Invest In Her with Catherine Gray

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Isabella Mandis, an undergraduate student at Harvard. She is the founder of Girls Into VC (the first organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of female venture capitalists and championing women-led startups) and Rising Stars Review (a platform to highlight young talent). She is a Kleiner Perkins Fellow and was one of the youngest people to be listed on Forbes 30 Under 30's regional list. Starting at a young age, Isabella was interested in entrepreneurship and helping others. In high school, she did academic research for university professors and built her own algorithm to reduce racial and gender bias in machine learning—her research was published in an international peer-reviewed journal. Isabella also worked at several startups and is certified to teach English as a second language. Since arriving at Harvard, she has pursued her interest in venture capital, acting as a Venture Scout for Alumni Ventures under Yard Ventures & Women's Fund, and the first and sole Harvard undergraduate Campus Investment Partner for The MBA Fund Isabella recognized the grave gender disparities in venture capital and wanted to help make the field more diverse—leading her to create Girls Into VC. Rising Stars Review was founded to promote and inspire young talent. www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Laura Nix Gerson, the CEO & Co-founder of Nix|Gerson Media. She develops and produces content that celebrates women. She is also the co-founder of Venture:F and the producer and host of the Venture:F podcast, the destination for women investing in women. Laura serves as a Board Director of the Los Angeles Venture Association and as the Co-Chair for Women@LAVA. She is a business development expert with more than twenty years of expertise and has advised start-ups, entrepreneurs, and major corporations on growth strategy. She has led both agency and corporate environments, where her extensive background in lead generation, marketing, and communications have been the cornerstone of her expertise. Laura has a knack for seeing the opportunities in specific introductions and is known for creating strategic partnerships that garner results. In her previous role at Worth Media Group she reinstated the Women & Worth community, building out the business and content strategy, to include producing the Leading Voices Series and the 2023 Women & Worth Summit booking such luminaries as Stacey Abrams, Valerie Jarrett, Jenny Just, Gloria Feldt and Sallie Krawcheck. Prior to this Laura launched FOUNDED, a curated community focused on strategic introductions, to help founders grow and scale their businesses and was the Founder & CEO of MomAngeles Media, where she spent 10 years working with brands in the parenting and women's health & wellness space. During this time she booked 200+ top tier women speakers, all experts in their field, for events and series including: The Riveter Stories, United State of Women Summit, SoCal Wellness Annual Summit, and The MomFair. This was a formative time in her career that she credits with a deeper appreciation for the ability of women to innovate, launching businesses that solve challenges women and moms deal with every day. As a writer she has contributed to Worth, CBS Local Los Angeles, Babble, and Modern Mom. https://www.nixgersonmedia.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Dr. Julie Ducharme, President of Lead and Empower Her She Talks, President of Synergy Learning Institute, Keynote Speaker, TEDx Speaker, Entrepreneur, Award-winning Author, and Pro bball/vball Athlete. Dr. Ducharme's first love was sports, and she pursued college athletics despite being told she wasn't smart enough for higher education. She persevered, earning three degrees: a BA in Communication with a specialization in public speaking, an MBA with a specialization in Marketing, and a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) with a specialization in Leadership. After playing volleyball and basketball overseas, Dr. Ducharme returned to become a head volleyball coach at a local college, which led to her becoming a professor at the young age of 23. As an overachiever, within seven years, she became the chair of three programs, then a dean overseeing 20 business colleges, before retiring to start her own technical vocational college, where she has served as president for the last decade at Synergy Learning Institute. Dr. Ducharme has authored several bestsellers, including "Authentically You: Empower Your Way to Success." While advancing her academic career, she also built multiple businesses. Her first venture, Julie's Party People, an event company, has successfully served San Diego for 23 years and continues to thrive. Not stopping there, Dr. Ducharme founded JD Consulting, a company that has evolved over the past 20 years into a digital design agency, course design firm, and commercial production company. She once said, "Once I started building businesses, I was hooked. I am an entrepreneur through and through." She then established a sports Equipment company Taylor Elite sports and co-founded Your Authentic Genius, a PR company focused on branding women, with Shelby Jo-Long. Additionally, Dr. Ducharme has been developing Lead and Empower Her She Talks for the past seven years. This initiative has grown from a conference into a magazine, a membership organization, and a movement. She is passionate about this work and dedicated to changing the paradigm for women, expressing her commitment to this cause for the rest of her life. www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Cheryl Kellond, a 3x founder, 3x Ironman, and 4x Mom. As a founder, she's raised $20M in VC for her own companies and worked 1:1 with 200 early-stage entrepreneurs. As a funder, she's a loud and proud baby-check writer who has invested in more than 50 startups using the funds in her IRA. Her current startup, Play Money, brings all these passions together. Play Money is Instagram for Angel — enabling everyday angles to build their dream startup portfolios without making investing a full-time job and at just about any budget. Connecting deal flow and aspiring investors from the best-emerging fund managers, trusted communities, and well-known influencers, Play Money is on track to put a $1B in motion for the next generation of founders and funders. www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Dr. Farnoush Fadavi, the founder of Bala Enzyme. Dr. Fadavi, along with her husband, Dr. Arash Aftabi, are retired dental surgeons based in Southern California. Dr. Fadavi's journey began with years of research at Boston University focused on plant-based enzymes as a natural alternative to pharmaceuticals for reducing bruising and inflammation after oral surgery. Over the past 20 years, she integrated plant-based therapy into her clinical practice, and eventually, she and her husband took all the research and clinical data to develop the Bala formula. In 2018, Dr. Fadavi was involved in an accident that left her with chronic pain and forced her to retire early. Sensitive to pharmaceuticals, she turned to Bala as a natural solution for her recovery. The profound impact Bala had on her life inspired her to share the formula and her story with the world. Dr. Fadavi believes that a balanced life is one without inflammation, which is why she named the product "Bala," short for Balance. Tune in to hear how her personal experience and dedication to natural healing led to the creation of Bala Enzyme, a product that is changing lives by promoting a balanced, inflammation-free life. https://balaenzyme.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Nekei Lewis, the founder of American Dreamers, a groundbreaking membership-based financial platform for wealth empowerment. With a strong belief in a foundation in finance for individuals and business owners, Nekei has created a community that brings together corporate and real estate partners along with a host of other resources and opportunities. Resources include consulting in business credit, loans & grants, personal credit, Wills & Trust, and passive investment opportunities. In addition to her work with American Dreamers, Nekei is also the creator of a unique financial organizer bag that helps individuals get their finances organized. Her commitment to education and advancement extends beyond her platform, as she actively participates in city and non-profit initiatives focused on workforce development and renewable energy. https://www.americandreamers.club/ www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Gloria Feldt, a nationally acclaimed expert on women, power, and leadership with expertise from frontline leadership experience, a bestselling author, and in-demand keynote speaker. Selected for Forbes 50 over 50, she is cofounder and president of Take The Lead, whose mission reflects her life's passion: to prepare, develop, inspire, and propel women of all diversities to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025 by providing breakthrough training, mentoring and coaching role modeling, and thought leadership. They discuss the Take The Lead, Power Up Concert and Conference, on August 26th, in Washington DC on Women's Equality Day! Get your tickets here: https://togetherwelead.events.whova.com/registration/ Show Her the Money will be screening after the conference on August 26th! Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-equality-day-dc-show-her-the-money-screening-panel-afterparty-tickets-977207212077 She is the bestselling author of five books. Her latest, Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics and How Women Will Take The Lead, shows how we can seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of massive disruption to build back stronger with women at the center of the recovery. Through the lens of women's stories, it delivers a fresh set of leadership tools, skills, and concepts that help all women reach their own highest intentions, purposefully creating new norms, while guiding institutions to break through the remaining barriers to gender and racial parity for everyone's good. www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Jasmine Jones, the Co-founder and CEO of Myya, the only online direct-to-consumer, insurance-billable, post-mastectomy intimates brand. Inspired by her grandmother's battle with breast cancer, Jasmine created Myya to address the challenge of finding well-fitting post-mastectomy bras that provide support when you need it most. Incubated at Cherry Blossom Intimates, the brand's retail space, Myya is the next step in the company's evolution, connecting women across the country with certified mastectomy fitters. Myya offers breast cancer survivors a completely customizable virtual post-mastectomy bra fitting, ensuring that all women get the perfect fit. Myya is the only online boutique that can bill insurance directly for its customers, making the shopping process seamless for them. In October 2020, Cherry Blossom Intimates, the Techstars-backed company, closed its $1.25 million seed round, making Jasmine one of the few Black women in the world to close over $1 million in venture funding. A former Miss District of Columbia USA, Jasmine was named a Forbes Under 30 Listmaker in the Retail and E-Commerce category, as well as a Fashion Institute of Technology award-winning lingerie designer, and a Tory Burch fellow. Own equity in MYYA! Jasmine currently has a WeFunder where you can invest to have equity in Myya.com You can invest any amount here in her WeFunder investment opportunity! It takes a village! https://wefunder.com/myya/ https://myya.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Rebecca Hart and Margaret Gifford of Abundance Capital. Rebecca Hart has owned her firm Hart & Partners for 20+ years. Her clients have included a broad spectrum of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofits, from multinational corporations to start-ups. In recent years, she has become more active in the areas of investing and philanthropy, including the Next Wave Social Impact Fund, part of a growing movement to increase women's participation in angel investing as an asset class. She is also on the Advisory Council for Abundance Capital and believes it is important for donor-advised fund holders to understand how to leverage these dollars for investing in entrepreneurial ventures. Margaret Gifford is serving as Abundance Capital's Chief Impact Investment Officer. She is a multi-company founder and C-Suite executive with over twenty years of experience developing and leading impact investing strategy and operations, investor relations, and global marketing for companies from startups to Fortune 100 in Silicon Valley, New York City, and the Southeast. Her professional focus is activating capital and investor networks to drive social and environmental impact in communities around the world. Margaret serves as a professional impact investor, philanthropist, and consultant supporting the growth of transformational sectors including food/food tech; agriculture/ag tech; mobile computing; and blended finance, including alternative private debt and equity investments focused on economic development. Curious, innovative, driven and comfortable working in diverse cultures and communities, she brings a broad-minded perspective to her teams. www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Episode 400!!! Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Marcia Dawood, an early-stage investor who serves on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, a venture partner with Mindshift Capital, a member of Golden Seeds, and the chair emeritus of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), a global professional society for angel investors. She is also an associate producer on the award-winning documentary Show Her the Money. A TEDx speaker and the host of The Angel Next Door podcast, Marcia walks the talk and holds investments in over fifty early-stage companies and funds. She is committed to expanding support for diverse companies that overcome the world's biggest problems and accelerate positive change. She is passionate about bridging the gap from early-stage inception to building thriving, profitable companies. She is a founding member and chair of the ACA's Growing Women's Capital Group, which is building syndication and collaboration among US investment groups focused on women-led companies. She is also a co-author of the book You Can, You Will, which was an Amazon bestseller in thirty-nine categories in four countries. Prior to that, Marcia worked in sales, marketing, and operations for Kaplan Education for over sixteen years. Marcia received an MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. Marcia currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, Izzy, and she feels lucky to be the stepmom to three amazing sons. www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Meredith Yinger and Adrienne Rouan. Meredith is a Film Director, Documentarian, and Owner of She TV Media - a female-led, full-service video and virtual event production company. Based in Los Angeles, she carries additional titles of bestselling author, producer, host, and voiceover artist. She is dedicated to bringing overlooked stories to life through the magic of film. Adrienne specializes as a Certified Trauma Resilience Life Coach, a Somatic Experiencing Coach, and a TEDx speaker. She also stars alongside three other powerful women in the newly released documentary, Scars Unseen. She has earned her reputation for speaking up for the past five years about the need for additional emotional health training in workplaces and speaking internationally in some of the world's most influential organizations such as the International Trauma Institute and The Children and Young People's Services Committees. www.sheangelinvestors.com

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Barbara Basbanes Richter is a dynamic storyteller and entrepreneur. As the host of the podcast "Writing for Immortality" and founder of DIYBook and In Ink Ghostwriting, Barbara breathes life into words, helping people write their stories with clarity and confidence. Barbara holds a BA and MA in French Language and Literature from Smith College and Tufts University. She is a founding member of the Ticknor Society, a voting member of the National Book Critics Circle, and a member of the Grolier Club, the country's oldest bibliophilic association. Currently residing in Westchester, New York, with her family and beloved basset hounds, Barbara continues to enrich the landscape of literature and entrepreneurship by contributing to the domains of storytelling and literary access. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/writing-for-immortality/id1726828796 https://www.diybook.us/ https://www.ininkghostwriting.com/

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Nicola Corzine, the founding executive director of the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, a non-profit that delivers world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. As Executive Director, Nicola is responsible for strategic and operational leadership that helps drive research, programming, fundraising, and operations for the organization. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://thecenter.nasdaq.org/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

In honor of Pride Month, we are featuring a couple of previously aired episodes with inspiring people in the LGBTQ community. In this week's episode, Catherine Gray interviews Kelly Ann Winget, the Founder of Dallas-based private equity company, Alternative Wealth Partners. Kelly Ann has over a decade of experience in the alternative investment space, sourcing creative capital for startups, oil & gas companies, manufacturing ventures, real estate, and several other emerging markets. She has helped companies raise almost $1B in private capital from individual investors looking for investment opportunities outside of the stock market. Kelly Ann Winget will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Show Her the Money https://showherthemoneymovie.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com https://alternativewealthpartners.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

In honor of Pride Month, we are featuring a couple of previously aired episodes with inspiring people in the LGBTQ community. This week's episode features Vicky Pasche, the co-founder of Dapper Boi, Inc. Within five years of starting her online genderless clothing brand along with her wife Charisse, it is now a seven-figure company on a mission to revolutionize the genderless fashion movement. Vicky has always had a passion for compassion and believes that so many of us do not fit in today's binary norms in the retail world. By creating a body-positive, accepting community, we can all build confidence within ourselves and within each other to create a world we can all "fit" into. Vicky Pasche is featured in the documentary, Show Her the Money https://showherthemoneymovie.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.dapperboi.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Gillian Muessig and Anne Kennedy, Managing Directors of the Mastersfund™ and co-hosts of the VC, Confidential podcast. Anne launched one of the pioneer SEO agencies, co-founded the world's largest consortium of digital marketing companies and authored the book Global Search Engine Marketing, the authoritative work on the subject. Anne is a recognized thought leader in international digital marketing and gender lens investing. She is a long term advisor to technology conferences, the U.S. State Department, German Marshall Fund and Swiss Contact, as well as keynote speaker and lecturer at hundreds of conferences and briefings worldwide. Gillian Muessig is a co-founder of several tech startups, including Moz, the world's most popular provider of digital marketing software. In addition to serving on dozens of Boards of Directors and Advisors worldwide, Muessig has served as a tech advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and has been a business and program advisor to the U.S. State Department, German Marshall Fund, SwissContact, the government of Macedonia, and others. www.sheangelinvestors.com

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Noga Levtzion-Nadan, Managing Partner of the Value Squared Responsible Investment House and CEO and Founder of Greeneye ESG, Ltd. is a trailblazer in promoting Responsible Investment. In 2016, Noga was honored with the 'Green Globe Award' by Israel's Knesset. She has more than 18 years of rich experience leading change in Israel's ESG arena - working with the government, NGOs, and the financial and business sectors. Noga is a TEDx speaker and holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics (LSE). www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Laura Kiernan, SVP GuideLign, for Rivel, Inc. She is an advisor and strategist with over three decades of experience working with directorial boards, Fortune 500 and Russell 2000 companies to develop, lead and implement successful investor relations and corporate strategies. She is the Founder and CEO of two boutique investor relations businesses, High Touch Investor Relations and Raising Millions, an incubator and e-learning platform for business founders. High Touch Investor Relations, founded in 2009, is a financial communications and strategic analysis firm that serves international and domestic publicly listed clients. Laura and her team advise clients on strategy and company positioning at pivotal stages, including brand, valuation and other key metrics for business longevity and success. Merging her entrepreneurial know-how with a passion for conscious capitalism, Laura formed Raising Millions in 2021, the go-to network for underrepresented early-stage founders and creators wanting to expand, fundraise and build their businesses through financial education. Laura's unique skillset has allowed her to expertly advise firms and boards on how to best optimize valuations through C­ suite and board advisory, financial media, targeting, communication, valuation strategy and analyses, capital raising, short surveillance and investor story development. Several of her career successes include overseeing investor relations for World Wrestling Entertainment, the acquisition of the Harry Winston Diamond Corporation by Swatch Group Ltd. and as SVP, Investor Relations at Ubiquiti responsible for improving valuation and advising the C-suite on business strategies. Laura is invited to share her insights by guest lecturing at business-oriented educational institutions including Fordham University, Northeastern University, the University of Pretoria and the National Investor Relations Institute. She holds a BSc in Accounting from Ithaca College and an MBA in Finance and Strategy from NYU Stern School of Business. www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Beth Hilbing and Dianne Gubin, the Co-CEO's of C- Sweet. C-Sweet is a 10,000+ organization whose mission "Is to foster executive level relationships for business development, collaboration, and expanded career paths." Beth Hilbing is a versatile, experienced, successful executive with extensive experience in managing infrastructure and global client services for the entertainment, insurance, aerospace, and banking industries. In her most recent role at Boeing Corporation as Sr. Program Manager and Principal IT Business Partner. Beth has a focus on innovative technologies in Engineering, Manufacturing and Supplier Management, and Digital Architecture and Applications. Delivering agile, cost-competitive solutions, so customers can reduce costs, drive efficiency and optimize operations. Supporting mission-critical government programs and new business contracts estimated in 100 million in size and up. Prior to that Beth was director of Global Collaboration Services at Northrop Grumman Corporation (NG), focused on engineering and operations to support collaboration technology spanning domestic and international operations for NG. Prior experience includes managing teams up to 600 in size, budget responsibility of $120 million+, Project/Product Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Vendor Management, Cloud, Mobile, Cyber Security, Global Client Service Structure and Support, Application Support, and Financial management. As a former Vice President for Northrop Grumman Federal Credit Union, Beth was responsible for all design and implementation for Information Technology Systems and Program Solutions, including Enterprise Resource Planning programs, Internet security, and disaster recovery. Managed Financial System Conversion, Disaster Recovery Planning, Cyber Security Audits. Dianne Gubin, an Investment Banker and Principal for Capital InVentures, Dianne actively raises capital, introducing investors to CEOs and management teams seeking $10 million to over $500 million in debt and/or equity financing. She has a strong network of private, corporate, financial, and institutional investors. Dianne participates in structuring syndicates and capital stacks, including bond raises. Her work includes business development, deal flow, business plan and proforma review, due diligence, financial analysis and more. Industry experience includes finance, tech, staffing, affordable housing, commercial mortgage, healthcare, biotech, consumer products, entertainment, energy, ethanol, aircraft, manufacturing and more. Dianne's background includes 25+ years in B-2-B sales and account management working with Fortune 1000, middle market, and fast-growth companies. Dianne's founded two executive search firms with responsibility for management, operations, business development and recruiting. She is president of Amplify Professional Services which specializes in information technology search and consulting. https://www.csweet.org www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Elisa Parker. Elisa connects people through the power of story, partnership and solutions to amplify women's leadership and close the gender gap. She has served as the founder of cutting-edge organizations and programs, a nationally acclaimed radio host, producer, coalition builder, strategist and visionary for equity and social justice. She currently oversees Equal Voice | Equal Future, a new gender justice media hub championed by the Fund for Women's Equality and its sister organization, the ERA Coalition. Moving from silos to solidarity through partnership development, programming and hosting the Coalition's new podcast, Equality Talks, she is intent on spreading the word of the Equal Rights Amendment to ensure the 28th Amendment is published in our Constitution. Elisa is the founder, director and host of the award-winning media program and organization, See Jane Do, co-founder of 50 Women Can Change the World in Media & Entertainment, Indivisible Women and 100 Women Change Hollywood. Other notable works include creating the Passion into ActionTM Women's Conference, TEDxGrassValley, Raising Jane and the See Jane Do Media Lounge. She's spoken at events such as, The United State of Women Summit, UN Commission on the Status of Women, TEDx, The Women's March, March for Civility, The Power Women Summit and Netroots Nation. She reaches thousands through partnership with like-minded organizations and develops organizational-wide initiatives, communications strategies for events and digital media campaigns that support gender equality, diversity and inclusion. For over 17 years she has served as an award-winning talk radio host and DJ for KVMR and hosted and managed the Wild & Scenic Film Festival Media Lounge, the largest festival of its kind. Her interviews include luminaries such as Lily Tomlin, Gloria Steinem, Eve Ensler, Melissa Etheridge, Shawn Colvin, Mick Fleetwood, Donna Karan, Geena Davis, Patrick Stewart, Debra Winger, Yvon Chouinard, Jennifer Newsom, Michael Franti, Kathy Griffin, Krishna Das, Joan Blades, Indigo Girls, Sandra Bernhard, Monique Coleman, Simrit Kaur, Terry Tempest Williams, Helen Reddy and other positive deviants across the country who have taken a left turn and are creating new models, programs and systems to create positive social impact. Elisa is a recipient of the Jody Fenimore Award for Public Affairs and Osborn-Woods Community Service Award. She served on the KVMR Board of Directors and the Advisory Committee to SheAngels. Elisa is an alumna of the Women's Media Center Progressive Women's Voices program, Take the Lead Women and the Vote, Run, Lead Go Run program. She holds a BA in Communications from San Francisco State and a MA in Organization Development & Leadership from the University of San Francisco. seejanedo.com 50womencan-media.com EqualVoice.org eracoalition.org www.sheangelinvestors.com

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Chaz Sandifer, the Founder| and CEO of theNEWmpls, Let Go Let Flow and Stories Behind the Menu. She started her health and wellness journey over 10 years ago, in search of her true authentic self, she found her passion for wellness that led her to build theNEWmpls, a company that promotes health and healing through community and organization partnerships. Her work has focused on serving a diverse population, and promoting racial health and equity through the lens of fitness, wellness, and nutrition. Chaz has a background in Marketing and International Business, is a Certified group fitness instructor, Certified Life & Wellness Coach in Diabetes,Arthritis Prevention, and trauma healing. She offers individual coaching, consulting for organizations, fitness classes, meal-prep courses, and is the only Black woman who owns a farmers market in MN. She has coached over 700 men and women who are pre-diabetic and overweight. She offers custom health and wellness programming to support those who are working through trauma. She hosts a weekly podcast called Fitness Revolution with Chaz. She is a public speaker who is frequently asked to speak on entrepreneurship, a balanced life, and racial health and equity. Chaz is a co-leader of the communications work group for Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. She also sits on the Board of Directors for 180 Degree's and Women's Venture and is now the President for the Robbinsdale Chamber of Commerce. Chaz was an Executive Producer on her first documentary "Stories Behind the Menu", that debuted and opened the 2023 Twin Cities Film Festival. She is the honoree for MSP Journal Women in Business Award 2023, TRUST Leadership Award for women in healthcare 2023, and the Minnesota Twins Game Changer of the year 2023. Chaz's children are an integral part of her business and vision, they are the CFO and CMO. She is humbled and grateful for the work she gets to do in health & wellness. www.sheangelinvestors.com

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Cat Curry Williams and Theresa Ashby of the She Angels Foundation. The She Angels Foundation awards grants to grassroots female-founded non-profit organizations that provide mentorship, funding & resources to a diverse portfolio of women's and girls' causes. She Angels isn't just a Foundation; it's a movement that empowers young women and girls to help solve critical unmet needs. They believe that by combining charitable donations, we can more powerfully meet the challenge of funding women's causes that have been underfunded for too long. The She Angels Foundation is about women helping women. https://sheangelsfoundation.org/ www.sheangelinvestors.com

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Joanna Kuang, Senior Vice President of Product Development and Impact at Illumen Capital. Joanna has dedicated her career to expanding access to capital in pursuit of inclusive justice for and alongside under-resourced people of color. She believes a combination of public, private, and philanthropic capital drives the most meaningful impact when coordinated toward a shared systemic goal. Before Illumen Capital, Joanna advised and built capacity for local, state, and federal governments on driving taxpayer dollars towards meaningful results for overlooked and underestimated communities at Third Sector Capital Partners. She began her career at Wellington Management, defining and managing impact for the institutional asset manager's sole impact investing portfolio. https://www.illumencapital.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Dorthy Shore who was among the youngest female entrepreneurs in the state of Kentucky, launching an automotive advertising agency that she grew to be the largest woman-owned agency in the U.S. During her tenure, the ad agency won 100s of awards for creative distinction, including dozens of Telly Awards for excellence in video and television. After stepping down as the CEO of Miller Ad Agency and taking on the role of Chairman of the Board, Dorthy saw a need for a publication for women over 50, a market largely ignored by other media. PrimeWomen.com was born. Fast forward to today. Not only has Prime Women become one of the most influential media outlets for mature women, the network is also poised to grow tremendously in 2024 with the launch of its own cable/satellite TV network focused on health, careers, relationships, beauty, and other topics that all women have in common. Dorthy's ultimate goal is to seize not only the future for herself but for all women over 50. www.PrimeWomen.com www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Lee Levy, a Los Angeles-based web designer as well as the creative director and Founder of Nex Graphics, with a proven track record of helping companies build a strong presence across the internet. Bringing 25 years of industry experience, she provides graphic design and website design solutions with a refined aesthetic. She graduated with a BA degree from Florida State University, and began consulting with clients immediately, putting her skills to good use. 25 years later, she has collaborated with many companies to improve their brand identity and web presence. With the constant evolution of the industry and the requirements to adapt, she is motivated to educate her clients and handle new challenges constantly. She overcame a battle with Breast Cancer in 2019, and has made a comeback with a vengeance!!!! She was recently featured as a successful entrepreneur in DOTCOM and VoyageLA magazine. She does speaking engagements at WordPress conferences, Women's Empowerment conferences, and business seminars and webinars as well. An avid networker, she has been an ambassador at the West Valley Warner Chamber of Commerce for 14 years, and loves meeting people all over the world! https://www.nexgraphics.com www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Máirín Murray, a tech innovator and 'woman founder' community champion with extensive knowledge of the start-up ecosystem in Ireland and beyond. She is a TEDx speaker who has led the design and development of numerous award-winning digital products. She is passionate about harnessing tech for positive social impact and co-founded Tech for Good Dublin in 2017 and recently launched TechFoundHer - a 500+ network of women tech founders that aims to unlock the potential of women founders to start, scale and grow tech companies for the benefit of our economy, society and world. Máirin has an MSC from the Computer Science department at Trinity College Dublin which she completed in 2001 graduating when the dotcom bubble was about to crash! She started her career working in the BBC working first in Belfast and then London as a Sen Digital Producer specialising in digital inclusion and learning platform projects. Growing up in County Down during 'The Troubles' influenced her sense that identity and culture is contested and how polarisation of thought and position takes place in any 'space' of conflict. She is committed to addressing entrepreneurial inequality and to challenge the structural and cultural bias women founders face. TEDx Speaker: https://youtu.be/HTYeb6g4ivY Digital Learning Innovator at Digital Doddle Co-founder at Tech For Good Dublin www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Devin Thorpe, a bestselling author and new-media journalist who calls himself a champion of social good. His show is called Superpowers for Good; his nearly 1500 guests include Bill Gates and other luminary changemakers. As a Forbes contributor with over 500 bylines and over two million unique readers, Devin wrote about impact investing and social entrepreneurship, often featuring leaders in the nascent crowdfunding industry. He is also the founder and CEO of The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation that organizes events to help community builders, social entrepreneurs and diverse founders. The events focus on helping ordinary people learn how to invest via crowdfunding in their local communities, entrepreneurs creating change and those who are too often overlooked or underserved. His books, focusing on helping readers do more good in the world, have been read over 1 million times! He has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars via crowdfunding. He twice hosted a 24-hour livestream via YouTube on #GivingTuesday, featuring more than 90 interviews with nonprofit leaders. Previously, Devin served as the CFO of the third-largest company on the 2009 Inc. 500 list. He also founded and led a FINRA-registered investment bank. After completing a degree in finance at the University of Utah, he earned an MBA from Cornell University. Having lived on three continents and visited over 40 countries on six continents and with guests from around the world on his show, Devin brings a global perspective on purpose-driven leadership to international audiences–from the UN to Nepal–empowering them to do more good and make their mark on the world. These lessons also enable them to change their personal lives and drive positive change within their organizations. Today, Devin channels the idealism of his youth, volunteering whenever and wherever he can, with the loving support of Gail, his wife. Their son, Dayton, is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Frequently finding himself on airplanes, he is glad to be middle-seat-sized. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://thesupercrowd.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Allison Byers, the Founder & CEO of Scroobious, a scalable, algorithmic platform connecting founders and investors through education and personalized curation, with a mission to enhance diversity in the startup ecosystem. Prior to founding Scroobious she launched and co-ran a medical device company spun out of MIT where she raised nearly $10M before it was acquired. Her earlier career includes over a decade of startup and tech operator roles. Allison is also an activist (California Senate Bill 54, MA Senate Bill 978/House Bill 1708), angel investor, startup mentor, speaker, Co-Chair of the national non-profit All Raise Boston chapter, and Executive in Residence at Merck Digital Sciences Studio. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.scroobious.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Marian Leitner-Waldman, the co-founder and CEO of Archer Roose Wine. As a Wine lover and adventurer, she founded the company in 2015 with her husband, David. Archer Roose is dedicated to producing affordable luxury wines with minimal intervention. How? Marian and David created the Traveling Vineyard. Instead of building a winery and committing to a specific geography and varietal, they wanted to offer wines from the most renowned regions worldwide. So, they fostered personal relationships with small, adventurous winemakers who preserve terroir, and approach viticulture with craftsmanship and deep environmental respect. Through these close partnerships, they can produce unique, natural wines within 20 miles of their harvest location and bring them to you. Marian is a MassChallenge Finalist, Babson-Breakaway Challenge Finalist, and Top 10 Entrepreneur of the Year by Boston Harbor Angels. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.archerroose.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Ruth Shaber, MD, who is a changemaker and innovator, moving from a robust career as an OBGYN and senior executive at Kaiser Permanente to empowering women across finance and healthcare. Currently, she is the founder and president of Tara Health Foundation, a philanthropic investment group that uses evidence-informed programs to promote women's well-being and opportunities. She is also the co-founder and board chair of Rhia Ventures, a collective of foundations and investors committed to bringing new types of capital to the reproductive health field. Alongside co-author Patience-Marime Ball, she recently published The XX Edge: Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk, which serves as the basis for her new initiative — The Diverse Investing Collective — which aims to increase the assets managed by gender-diverse and racially-diverse teams to 33 percent by 2033. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://tarahealthfoundation.org/

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews multi-Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress, Sharon Gless and her best friend, Dawn La Freeda, one of America's largest restaurant franchise owners, owns over 115 restaurants in her career. These profoundly accomplished women are also the executive producers of the documentary, Show Her the Money. The movie addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is. Featuring rock-star female investors who invest in diverse women entrepreneurs with innovations that will change the world, Show Her The Money reminds us that money is power and women need it to achieve true equality. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://showherthemoneymovie.com/

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Wendi McGowan-Ellis, the CEO & Founding General Partner at Cassandra Capital - a female-founded venture capital firm Investing in early growth-stage, women-led companies and whose mission is to "Punch Past the 3 Percent Point" of all VC investments. Wendi's investment thesis is that 80% of the firm's capital is invested in multiple other U.S. women-led venture capital firms, and 20% of our portfolio is allocated to early revenue, scaling, and growth-stage women-owned and women-led companies in North Texas. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://CassandraCapital.co Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Roslyn Kind and Monique Impagliazzo. They discuss Rosalyn's new music video "The Look of Love/The Island" with her and the director of the music video, Monique Impagliazzo. They also discuss the need for more funding for women in the arts as well as the need for more women to invest in women! Roslyn Kind's music video is out today, February 2nd anywhere you find music! https://www.sheangelinvestors.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Elisa Miller-Out, a business leader, investor, technologist, and mother. She is chair of the board for Singlebrook, a web software development firm she co-founded in 2006 for which she served as CEO until 2016, when she oversaw the acquisition of the firm's largest division. Not one to sit still, 2017 she co-founded Chloe Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund on a mission to bring more women into technology investing and leadership. To date, Chloe Capital has funded 45 innovative companies and drawn more than 40,000 members to its #InvestInWomen movement. Beyond leading her own companies, Elisa's greatest passion is sharing her business knowledge with others. She actively mentors business leaders every day and has mentored several hundred in recent years through her various roles, such as managing partner for Chloe Capital, Entrepreneur in Residence at Cornell University and Launch NY, Instructor for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Innovation Advisor to the NY State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA). Elisa has served on the boards of numerous commercial enterprises, as well as the NY State Climate Action Council. Her commitment to diversity and her individual achievements have garnered numerous awards, as well as coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today. https://www.sheangelinvestors.com/ Elisamillerout.com https://chloecapital.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Susan Moring, an Investment Principal at Cortado Ventures, an Oklahoma City-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies. In her role at Cortado, Susan manages all aspects of the investment process including deal sourcing, ] diligence, and post-investment portfolio company support. A startup enthusiast, Susan has spent the bulk of her career supporting entrepreneurs and contributing to the growth of Oklahoma's startup ecosystem through programs like OU's I-CCEW, OK Coders, The Mine, OKEMP, and Techstars Global Startup Weekend. https://cortado.ventures/ https://www.sheangelinvestors.com/

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kelley Arena, an angel investor, consultant for women-founded businesses, and advocate for women in finance. She began her career at a professional football franchise (go Eagles!), rotated through various operating companies at Johnson & Johnson in their Financial Leadership Development Program, and moved to investment banking at Merrill Lynch, specializing in public finance and healthcare. Kelley founded Golden Hour Ventures, with one mission in mind: to Make Women Rich. We do this by activating female angel investors, bringing women closer to their finances, realizing the power of our collective consumption, and diverting the flow of venture capital from 98% male-founded companies to the incredible women-founded companies who are ready to scale. Kelley has since consulted with dozens of brands, and loves helping founders find their voice. She has a portfolio of 20 companies, boasting 18 companies founded by women. She is a proud mother of two wild boys, an advocate for students with special needs, and a regular volunteer mentoring formerly incarcerated people reentering the job force. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://goldenhourventures.co/

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Jennifer Jeronimo who is the CEO of Gaingels, an LGBTQIA+/Allied private investment syndicate, and one of the largest and most active private investors dedicated to supporting diversity and inclusion within the venture capital ecosystem. Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in finance and banking working at large institutions such as Credit Suisse, Bear Stearns, and JP Morgan earning the coveted position of Executive Director. She has a wide array of local and global experience, servicing institutional and hedge fund clients by running the collateral management, pricing, portfolio accounting, and restricted securities departments. Jennifer was also integral in helping JP Morgan lift the consent order by working in the Compliance Operations organization. Some of her more notable accomplishments include building a KYC organization in India across all the lines of business at JP Morgan, leading the global roll-out of the transaction monitoring system, creating and implementing operational efficiencies for each organization saving millions of dollars a year, and reducing friction for clients. A passionate advocate for underrepresented leaders, innovators, and founders, she is dedicated to growing the businesses and careers of the leaders of tomorrow. Jennifer is also an award-winning athlete and a proud mother residing in New York City. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://gaingels.com/

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Halle Kaplan-Allen who is the Head of Revenue at Sydecar, where she is responsible for growing the ecosystem of investors & founders building their businesses on Sydecar's standardized platform. Halle has previously led strategic operations teams at multiple startups, building systems and processes to enable scale. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.sydecar.io/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

https://www.powertopitch.com/grantpower?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.powertopitch.com%2Fa%2F2147710548%2Fo5zanhcy Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kat Weaver & Katie Dunn, the co-founders of Power to Pitch. They are a founder and investor team who saw the gaps in education, resources, & access to capital, and together advise founders on fundraising strategies, review pitches, update pitch decks, meet with program members on a weekly basis for support, and actively make introductions to investors. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.powertopitch.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Amy Hanlon, president of Blue Meta Design, who visually showcases the impactful stories of startups through graphic design, partnering with VCs on cutting-edge investments. A small branding agency in the Mid-South, Blue Meta Design is client-focused, servicing companies changing the world and their communities. With a goal to create memorable brands, Amy dives deep into the inner workings of each company to develop creative visuals while supplementing customizable services. She works with some of Silicon Valley's biggest names, giving her insight into what makes a brand stand out to a venture capital firm. Graphic design is Blue Meta's medium for making their clients' brand their competitive edge, ultimately acting as an extension of their clients' teams, providing highly integrated solutions to help them succeed. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://bluemetadesign.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Dawn Lafreeda, who is one of the largest restaurant franchise owners in America, owning over 115 restaurants in her career. She is also the largest female employer in San Antonio, Texas, and one of San Antonio's largest private companies. She bought her first franchise from Denny's at age 23 and presently owns 80 Denny's restaurants, employing over 3,000 in her 7-state operation. She has been featured in countless radio interviews, podcasts, and publications, such as Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, and Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine. Dawn has received numerous awards and is involved in many charities. Dawn was a recurring judge on the web series "Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch," which provides entrepreneurs a chance to pitch their idea in a 60-second elevator ride to a board of successful investors who will help take their business to the next level. Dawn Lafreeda will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Show Her the Money https://showherthemoneymovie.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Vicky Pasche, the Co-Founder of Dapper Boi, Inc. Within five years of starting her online genderless clothing brand, it is now a seven-figure company on a mission to revolutionize the genderless fashion movement. Vicky has always had a passion for compassion and believes that so many of us do not fit in today's binary norms in the retail world. By creating a body-positive, accepting community, we can all build confidence within ourselves and within each other to create a world we can all "fit" into. Vicky Pasche will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Show Her the Money https://showherthemoneymovie.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.dapperboi.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kelly Ann Winget, the Founder of Dallas-based private equity company, Alternative Wealth Partners. Kelly Ann has over a decade of experience in the alternative investment space, sourcing creative capital for startups, oil & gas companies, manufacturing ventures, real estate, and several other emerging markets. She has helped companies raise almost $1B in private capital from individual investors looking for investment opportunities outside of the stock market. Kelly Ann Winget will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Show Her the Money https://showherthemoneymovie.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com https://alternativewealthpartners.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Pocket Sun, the Co-founder and Managing Partner at SoGal Ventures which is a top-performing early stage venture capital firm backing world-class women and diverse entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley. She founded SoGal at age 23 to solve the deeply rooted inequity in VC and to deliver superior, consistent financial returns by investing in underestimated founders, undercapitalized geographies, and underserved problems. Since 2015, Pocket and co-founder Elizabeth have invested in 150+ startups worldwide, managed $40M LP capital, and built a track record of picking five $1B+ unicorns from the earliest stage. Pocket Sun will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Show Her the Money https://showherthemoneymovie.com/ www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.sogalventures.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Joanne Mercaldi, also known as "Boss." She is the Co-Founder and CEO of BLOOM. She leads with a passion for inspiring and motivating my team and partners to achieve greatness. Joanne has been recognized as a distinguished business leader with an exceptional track record of building and scaling start-ups that have left a lasting impact, whose journey has been defined by a relentless commitment to innovation and growth. As a three-time founder, one of her most significant accomplishments was founding and successfully exiting one of Massachusetts' largest home health agencies in less than 5 years. TLC @ Home served over 5000 elders and employed over 600 dedicated direct care staff. She has been actively involved in the startup and expansion of Lahey Health at Home and Seaside Wellness, contributing to their growth and success. As an advocate for women-owned businesses, she takes immense pleasure in investing in opportunities that create a positive and meaningful impact on people's lives. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://bloomforall.com/

Catherine Gray, host of Invest In Her, talks with Dorothy Chou who leads Policy & Public Engagement at DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company. Dorothy has spent her career building social justice, ethics, & accountability structures at technology companies, including the first Transparency Report—an industry standard that more than 70 technology companies use to show how laws and corporate policies affect free expression and privacy online. Prior to DeepMind, Dorothy was responsible for policy development at Uber on issues related to consumer protection, safety, & self-driving cars. While there, she started a campaign with civil rights activists on criminal justice reform to help people with low-level misdemeanors on their records find jobs, which resulted in onboarding ~7,000 drivers who previously were unable to drive. She also led corporate communications at Dropbox, and worked in various roles across communications and public policy for seven years at Google. Outside of work, she is working toward a Master's in Bioethics at the University of Oxford and is an angel investor with Atomico, a leading European venture capital firm. Previously she served on the Board of Directors of Simply Secure (now Superbloom), a nonprofit working to make open source security tools more usable and accessible, and was an Adjunct Fellow at the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute. Dorothy holds a B.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.deepmind.com/

Catherine Gray, host of Invest In Her, talks with Helen Fanucci, the best-selling author of Love Your Team, A Survival Guide for Sales Managers in a Hybrid World. She has built her reputation and career managing teams responsible for billions of dollars of quota. As an MIT-trained engineer she developed the Love Your Team system of management over a 25-year career on the front lines at top tech companies including Apple, Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Microsoft. Helen is currently the Founder of Love Your Team LLC which provides fractional sales leader and helps organizations create clarity, build strong cultures and accelerate business outcomes. Helen has been an advocate for women and diversity throughout her career. In the last year, she has focused on working with women entrepreneurs and early-stage business leaders. In 2023, Helen became a Limited Partner in Emmeline, a women founded venture capital firm that is focused on funding women entrepreneurs and is an Associate Producer of a new film, Show Her the Money, which is focused on educating and changing the disparity that women only get 2% of venture capital funding. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://loveyourteampodcast.com/

Catherine Gray, host of Invest In Her, talks with Sarah Dusek, a venture capitalist and co-founder of Enygma Ventures, a venture capital fund. She invests in women-led businesses in Southern Africa, creates solutions to wealth disparity, and provides access to capital for women. In 2017, after successfully selling her company, Under Canvas, for more than $100 million, Sarah launched Enygma Ventures. In that same year, Under Canvas received a spot on the coveted Inc. 5000 list, and Sarah was named to Ernst & Young's EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women list. Sarah began her career in the nonprofit world in her early twenties working in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. After almost eight years, she became disillusioned with the lack of change resulting from her efforts. She realized that the most effective vehicle for driving change and solving big world problems is business. Businesses are sustainable solutions to problems. They drive economies, create self-sufficiencies, and change our world. Business can, and should, be a force for good. Today, Sarah offers online courses for early-stage entrepreneurs (hosted at www.pranary.com). Over the past year, five thousand entrepreneurs have gone through her programs to become investor-ready and learn how to build valuable companies. She is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, The Telegraph, and TRT World. She is also chairwoman of the Women's Giving Circle for The Global Good Fund, a social entrepreneurship leadership development program, and sits on the board of ten (and rising) startup companies in Southern Africa, as well as Under Canvas. Sarah has an LLB Law degree from Exeter University, UK, and an MA from University of Manchester in Missiology. She divides her time between the US and South Africa with her husband and two children. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.pranary.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Bridgette L. Smith, the Founder & CEO of Founder Playbook® and Investor Playbook®. In 2021, she started with zero knowledge and zero investments in venture capital. Today, her global portfolio includes Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, Venture Capital Funds, Special Purchase Vehicles, solo investments and multiple alternative assets. To-date, her popular Investing with ConfidenceTM workshop series for women interested in investing in pre-seed to Series C startups, has trained over 1,000 executives. Her newly minted Investing with ConfidenceTM Angels group has over 200 women investors, who together, leverage their collective financial and social capital to invest in and support startups and VC funds led by BIPOC, women or LGBTQIA founders. Mrs. Smith recently retired from Google after 25 years in tech. She currently serves as Chair of the Berkeley Skydeck DEI Committee and provides thought leadership to a number of organizations, accelerators and incubators. www.sheangelinvestors.com Contact Bridgette: [email protected] calendly.com/bridgettesmith https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridgette-l-smith-%F0%9F%A6%8B-5b902b92?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_ flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BmTlCTfhRRaGKPOP5GhFGOA%3D%3D Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Dr. Theresa Ashby, who is known as a Stratologist, savvy, provocative, and genuine individual, and she is widely respected her business acumen. Theresa is an international business and success consultant, advisor, speaker, and author passionate about driving businesses forward. She has spent the past two decades studying what it takes to scale your business and is identified by Forbes.com as the business scaling expert. She is also the author of Better Implementation Now! Eight Ways Great Strategies Fail and her new release: How to Fix Them and Exposing the eLearning Mystery: Secrets to Digitizing Your Business. Theresa's better known as Dr. T., and she operates under the belief that giving practical, real-world, no-nonsense advice and business strategies that provide tangible results help people push through the everyday challenges of business. Her motto is, "Change the world one action at a time and have fun while doing it!" Company: www.kaleidoscopemediaservices.com For the book: https://www.kaleidoscopemediaservices.com/book Systems technology platform: www.kmspowered.com Book a consult: https://www.kaleidoscopemediaservices.com/contact www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn