Invest In Her with Catherine Gray

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Julia Stamberger, the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Chair of the Board of The Planting Hope Company Inc. Planting Hope is a food tech company focused on leveraging cutting-edge ingredient, formulation, and packaging technology to develop breakthrough sustainable food and beverage solutions. Planting Hope's IP strategy and culture is centered on unlocking the nutrition in the world's most sustainable crops to create on-trend products that are delicious, nutritious, and planet-friendly. Julia sets the vision and drives all elements forward to turn Planting Hope's vision into reality. Including pulling the pieces together to deliver on key goals including product development, sales, investment, and marketing strategy. Julia is a perpetual innovator with a 20-year career developing new products, business models, and strategies. She has directly created and launched myriad brands as well as being instrumental in the development and advancement of multiple successful food & beverage brands. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.plantinghopecompany.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Angela Setters Bessard "the real Credit Queen". Angela has been changing lives for over thirty years, teaching people to use their credit to create & build wealth. Her relentless approach and dedication to create success for her clients is game-changing in helping them reach their financial goals and dreams. Whether it's purchasing a home, a new car, or financing a business, Angela helps her clients understand the power of credit. Along with her brainchild and company, Conquer Credit Management, Inc. has grown into the premiere credit management firm in the United States. Through referrals and word of mouth, she has built an impressive portfolio of who's who clients, assisting some of the most recognizable names in the world today. As popular sought after speaker, Angela is routinely invited to share her unique insights and expertise on credit by some of the world's major financial firms, including California Association of Mortgage Brokers, California Association of CPA's, World Savings Bank, Wells Fargo, PNG Corporate, The Empowered Women's Network, Mastermind Corporate, Merrill Lynch, National Association of Women in Business and Bank of America to name a few. With a candid approach, a humorous delivery, along with her undeniable expertise and charm, Angela makes the world of credit come to life in a whole new way for the listener. Rather than feeling bored and dejected, attendees leave empowered an inspired from her seminars with the knowledge that their financials goals and dreams are attainable. If you have not been lucky enough to catch "the real credit queen" live in action, catch her on the airwaves as the host of the nationally recognized, weekly webcast/podcast show, "Your Credit Today" available on iTunes. "Your Credit Today" is a wonderful resource as Angela shares practical "how-to" tips to improve and maintain your credit to maximize your wealth. Join her each week for a "cr-education" that delivers a return every time. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://angelabessard.com/

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Amanda Samoyloff, the Founder and Primary of Samoyloff PR (SPR), a full-service public relations and branding agency that champions the personal and professional reputations of diverse clients and brands pioneering change in and across industries and society. Amanda is a native Angeleno with over a decade of professional experience in public relations and branding, with an extensive background in the entertainment industry, before founding Samoyloff PR in 2017. Her infinite adaptability is showcased through a diverse roster of SPR clients, from nonprofit entities advocating gender justice and international education to entrepreneurs in DEI, wellness, events, fashion, manufacturing, and design, along with commercial real estate developers, a private equity fund manager, a paralympic athlete, experiential marketing gurus, and celebrity creatives across music, film, and television. At SPR, Amanda and her team demonstrate a dynamic ability to command communications expertise across a wide range of industries, honoring the celebrity potential of every client. Their public relations process is not just a strategy but a finely tailored, holistic journey to a new echelon of public perception and competitive positioning. The most formidable asset for any individual or brand is their story which is why the nucleus of Amanda's approach and the heart of Samoyloff PR is storytelling. SPR blends an unbeatable spirit of creativity with a down-to-earth process to deliver results that enhance and amplify clients' success. Amanda and her team transform these narratives into an enticing symphony of brand interaction, recognition, and growth, drawing the gaze of clients' consumers, investors, and journalists. Whether you're an icon in the making or a corporate titan seeking to invigorate your brand, Amanda Samoyloff and her adept team at Samoyloff PR, armed with their branding insight, are primed to execute your vision to reach your narrative destiny. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.samoyloffpr.com

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Lisa Carmen Wang, founder of Bad Bitch Empire, author of The Bad Bitch Business Bible. Lisa is a serial entrepreneur, investor, global speaker, executive coach, former Olympic level, 4-Time USA National Champion, USA Hall of Fame Gymnast, and author of the highly anticipated book, The Bad Bitch Business Bible, published by HarperCollins. She sold her previous company to a $1B fintech company, helped women raise over $50M+ in funding, and spoken on 100+ stages on the power of aligning self-worth and wealth. She has been named Forbes 30 under 30 in Venture Capital, Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women, Fast Company Executive Board, and Red Bull Hero of The Year. Lisa began her career at a $15 billion dollar hedge fund, is a graduate of Yale University, and is an unapologetic champion for women's rights and economic equality. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://badbitchempire.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Cheryl Benton, founder, CEO and "head tomato" of The Three Tomatoes, a highly successful digital media company and free newsletter that covers fascinating lifestyle news of interest to "mature women" (aka "tomatoes") nationwide with 4 city specific newsletters, NYC, LA, San Francisco, and Miami, along with Debbie Zipp the LA Life editor for The Three Tomatoes. Debbie is probably best known for her recurring lead role as Donna on the "Murder She Wrote" CBS series starring Angela Lansbury as well as many TV series regular roles and guest star appearances, lead stage roles and principal roles in over 300 national television commercials. Cheryl is a sought-after speaker on women's issues and is a longtime advocate for women and girls around the world. She has served on the board of UN Women, and founded the NYC Leadership Council for Plan International USA, both organizations that advocate for the equality of women and girls. In 2018 Cheryl Benton wrote her first novel, followed by a book of mid-life humor that quickly became #1 on Amazon's hot new releases. What started out as a newsletter with the real skinny on the best of everything in NYC for fabulous, smart women like you and us, soon attracted smart fabulous women from coast to coast (and even across the pond). It wasn't just NYC women who were feeling invisible, and our newsletters that talked about everything from where to get the best facials, thong underwear that are actually comfortable, our opinions about plastic surgery, Botox, children, husbands, friends and whatever else may be coursing through our hormonally charged brains, gained a following. And then people with expertise and knowledge wanted to be part of this adventure, and before you could say hot flash, we had a web site, which has grown into a full blown lifestyle guide for fun, smart "tomatoes." www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.thethreetomatoes.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Renata Merino, a Latina Emerging Fund Manager raising a $30M Health and Wellness venture capital fund investing in pre-seed and seed stage female founded startups. Renata is former 25 year operator, serial entrepreneur, former investment banker, a merit scholar from Chicago Booth and is a graduate and student athlete of Bowdoin College. She is a model, motivational speaker and recently conducted her first TEDx. She is the founder and CEO of Blazin Babes, a 9 year female founder community helping female founders launch and scale their startups. Renata has been featured in the national press including Fitness, Prevention and Women's Health magazines on the topics of health and the power of community. She is a single mother with two teenage children and relishes in her early morning HIIT workouts as she eats, sleeps and breathes her investment thesis. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://sociatap.com/renatamerino Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with John Majeski and Isabelle Bart of Portola Valley Partners. Portola Valley Partners has a unique approach to acceleration, investment, and M&A elevates the chance for success.They establish sustainable growth, build revenue, up-level product-market fit, while supercharging valuations in short periods of time. Their team of Silicon Valley luminaries have founded companies, bootstrapped, raised money, and exited successfully. They have also performed corporate M&A/venture and held executive leadership positions at companies including Apple, Microsoft, HP, Dell, Snowflake, Lenovo, Yahoo, Sun, BMC, CyberCash, The Red Herring, Deutsche Bank, and Merrill Lynch. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.portolavalleypartners.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Adela Jamal, Mike Lipton, and Sebastian Barriga. Adela Jamal is an MIT Sloan MBA graduate, angel investor, and General Partner & Co-Founder at Milemark Capital. Adela is a deeply passionate DEI and women's advancement leader. She enjoys mentoring, advising, and supporting diverse communities both formally and informally. Milemark Capital is a VC firm focused on early stage, tech, and AI-enabled startups led by diverse teams out of the MIT/Harvard ecosystem. Mike Lipton is an entrepreneur and engineer with expertise in building businesses from zero-to-one. He founded his first company in 2009 and has founded 3 in total. These companies span a variety of industries and technologies including IoT, robotics and marketing technology. He built his latest venture, named Luster, from the ideation stage up to $35mm in revenue with on-the-ground operations in 35 countries, across 6 continents. During his time at MIT as a Sloan Fellow, he mentored dozens of first time entrepreneurs and is a coveted authority on business building. He is an advisor to four pre-seed companies and serves MIT as a volunteer mentor at the Sandbox Innovation Fund, DesignX and 100k Competition. Sebastian Barriga, Investor with The Carlyle Group as Director in the $358M inaugural fund for Spanish speaking South America. Board member on all six investments (Hermes, Expertia, Inca Rail, G&N Brands, Atracciones Coney Holding, Liderman Holding), with experience installing and supporting C-Suite management teams in the design and execution of strategy. Previously Vice President in Investment Banking with Citigroup in New York. Operating experience as CFO of a publicly traded company in Brazil. Angel investor in 14 startups, including six US AI-enabled companies. Advisory Board member for the Sloan Visiting Fellows Program at MIT. Sloan Fellows MBA degree from MIT and BBA-Finance degree from The University of Texas at Austin. www.sheangelinvestors.com http://milemark.capital/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Sidney Collin, the inventor of NexStride and is the co-founder and CEO of De Oro Devices. Sidney started the company while studying Biomedical Engineering at Cal Poly. She has an academic research background in computational neuroscience, with a research paper published in the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. Sidney was awarded Capital Factory's 2022 Founder of the Year award, Cal Poly's Outstanding Woman in Engineering Award, Outstanding Student Award, Lisa Hufford Scholarship Award, and was also identified as one of the most influential women at Cal Poly by the Wire in their 30 under 30 list. The Pacific Coast Business Times recognized Sidney as an accomplished young business leader in their 40 under 40 list as well as their Who's Who in Health Care, Insurance & Life Science lineup. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.getnexstride.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with 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

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Jessica Karr, a Founding General Partner of Coyote Ventures, which is an early stage venture capital fund investing in women's health and wellness. Jessica worked for 6+ years designing and launching the Impossible burger as the 12th employee, has worked with international startups on product strategy and helped launched impact-focused funds. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.coyote.ventures/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Deborah Snyder, who has enjoyed a more than 20-year career in sales, marketing, membership development, online education initiatives and strategic partner engagement. Deborah served as the VP of Membership and Community outreach for NAWBO (National Association Women Business Owners) for the past eight plus years and found her passion to help women business owners. She is excited about her new role with Cultivate Advisors where she can continue her dedication to help empower entrepreneurs. Cultivate Advisors partners with committed entrepreneurs to propel their business beyond expectations. Cultivate provides the opportunity for business owners to gain prospective of their business with a free growth assessment. This provides a road map of where the owner can focus and gain the most traction for growth. Deborah believes that combining passion and purpose provides the opportunity to impact and help business owners to connect, learn, and grow their businesses and impact the global economy. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://cultivateadvisors.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with sisters, Amy and Nancy Harrington, founders of The Passionistas Project, who have created a growing community of women who are following their passions and working to level the playing field for us all. The Passionistas Project is a feminist family tree of women business owners, artisans, activists and more, who are joining Amy and Nancy's mission to build a global network of women supporting women. Before starting The Passionistas Project, Amy was the Vice President of Post Production and Visual Effects for all feature films at Warner Bros. working on movie franchises like "Harry Potter," "Batman" and "The Matrix." Nancy had her own successful theater company and graphic design firm in Boston before moving to California and working as a creative executive, producing Academy Awards campaigns for Miramax. They ultimately decided to join forces and embark on a new journey together, founding Pop Culture Passionistas®. Their love of pop culture led them to a career as celebrity interviewers, conducting or producing over 1,400 interviews including over 60 one-on-one in-depth oral histories and hundreds of high-octane red carpet interviews at the Emmys including Mick Jagger, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Deepak Chopra, Carol Burnett and more. They ultimately decided to use their interviewing skills to create a platform where women can tell their own unfiltered stories — from a street artist to a tea entrepreneur, a Black Lives Matter attorney to an auctioneer, Amy and Nancy use their media company to shine a light on the positive stories of women worldwide. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.thepassionistasproject.com/ https://linktr.ee/Passionistas Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Elisa Miller-Out, who is 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 and for which she served as CEO until 2016, when she oversaw the acquisition of the firm's largest division. Not one to sit still, in 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 10 companies with a combined portfolio value of $70 million and drawn more than 15,000 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. www.sheangelinvestors.com Elisamillerout.com https://chloecapital.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Jane Velez-Mitchell, the founder and managing editor of UnChainedTV, a free, streaming television network. UnChainedTV.com offers hundreds of free documentaries, cooking shows, news updates, talk shows and music videos, all with a focus on a compassionate plant-based lifestyle to combat the climate crisis,improve human health, reduce world hunger and animal suffering. Jane has won four Genesis Awards/commendations from the Humane Society of the United States for her reporting on animal issues. VegNews named her Media Maven of the Year in 2010. In 2013, Mercy for Animals awarded her their Compassionate Leadership Award. In 2014, she was honored for fighting animal abuse by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. In 2015, she received the Nanci Alexander Award at PETA's 35th anniversary. For six years she hosted her own show on HLN/CNN Headline News. Previously, she reported for the nationally syndicated Warner Brothers/Telepictures show Celebrity Justice. Previously she was a news anchor/reporter at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles and WCBS-TV in New York. She is the author of four books. Her 2014 nonfiction New York Times bestseller, Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias offers a detailed psychological analysis of a salacious trial that gripped the American public. Her other New York Times bestseller is her memoir, iWant: My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life. Secrets Can Be Murder delves into the secrecy and deceit embedded in tragic scenarios. Addict Nation: An Intervention for America with co-author Sandra Mohr focuses on our culture's addictive nature and our obsession with overconsumption. Jane Velez-Mitchell directed and produced the documentary Anita Velez: Dancing Through Life which won a Gracie Award in 2001. In 2019, she produced the award-winning documentary Countdown to Year Zero, now streaming on Amazon Prime and UnChainedTV. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://watch.unchainedtv.com/browse

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Susan Moring is 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/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Marie Sechrest, founder of Teres, Inc. a branding and manufacturer of packaged materials in the beauty and food industries. She discusses how important packaging is for your product, industry standards, and sustainability while still being beautiful. As well as her experience in a male dominated industry and how she ventured out on her own. www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Katie Chin, award-winning cookbook author, television chef, food blogger, caterer and Culinary Ambassador to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, has a passion for Asian food and is committed to teaching the American public that the very best Asian cooking can be achieved in a real home kitchen by real people on real schedules. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.chefkatiechin.com www.wokstarcatering.com www.fortunecookiedivas.com

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Jannese Torres, an award-winning latina money expert, serial entrepreneur, 6-figure blogger, online business coach, side hustle whisperer, & creator of the #1 personal finance podcast for latinas, "Yo Quiero Dinero!" Jannese teaches people how to build wealth & gain financial freedom through online businesses and investing. "Thanks to a blog, I became financially independent at age 35, quit my job, and turned my side hustles into a 7-figure business that lights me up and fuels my passions, every single day!" - Jannese Torres www.sheangelinvestors.com https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/ Ourmoneyourpower.co https://www.delishdlites.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Jen Ellis, the original mitten maker of Bernie Sanders iconic inauguration mittens, turned author of "Bernie's Mitten Maker". Jen was a teacher and crafter when the mittens she sewed for Senator Bernie Sanders became the inspiration for millions of memes. Originally from South Portland, Maine, Ellis's teaching career spanned nearly two decades in the public schools of North Carolina and Vermont. She is a songwriter, beekeeper, and still sews the occasional pair of mittens for local non-profit fundraisers. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in counseling from the University of Vermont. Bernie's Mitten Maker is her debut publication. Ellis lives in Vermont with her wife and daughter. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://berniesmittenmaker.com/ https://greenwriterspress.com/book/bernies-mitten-maker/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Kelley Arena, an angel investor, consultant for women-founded business, 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/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Jennifer Jeronimo, 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 experience, both local and global, 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, proud mother and resides in New York City. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://gaingels.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with mortgage broker, Kelly Lynch about real estate investing and reverse mortgages- home equity conversion. Tap into your equity, Kelly will show you how this can benefit you when you retire. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://kplselect.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Halle Kaplan-Allen 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

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Swati Chaturvedi, the co-founder and CEO of Propel(x) – an investment platform that enables accredited investors worldwide to invest in startups and venture capital funds. Ms. Chaturvedi has a long history of working in the alternative investments space and is the founder of the MIT Alumni Angel Investors group. She founded and led the group 2013–2015, and continues to be on the screening committee. Prior to starting Propel(x), Swati has worked as an investment professional at Exigen Capital, Siemens Venture Capital and Temasek Holdings. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.propelx.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with the co-founders of Emmeline Ventures, La Keisha Landrum Pierre, Azin Radsan van Alebeek, and Naseem Sayani. Emmeline Ventures is an early-stage fund that invests in tech-enabled and female-founded start-ups. They are a group of investors steadfastly committed to investing in and serving as catalysts for new, emerging founders & businesses. They invest in female founders building game-changing businesses which empower women, in particular, to manage their health, build their wealth, and live in a cleaner, safer world. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.emmelineventures.vc/

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Patrina Wisdom who is an abundance activator, bestselling author, financial expert, educator, podcast host, and founder/host of Pure Abundance Retreats in addition to being an all-around badass mom. This TedX Speaker is on a mission to LEAD, INSPIRE, and EMPOWER women to Stand in Their Personal Power and Create their Best Life! After processing the sudden death of her husband of 20 years, who committed suicide in 2009, and finding out the same day that she was pregnant with her fourth child, Patrina took her personal story and decades of experience as an entrepreneur and fearless business leader and began the process of creating her brand, The Badass Bodacious Life Movement. According to Wisdom, "to live a Bodacious Badass life" means "to own your truth and to take up space through total and unapologetic self-expression." Her movement teaches women all over the country how to be the CEO of their own lives. Patrina is the founder of Pure Abundance Inc , which creates programming and retreats to promote embracing one's whole self, knowing one's value, letting one's true self shine through,and living one's best, most successful life without apology. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.Patrinawisdom.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Power to Pitch, Kat Weaver & Katie Dunn. 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

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Jennifer Eden of Tampon Tribe, a strong impact company enabling all women access to totally organic, totally plastic free feminine care. The mission at Tampon Tribe is to provide the highest quality menstrual hygiene products that protect women's bodies and the Earth. Tampon Tribe has already reached great heights and received national and international recognition. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://tampontribe.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Mary Giuliani, a Master Certified Coach of over 25 years. She is also a keynote speaker, author, and seminar leader specializing in supporting survivors in healing from complex trauma, achieving long term recovery and turning their pain into purpose. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.marygiuliani.net Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Arna Ionescu Stoll, the CEO at Wavely Diagnostics. She has deep expertise developing complex, multi-touchpoint healthcare products that integrate seamlessly into people's lives. As the Chief Executive Officer at Wavely Diagnostics, she provides hands-on leadership to guide Wavely's technology through development and into viable commercial markets. Over nearly two decades of developing high impact, innovative healthcare products that solve real human needs, she has been involved in all steps of the process from R&D to productization to commercialization. Arna has been a part of the digital health community since before the term "digital health" was coined, and has served as in-house executive, consultant, and advisor to various healthcare, digital health, and medical devices companies. www.sheangelinvestors.com www.wavelydx.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Writer/Producer Nico Juber and Director and Actress Ciara Renée of the Broadway Bound show "Millennials Are Killing Musicals" who are passionate about changing the landscape of Broadway regarding what stories get to be told and who gets to tell them by amplifying women's, queer, and racially diverse stories. Their female-driven diverse musical opens off Broadway in May with an 80% works class female team behind it. Plus top talent from Broadway is cast in the production. An exciting step forward for women in the male dominated Broadway arena. She Angel Investors is raising funding for this female driven show that has a super timely message about motherhood, social media and how it impacts us- not to mention it is absolutely hilarious and the music is incredible! www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.millennialsarekillingmusicals.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Julie DeLucca-Collins, the Founder and CEO of Go Confidently Services, the host of the popular Casa DeConfidence Podcast®, and her weekly Radio Show Confident You featured on a global talk radio network. As a Business and Life Strategist Coach, Julie helps women business owners launch or grow their businesses, get clients, be productive, and achieve their dreams. Julie helps her clients create simple habits to achieve goals and change their lives. Julie is a sought-after public speaker, author, trainer, and course creator. She is certified as a coach in Cognitive Behavioral Techniques, Holistic Coach, and Tiny Habits. She is also certified as a Social Emotional Learning Facilitator and has completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Certification. Julie enjoys helping her clients build mental fitness and improve their mindset to be at peace and improve peak performance. Julie is also the #1 best-selling author of the book Confident You (simple habits to live the life you've imagined). Julie has been honored with the "25 Most Powerful Minority Women in Business Award." by the Minority Enterprise Executive Council in Washington, DC. Julie and her Podcast co-host/producer husband Dan reside in Vernon, CT, with their fur babies, Yogi Bear, Junior, and Simba. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.goconfidentlycoaching.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Manuela Seve, co-founder and CEO of Alpha'a & alphaa.io through which she is changing the way we think of asset ownership by connecting the physical and digital realms via: blockchain certification, licensing and dropshipping. She has been in the tech and art sector for the past 8 years successfully raising funds from industry leaders such as: Metaprop vc, EOS VC, Chingona Ventures, Gaingels among other funds. She is furthermore one of the few Latinas who has raised over $1MM with a tech start-up. With a background in finance, Manuela worked as an equity analyst at Gávea Investments, one of Brazil's most reputable investment management firms. Manuela was named 33 under 33 entrepreneurs in 2018 in New York city, she has had appearances in entrepreneur reality show, Meet the Drapers and Brazilian reality show Fora da Caixa. She has been a thought leader in the blockchain industry since 2017 and has moderated and led panels on the subject including but not limited to the Bushwick film festival in 2018, LIU Art, the Britely in 2021, and this year at Stanford GSB, NFT LA & NYC. www.sheangelinvestors.com alphaa.io Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Cindy Gersch the Founder and President of NEU Marketing Group, an award-winning branding, marketing, and communications strategy firm founded with the goals of providing personal, thoughtful, and strategic leadership to clients. In addition, Cindy has started, and now runs the extremely successful Facebook Group, Supporting Small and Local Businesses Everywhere, which has more than 20,000 members and is recognized as one of the best Facebook groups for small businesses. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://neumarketinggroup.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Amanda Botfeld, the author of "A Girl's Guide to Poker" & CEO, Finally Get Your Book Done. Amanda is an author-turned-book-coach who helps women write books from start to finish. Previously she has written for The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and Los Angeles Times. Now her mission is to empower women to tell their stories and share their expertise. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://finallygetyourbookdone.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Sylvana Q. Sinha, the founder and CEO of Praava Health, a leading healthcare company focused on improving health outcomes and patient journeys in emerging markets, where 85% of the world lives but whose current systems typically prioritize profits over patients. Since launching in 2018, Praava has become Bangladesh's fastest-growing consumer healthcare brand, and was designated a 2021 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and 2020 Fast Company World Changing Idea and Developing World Technology. Praava has served nearly 400,000 patients and is tripling growth each year. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Praava quadrupled its patient base while maintaining an NPS rating of 91.3—significantly exceeding even the highest scores of Fortune 500 companies. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://praavahealth.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Tamearra Dyson, the Executive Chef and Owner of Souley Vegan LLC., a nationally known brand of restaurants that now has 6 locations. One being full service and the others being take-out only. As a single mother with no savings or experience in the restaurant industry, Dyson left the medical field only one pre-requirement away from nursing school to pursue what she felt in her spirit was her destiny. Through sheer will Dyson opened the full service, 2700ft restaurant with only twenty-six dollars to her name and equipment that her uncle purchased for her to get started. With incredible determination and faith in her products, Dyson worked 20-hour days as she could not afford staff at the time. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://souleyvegan.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Amy Hanlon, president of Blue Meta Design, visually showcases the impactful stories of startups through graphic design, partnering with VC's on cutting-edge investments. A small branding agency located in the Mid-South, Blue Meta Design is client-focused, servicing companies that are 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

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Mika Leah who has survived 5 heart stents and 3 invasive heart procedures, all before turning 36 years old. With a new lease on life and a calling to help others, Mika launched her corporate wellness company Goomi Group, to make health and happiness accessible to everyone. With 17 years as an executive in a corporate environment for companies such as Deutsch, Omnicom, Conde Nast, and The Washington Post, Mika offers her unique, positive perspective and empathy for those in the workplace while getting people excited to build a healthy lifestyle. Goomi offers on-site, virtual and on-demand fitness and wellness programs to companies and organizations across the globe. The Goomi Squad has grown to over 500 fitness instructors nationwide serving clients such as Hulu, Experian, Cigna, HUB International, Sony PlayStation and Auction.com. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://goomigroup.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with the Founders Blink Date, the first, voice dating app, designed to enable authentic connections that was inspired by a revelatory experience at a blackout restaurant. Making connections with strangers based on conversation alone, free of looks-driven assumptions, sparked the thought: would people date a wider variety of people and make more genuine connections if they were able to make an emotional connection before swiping left? Taly Matiteyahu is the co-founder and CEO and Laura Ciccone is the co-founder and COO of Blink. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.theblinkdate.com/

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Ande Lyons, a 4 time founder, a startup champion, and host of the popular live stream show Startup Life LIVE. Using her deep toolkit of hard-earned business skills from her 4 prior businesses, combined with an abundance of enthusiasm, aka Andelicious Advice, Ande educates first-time founders through conversations with diverse founders, investors, and experts. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://andelyons.com/

INVEST IN HER with Catherine Gray Ep. 317 Innovative Wearable Tech for Women w/ CEO of Embr Labs, Elizabeth Gazda Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with the CEO of Embr Labs, a Boston-based wearables company that developed the Embr Wave – a wrist-worn, personal thermostat that improves sleep, relieves anxiety and helps with hot flashes. Prior to Embr Labs, Liz was a member of several founding teams including Doni, a fintech company, and Noteflight, a music technology company and has also worked at a number of Boston's fastest growing companies, including m-Qube (acq. Verisign) and unicorn Art Technology Group (acq. Oracle). Liz began her career with Philips Consumer Electronics in the Netherlands, where she was responsible for driving innovation in several business divisions across multiple countries. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://embrlabs.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Fran Dunaway is a media executive-turned-fashion entrepreneur and co-founder of TomboyX, a Seattle-based gender-neutral underwear and loungewear brand launched in 2013. The brand started as a passion project in collaboration with her wife and co-founder Naomi Gonzalez to create the perfect button-up shirt, pivoting to focus on underwear based on the overwhelming demand for their first boxer brief for women. Fran and TomboyX are driven by a belief that brands can be a force for positive change, and their messaging promotes a human agenda to inspire conversation about gender, confidence, acceptance, and inclusion. As CEO, Fran has led TomboyX to doubled YoY growth and industry recognition that has included a listing on Inc. Magazine's 5000 fastest growing companies,(four consecutive years!) and being named one of Forbes 50 over 50 in 2020. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://tomboyx.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Dayn Conrad, John Ehlers and Tracey Mays discuss how they started out in different industries and eventually transitioned into land investing and have become experts in their fields. Listen along to find out how and why you should be a land investor. And today…the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds movie grassroots fundraiser rolls out! Click here to learn more about how your tax deductible contribution can help! https://bit.ly/3D7KYlF www.sheangelinvestors.com

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Liz Giorgi who is a media entrepreneur and Emmy-award winner. She is currently working as the co-founder and CEO of soona, a revolutionary virtual photoshoot platform providing the fastest and most affordable way to create professional content online. She's a passionate advocate for women in business and created the Candor Clause to promote equity in business for women. A second time founder, her first business, Mighteor, was acquired by Standard.tv. You can follow her online @lizgiorgi And today…the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds movie grassroots fundraiser rolls out! Click here to learn more about how your tax deductible contribution can help! https://bit.ly/3D7KYlF www.sheangelinvestors.com

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Julie Peterson Klein, the Chief of Staff & EVP, the Chief Culture Officer of Bell Bank. Julie leads the mission of Happy Employees! Happy Customers! She inspires passion in Bell team members to live the company's values of promoting a family atmosphere, providing unequaled personal service, and paying it forward by giving back to the community. Julie has 25+ years of banking and leadership experience, the past 23 with Bell, where she leads the company culture for the company's 2000 team members. Julie was instrumental in implementing Bell's Pay It Forward program, which has given over $22 million to date. Her role includes encouraging employee mentorship, empowering employees to lead in community service, and ensuring team members are recognized for employment anniversaries, personal milestones and outstanding service. Julie created the bank's How Bell of You program to recognize acts of exceptional kindness; the top nominees each year are honored with Bell Value Awards. Julie's drive to bring her best every day inspires everyone around her. And today…the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds movie grassroots fundraiser rolls out! Click here to learn more about how your tax deductible contribution can help! https://bit.ly/3D7KYlF www.sheangelinvestors.com Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Emily Best who is the founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a unique organization that accelerates the cultural impact of storytelling. Seed&Spark's crowdfunding platform and national education program have helped thousands of bold storytellers raise tens of millions of dollars to bring to life entirely new stories, and they've built an engaged community of a half million creators from around the world. Seed&Spark built a curriculum around a curated selection of those stories and delivers them for maximum impact through Film Forward, an enterprise training platform that helps some of the world's largest brands build more innovative and accountable cultures. And today…the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds movie grassroots fundraiser rolls out! Click here to learn more about how your tax deductible contribution can help! https://bit.ly/3D7KYlF www.sheangelinvestors.com https://seedandspark.com/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with 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. And today…the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds movie grassroots fundraiser rolls out! Click here to learn more about how your tax deductible contribution can help! https://bit.ly/3D7KYlF www.sheangelinvestors.com https://www.dapperboi.com/

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Vicki Saunders who is an entrepreneur, award-winning mentor, advisor to the next generation of change-makers and leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world. She is the founder of #radicalgenerosity and Coralus (formerly SheEO), a global community of radically generous women supporting women-led Ventures working on the World's To-Do List. Vicki has co-founded and run ventures in Europe, Toronto and Silicon Valley and taken a company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Vicki was received numerous awards for her work at Coralus including; UBS Global Visionary in 2020, YWCA Women of Distinction Award in 2020, Business Leader of the Year 2019 by the Toronto Regional Board of Trade, 2018 Startup Canada Entrepreneurship Promotion Award and was selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2001. www.sheangelinvestors.com https://coralus.sheeo.world/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn