust Your Voice

In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Craig Scalise, a distinguished economist with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and who also taught at the University of South Carolina.

His publications include the book, “Intellectual Property Protection: Theory, Evidence and Policy” and the “Entrepreneurial Energy: It’s Creation and Capture” series of journal articles about innovation policy.

In this conversation, Sylvie and Craig discussed:

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Edith Jorge-Tuñón has over a decade of political experience, ranging from overseeing the national 

Coalitions program at the Republican National Committee during the 2018 midterm elections, to 

directing national field efforts at the Koch Network’s LIBRE Initiative during the 2016 election 

cycle. Formerly the Political Director for Governor Susana Martinez’s re-election 

campaign, Edith built a grassroots program that helped win the New Mexico statehouse for the 

first time in over 50 years. Prior to that, she helped New Jersey Governor Chris Christie secure the 

Hispanic vote during his re-election campaign by 51%, and in 2020 led the Political Department 

at the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) in holding 59 legislative chambers across 

the nation and picking up two more during a half a billion-dollar redistricting cycle. Edith is 

currently the Deputy Executive Director at the RSLC; the only national organization committed to 

electing republicans at the state level.

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Suzanne Clark, president and chief executive officer of the US Chamber of Commerce. She is a vocal proponent of policies that enable businesses to innovate, invest and grow, and help lead the fight against government proposals that undermine America’s economic strength and competitiveness. 

Clark spearheaded efforts to dramatically increase support for small businesses by creating CO—the US Chamber’s award-winning digital home for small businesses. Clark earned a B.A., magna cum laude, and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University. 

Learn more about the US Chamber of Commerce on their advocacy work and how they help their members: 

We are also encouraging everyone to visit your local chamber of commerce and see how you can offer your talent and services.

In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Ciara Wolfe, the executive director of Yellowstone Club Community Foundation. Sylvie has already worked with her and witnessed the impacts of her efforts firsthand. Stay tuned throughout the episode to learn about the story of Ciara Wolfe and the humble beginnings of Big Sky and how it played a big role in helping Ciara find her potential in empowering people and understanding communities. Moreover, the episode tackles what it means to be in an unincorporated community and other unique concepts to be introduced by Ciara with her experiences.

In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down in this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast with Ashely Marsh, co-founder of Marsh Collective with her husband. She has pioneered the redemption of Opelika, and place-making in cities across the country. Stay tuned throughout the episode to learn about the history of Marsh Collective, from the humble beginnings of Ashely and John Marsh, and how they learned about the potential of building visions for communities and the people within them. Understand the process behind the design thinking of Ashely and Marsh with how they help redeem communities across the country through this episode.

In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Jamila Trimuel, Founder of Ladies of Virtue, to inspire you to spark the key to mentor young people with different paradigms and views of the world. 

 
In this conversation, Sylvie and Jamila discuss: 

Connect with Jamila: 

Know more about LOV Chicago Ladies of Virtue, give them a follow on their social media accounts: 

To get involved with providing for the students, visit their website, LOV Chicago Ladies of Virtue, to know how to be a mentor, volunteer, and donate and be a sponsor or partner.   
 

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Alexandra Hudson, Founder of Civic Renaissance, to inspire you to spark civility and interest in understanding the human condition through stories.

Stay tuned throughout the episode to learn about Alexandra’s new series, Storytelling and the Human Condition, and hear what’s new in the course of Storytelling. And that's not all! As a special treat, they are offering a one-month subscription to Wondrium, absolutely free! All you need to do is join the nearly fifty thousand other readers of Civic Renaissance. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to expand your knowledge and imagination through the magic of storytelling.

In this conversation, Sylvie and Alexandra discuss:

Connect with Alexandra:

Alexandra published a book about the difference between politeness—a superficial appearance of good manners—and true civility, you can get your copy here The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal the Society and Ourselves.

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Charles Marohn, Founder and President of Strong Towns, and Lou Powell, President of High-Tech Small Town, to talk about what makes a town strong and thriving.

In this conversation, Sylvie with Charles and Lou discuss:

Here is an article how High-Tech Small Town, with their advocacy of bring tech talents and attracting high-tech remote jobs into a small town, made Aledo stronger than it was before.

Charles authored great books about communities in America: Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity and Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: A Strong Towns Approach to Transportation . He has a podcast piece about struggling communities and you may listen it here: A Model for Suburban Development? And lastly, if you want to know the difference between a road and a street, Charles also has a TedTalk episode about it.

Connect with Lou:

Connect with Charles:

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Karith Foster, CEO of INVERSITY Solutions and Founder of INVERSITY Foundation, to spark a new way to think, talk and act on diversity.

In this conversation, Sylvie and Karith discuss:

Connect with Karith:

Know more about Inversity Solutions to help eliminate the division among us. Karith also authored a book, you can get yourself a copy here: “You Can Be Perfect or You Can Be Happy: How to Let Go, Worry Less, and Enjoy Life!”. And Karith’s also been a guest on the She Said She Said podcast, you can listen to it here: She Said She Said Podcast Episode 218 with Karith Foster where they talked about using humor as a skill.

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To kickstart our new season, we had a live podcast stream on YouTube last January 23. In case you missed the live podcast, we have posted the episode on the channel for you.

In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Kymyona Burk and Nathan Hoffman, to talk about shining a light on literacy and its importance.

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