R.O.G. Return on Generosity

47. Shellye Archambeau - Black Voices

47. Shellye Archambeau - Black Voices
“I just didn't feel I was truly going to have the opportunity to compete for a CEO spot at IBM. So that's why I moved my whole family from Tokyo to Dallas, Texas for this new Blockbuster job. And you have to remember, Blockbuster back then was a behemoth. There was a Blockbuster on every single corner... I'm going to build the whole .com internet business for Blockbuster, right? Terrific. And then, Reed Hastings and I meet... Let's take Blockbuster, the brand, Netflix, the technology, put them together and go conquer the world. And my boss says, 'No.'" 
 
Guest Info:
Shellye Archambeau: Fortune 500 board member, Former CEO of MetricStream, Advisor and AuthorMs. Archambeau is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high performance teams, and organizations. Ms. Archambeau currently serves on the boards of Verizon [NYSE:VZ], Nordstrom [NYSE: JWN], Roper Technologies [NYSE: ROP], and Okta [NASDAQ: OKTA]. She is also a strategic advisor to Forbes Ignite and to the President of Arizona State University, and serves on the boards of two national nonprofits, Catalyst and Braven.
She is the former CEO of MetricStream, a Silicon Valley-based, governance, risk, and compliance software company that enables corporations to improve their business operations through better risk management across the enterprise. Ms. Archambeau built the company into a global market leader with over 1200 employees serving customers around the world. Under her leadership MetricStream was recognized for growth and innovation over the years and was named in the top 10 of the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50” and named a global leader in GRC by leading independent analyst firms for 9 consecutive years.
Ms. Archambeau has over 30 years of experience in technology leading organizations focused on business to business as well as business to consumer. She is a recognized expert in marketing and co-authored, "Marketing That Works: How Entrepreneurial Marketing Can Add Sustainable Profits to Any Sized Company." She has held EVP of Sales and Chief Marketing Officer roles for two public companies and as President of Blockbuster.com, launched the entertainment retailer’s first online presence.
She was named the second most influential African American in IT by Business Insider. She was ranked one of the “100 Most Influential Business Leaders in America” by Newsmax and that same year received the NCWIT Symons Innovator Award from The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT).
She is the author of Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers and Create Success on Your Own Terms (Published by HBG Grand Central 10/2020). A book that helps professionals achieve their aspirations and create the life they want. https://shellyearchambeau.com/books 
Shellye is also a sought-after speaker on governance, risk and compliance as well as marketing and entrepreneurship. She has guest lectured at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and The Wharton School of Business. She is a Forbes contributor and has been featured or referenced in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Financial Times.
In her spare time Shellye enjoys exercising, the performing arts, entertaining and cooking.
 
Favorite Quote:
“If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” — Shirley Chisholm
 
Resources:
ShellyeArchambeau.com
Shellye on LinkedIn
Shellye on Twitter (@ShelArchambeau)
Shellye on Instagram (@ShelArchambeau)
Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms
Here are some fantastic Black-owned businesses to consider that the R.O.G. Team recommends.
McBride Sisters Collection
The Largest Black-Owned, Women-Owned Wine Company In The US
Glow Global Events
Virtual events, Hotel  + Travel management, Live events 
Propellant Media LLC
Digital marketing and media solutions provider
TKT
Provides HR services to companies with a focus on diversity and inclusion, talent fulfillment, workforce management, managed services, and spend management
Lease Query
Accounting software for accountants and financial professionals
Impyrian
IT, Cyber Security, AV Teleconferencing, Engineering 
Shine
Self-care app for people with anxiety and depression
 
Credits:
Shellye Archambeau, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy

46. Dalila Wilson-Scott & Loren Hudson - Black Voices

46. Dalila Wilson-Scott & Loren Hudson - Black Voices
“Not only do our talent partners have to be committed, our leaders have to be committed... We need those two pieces aligned, so when we're hiring, when we're promoted, when we're providing opportunities within the organization for development and exposing our teammates, we have to have a DEI lens to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to make progress and to succeed within the organization.”  Loren Hudson 
"Building on this longstanding history and commitment to getting people connected and making sure that our work is making a tangible difference in creating more economic opportunity. Social justice is rooted in economic justice."  Dalila Wilson-Scott
Dalila Wilson-Scott
Loren Hudson
Guest Info:
Dalila Wilson-Scott serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of Comcast Corporation and President of the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation.  In this role, Dalila oversees all Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion initiatives and philanthropic strategy for the corporation, including the company’s $100 million commitment to advance social justice and equality.
Dalila also leads Comcast’s community impact initiatives, working across the organization to provide strategic leadership throughout all aspects of its corporate social responsibility programs, including employee engagement and volunteerism.  In addition, Dalila oversees efforts to utilize Comcast’s world-class media platforms to bring greater attention to the work of our philanthropic partners. In 2020, Comcast provided nearly $500 million in total support to 4,500 nonprofit partners sharing Comcast’s commitment to creating a more connected and equitable world.
Dalila joined Comcast in 2016 after more than 16 years at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she served as Head of Global Philanthropy and President of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation.  She led the firm’s philanthropic and economic opportunity initiatives, including the firm’s $100 million commitment to Detroit’s recovery, while helping to set the company’s overall corporate responsibility strategy.  Prior to joining the Office of Corporate Responsibility, she served in the firm’s Corporate Merger Office as an integral member of the team managing the integration of JPMorgan Chase and Bank One. 
In addition to serving on the boards of Welcome America, Inc. and Box.org, Dalila is a member of the Executive Leadership Council.  She previously served as a member of the Committee for Economic Development, and the Advisory Council of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance.  Dalila has been named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” by Cablefax Magazine, receiving the 2019 inaugural “Wave Maker” Award; one of the “Most Powerful Women in Business” by Black Enterprise; and an “Innovative Rising Star: Building Communities” by Forbes magazine.  Dalila speaks regularly on philanthropy and equity issues, most recently at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Social Innovation Summit, MIT Solve, USC Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy and the Women’s Philanthropy Institute’s Annual Symposium. She earned an MBA in Finance and Management from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from New York University’s College of Arts and Science.
Loren Hudson is Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for Comcast Cable. In this role, Loren leads a shared effort to execute a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) human capital strategy that is reflective of and builds upon Comcast Cable’s business goals. As the first CDO for Comcast Cable, Loren also serves as a key partner to the company’s leaders and the broader Human Resources organization, with an eye toward establishing frameworks for DE&I accountability and serving as a driver of employee training, career development, and education.
Since then, she has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as Vice President of Human Resources for the Comcast Beltway Region’s more than 3,000 employees across Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia.
Loren received her bachelor’s degree in Labor Relations as well as a Master of Labor Relations from Rutgers University. In addition to her work at Comcast, she is an active member of Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) and a graduate of WICT’s Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, as well as a graduate of the Women’s Executive Leadership Program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR).
 
Favorite Quote:
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”  ― Maya Angelou
 
Resources:
Dalila Wilson-Scott on LinkedIn
Loren Hudson on LinkedIn
Comcast Celebrates Emerging Black-Owned Businesses and Entrepreneurs During Black Business Month
Philadelphia Business Leaders Invest $600K in BIPOC-led Nonprofits Working to Reduce Poverty
Here are some fantastic Black-owned businesses to consider that the R.O.G. Team recommends.
McBride Sisters Collection
The Largest Black-Owned, Women-Owned Wine Company In The US
Glow Global Events
Virtual events, Hotel  + Travel management, Live events 
Propellant Media LLC
Digital marketing and media solutions provider
TKT
Provides HR services to companies with a focus on diversity and inclusion, talent fulfillment, workforce management, managed services, and spend management
Lease Query
Accounting software for accountants and financial professionals
Impyrian
IT, Cyber Security, AV Teleconferencing, Engineering 
Shine
Self-care app for people with anxiety and depression
 
Credits:
Dalila Wilson-Scott, Loren Hudson, Sheep Jam Productions, Host Shannon Cassidy

45. Michael Smith - Black Voices

45. Michael Smith - Black Voices
“You get you're undervalued and marginalized out the gate just because people just rely on their stereotypes. So, it means that you have to constantly do that extra work of trying to break and prove people's preconceptions wrong. And that's a weight that you have to carry with you throughout your entire life.” 
 
Guest Info:
Michael Smith is a recognized thought leader in brand marketing, content development and production, OTT digital streaming, and podcasting, known for providing strategic vision and inspirational, collaborative leadership in the development and launch of media content and brands that have continually leveraged the new ways people consume content across an increasingly diverse audience population.
As Chief Marketing Officer at NPR he Leads a team responsible for brand strategy, marketing, communications, public relations, creative services, audience research and analytics, consumer products, and brand extensions and licensing.  NPR produces America’s most listened to daily news audio news and information content including the top 2 radio news magazine shows and 8 of the top 20 podcasts.
Prior to joining NPR, Smith served as SVP, GM Digital Channels for Scripps Networks, where he developed strategies to reach younger and more diverse audiences on new digital streaming platforms. Before that, Smith was SVP, GM Cooking Channel and Food Category Brand Extensions. In that role, he oversaw marketing, brand strategy and programming for the Cooking Channel, a network he helped create and launch. Before Cooking Channel, Smith was SVP Marketing, Creative and Brand Strategy for Food Network. He also worked in various marketing roles with Disney Channel both domestically and in Asia.
Smith's media career began in Affiliate Relations with CBS, working to strengthen relationships between local stations and the national network. He served on the boards of Food Bank for New York and the International Radio and Television Society.
Smith earned his MBA in Marketing and Finance from the University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and received his bachelor's degree in Science, Technology and Society from Stanford University.
 
Favorite Quote:
 
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”  ― Maya Angelou
 
Resources:
Michael Smith on LinkedIn
NPR Celebrates 50th Anniversary
NPR Programs
NPR CMO Announcement
San Francisco Chronicle 
Insider Interviews w/ E.B. Moss Podcast 
Media Village — "NPR CMO Michael Smith Urges Execs to Step Out of Their Comfort Zone"
Media Village — "NPR CMO Michael Smith Promises Truth and Diverse Audience Reach"
Here are some fantastic Black-owned businesses to consider that the R.O.G. Team recommends.
McBride Sisters Collection
The Largest Black-Owned, Women-Owned Wine Company In The US
Glow Global Events
Virtual events, Hotel  + Travel management, Live events 
Propellant Media LLC
Digital marketing and media solutions provider
TKT
Provides HR services to companies with a focus on diversity and inclusion, talent fulfillment, workforce management, managed services, and spend management
Lease Query
Accounting software for accountants and financial professionals
Impyrian
IT, Cyber Security, AV Teleconferencing, Engineering 
Shine
Self-care app for people with anxiety and depression
 
Credits:
Michael Smith, Sheep Jam Productions

44. Rosalyn Durant - Black Voices

44. Rosalyn Durant - Black Voices
“I really think that we can dismantle racism and bias and all of the division through empathy and love.” 
 
Guest Info:
Rosalyn Durant is Senior Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney World Resort, overseeing the Disney Springs shopping, dining and entertainment destination; both Walt Disney World Water Parks, and the resort’s sports operations, including ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. She is a member of The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Diversity and Inclusion Council. 
Since taking on her role at Walt Disney World Resort in March 2020, Roz played a key part in working with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to successfully restart the 2019-20 season and host the NBA Championships at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, and with Major League Soccer on the MLS is Back Tournament also hosted at the Complex.    
Roz was previously Senior Vice President of College Networks at ESPN, where she set the strategic direction for ESPNU, SEC Network, Longhorn Network and the ACC Network, which she helped launch.  
Her numerous recent honors include inclusion in Sports Business Journal’s “2019 Power Player” list, Savoy Magazine’s “2020 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America,” and recognition as one of four 2020 “Women of the Year” by WISE (Women in Sports and Events: The leading voice and resource for professional women in the business of sports). 
Roz is on the Board of Directors of the T. Howard Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to increasing diversity in the multimedia and entertainment industry, and is an alumnae of the Foundation’s internship program.
Roz is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where she received a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in marketing. 
 
Favorite Quotes:
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” — Matthew 22:37-39 
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” — Mark 12:30-31
Resources:
Making History At Disney
Rosalyn Durant on the biggest obstacles in developing the NBA bubble
T. Howard Foundation
The Walt Disney Company Diversity & Inclusion
Disney World
Here are some fantastic Black-owned businesses to consider that the R.O.G. Team recommends.
McBride Sisters Collection
The Largest Black-Owned, Women-Owned Wine Company In The US
Glow Global Events
Virtual events, Hotel  + Travel management, Live events 
Propellant Media LLC
Digital marketing and media solutions provider
TKT
Provides HR services to companies with a focus on diversity and inclusion, talent fulfillment, workforce management, managed services, and spend management
Lease Query
Accounting software for accountants and financial professionals
Impyrian
IT, Cyber Security, AV Teleconferencing, Engineering 
Shine
Self-care app for people with anxiety and depression
 
Credits:
Rosalyn Durant, Sheep Jam Productions

43. Dr. Jabari Whitehead - Black Voices

43. Dr. Jabari Whitehead
“It's interesting to acknowledge that race is a human construct. You're saying we're mammals, we're part of this species, but somewhere along the line, some got ranked and color became a differentiating factor that was used against people.”
 
 
Guest Info:
Jabari Whitehead, Ed.D. is the Principal of Chatham Park Elementary School in the Haverford School District and an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph’s University of Philadelphia teaching doctoral and masters level courses in Educational Leadership. 
With over 20 years of experience as an educator in K-12 in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and with 13 years in school leadership, Dr. Whitehead has spent his career dedicated to the growth of his students and community. 
Dr. Whitehead received his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Saint Joseph’s University, Class of 2017, with a focus on Transformational Leadership and the Socio-Cognitive Theory of Self-Efficacy. His prior education includes an M.S. in Educational Leadership from Saint Joseph’s, Class of 2005, and his B.A. in Elementary Education from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. 
Most recently Dr. Jabari Whitehead has lent his voice to the following…
Saint Joseph’s University Unlimited Learning Webinar Series: The Role of Mental Health in Education and Leadership (9/18/2020)
The Bridge Between YouTube Channel with Shannon Cassidy: Journey to Authentic Leadership (7/2/2020)
The Bridge Between YouTube Channel with Shannon Cassidy: Managing the Fear of Returning to School (8/4/2020)
WMMR Public Affairs Show- Discussion about Virtual Learning (9/6/2020)
Partnering with and speaking to police departments regarding policing practices in local municipalities
Additionally, Dr. Jabari Whitehead is an avid reader, journals, a “Crossfitter”, trail hiker, enjoys any time at the beach, and he coaches girls’ youth lacrosse. Dr. Whitehead is the eldest son of Gary and Sheila Whitehead. He is a loving husband to his wife Krista, and father to their two spirited children (daughter Avery, age 11 and son Evan, age 9). 
The real truth, Dr. Whitehead refers to himself as a mess and a masterpiece constantly evolving and becoming. Along the way, he lives each day to add value to the lives of others through vulnerability and connection.
 
Favorite Quotes:
"The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." — Marcus Aurelius
“The lion's story will never be known as long as the hunter is the one to tell it." — West African Proverb
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." — Maya Angelou
This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
Resources:
Jabari on LinkedIn
Jabari on Twitter (@JW_Driven2Learn)
Daily Stoic
The Color of Water, James McBride
We Wear A Mask, Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Difference Between Racism and Colorism
Credits:
Dr. Jabari Whitehead, Producer Ian Devitt, Sheep Jam Productions

42. Susan Jin Davis - People First

42. Susan Jin Davis - People First
“If people aren't first, I don't think you can have a good team. And I don't think you remember that there's people on that team and that those people are individuals that you have responsibility for as a leader.”
 
Guest Info:
Susan Jin Davis has 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, media, entertainment, and technology industries. She currently serves as Social Impact Officer for Al Roker Entertainment, a leading producer of TV, digital, branded programming and entertainment. She is also an advisor for ALO Advisors, a firm specializing in areas of sustainability, diversity, and corporate social responsibility.
Ms. Jin Davis serves as on-call faculty for the Center for Creative Learning in the areas of organizational leadership, women’s leadership, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She likewise serves as adjunct faculty for the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, Betsy Magness Graduate Institute, and the Rising Leaders Program of Women In Cable Telecommunications and she is a highly-demanded public speaker on diversity, equity, & inclusion, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. Over the past decade, she has helped to create leadership development programming for Comcast’s Asian American employees and is currently creating curriculum and programming focusing on executive leadership development for AAPI professional women.
She is also serving as a Senior Advisor on Social Impact & Sustainability for Philadelphia Soccer 2026, as part of Philadelphia's application team to be a host city for the World Cup games in 2026. Her focus is on human rights such as worker rights, housing, discrimination, safety and security, and grievances.
 
Most recently, Ms. Jin Davis was a senior executive at Comcast Corporation, where she held a multitude of roles over a 15-year career at the Company. 
Ms. Jin Davis is an experienced executive in the area of sustainability and environmental responsibility. As Comcast NBCUniversal’s first Chief Sustainability Officer, Ms. Jin Davis was responsible for identifying sustainable strategies and priorities and for implementing the company’s Sustainability Program across all of Comcast NBCUniversal business units and functions. She created the framework for the company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance disclosures; she established Comcast NBCUniversal’s renewable energy strategy and implemented energy efficiency initiatives across Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Comcast Spectacor. Plus, Ms. Jin Davis created Comcast NBCUniversal’s zero waste strategy and she co-led its future of fleet strategy, transforming the company’s fleet to low-carbon vehicles.
 
Ms. Jin Davis is highly experienced in a multitude of areas of corporate compliance. Prior to her promotion as CSO, Ms. Jin Davis served as Senior Vice President of Operations Compliance at Comcast, where she implemented product policies, operationalized regulatory and legal requirements, reduced costs to the cable business, and managed business compliance. In this capacity, she established and managed a customer call center that dealt with customer issues on privacy, data security, piracy, and cybersecurity. She was also responsible for Comcast’s environment, health, and safety function. Ms. Jin Davis also served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Communications and Data Services and Vice President of Corporate Development, Voice Services where she managed voice, data, and wireless policies such as emergency services, privacy/customer proprietary network information (CPNI), interconnection, and online safety and security.
 
Ms. Jin Davis is a well-experienced and well-respected executive in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. While at Comcast, Ms. Jin Davis negotiated a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Comcast and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) national community as part of the company’s acquisition of NBCUniversal. This created ground-breaking diversity commitments in the areas of programming, supplier and employment, and community investment. She served on Comcast’s Internal Diversity Council and she was the company liaison to the external Comcast NBCUniversal Joint Diversity Council. Ms. Jin Davis was the executive sponsor of Asian Pacific Americans at Comcast, a company-sponsored employee resource group, which focuses on the recruiting, promotion and development of Asian American and Pacific Islander talent. Ms. Jin Davis established Comcast’s partnerships with AAPI national community organizations in the areas of civic involvement and political representation, media and entertainment, leadership development, civil and human rights, and youth empowerment. She was also responsible for the creation of Comcast’s Cinema Asian America, the first-ever video-on-demand offering of Asian and Asian American television and movie content on the Comcast network.
 
She led the launch of Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program, which offers affordable high-speed internet for low-income households. Now in its tenth year, Internet Essentials is Comcast’s largest, most successful community investment initiative, which has connected more than 10 million low-income Americans to all the opportunities of a digital world through low-cost, high-speed internet at home. She was responsible for the pricing and packaging strategy, marketing and community engagement, and managing the call center that handled customer applications, installation, and trouble ticketing.
 
Prior to Comcast NBCUniversal, the trained attorney served in various roles of increasing responsibility at the Silicon Valley-based technology company, Covad Communications, where she held roles such as Assistant General Counsel, Interim General Counsel, Vice President of Government and External Affairs, and Vice President of Investor Relations.Other experience includes MCI Communications Company in a multitude of counsel roles in government and external affairs, specifically in federal and state regulatory affairs, and federal legislative affairs, as well as the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, as an Assistant Consumer Advocate in the Office of Consumer Advocate. There, Ms. Jin Davis was responsible for representing Pennsylvania consumers on energy, water, and telecommunications matters.
 
Recognized by Forbes as one of “Five Women of Color Who Should Be On Your Radar Screen,” she completed the Women in Cable Telecommunications Senior Executive Summit at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, the Women’s Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School of Business and the Cable & Telecommunications Association (CTAM) Executive Management Program at the Harvard Business School. She received the 2010 Paragon Award of the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications and was a Fellow in the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute of the Women in Cable Telecommunications esteemed program. She has been named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” by CableFAX Magazine and one of the “Top 50 Most Influential Minorities in Cable” by CableWorld for many years.
 
An advocate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in business and corporate America, she is active in the AAPI community nationally. She serves as the Chair of the Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) and serves on the Board of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (National ACE). Additionally, Ms. Jin Davis is a past board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) and the Asian and Pacific American Scholarship Fund (APIA Scholars). Her other volunteer leadership service includes the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Law Center and the Board of Trustees of her undergraduate alma mater, Bryn Mawr College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
 
She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University. The active runner, jazz lover, and foodie lives in Kennett Square, Pa. with her daughter, Sophia.
 
Favorite Quote:
"The time is always right to do what is right." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
Resources:
Susan on LinkedIn (@susanjindavis)
Susan on Twitter (@sjindavis)
Credits:
Susan Jin Davis. Production team: Ian Devitt, Sheep Jam Productions.

41. Lain Hensley - The Odyssey of Giving

41. Lain Hensley - The Odyssey of Giving
“...in the spirit of generosity and the spirit of giving, that was the moment where it stopped me and I thought, wow, have I given enough?”
 
Guest Info:
Lain Hensley is the Head Dream Chaser & Co-Founder of Odyssey Teams
In 2014, Lain won a hard-fought battle against cancer and he hasn’t taken a minute of life for granted since. A master of metaphors, he uses stories and emotion to connect with audiences. He seamlessly builds bridges between your organizational values and individual action items. Employees will leave the program feeling inspired to make a positive difference in the way they do their work. If you would like to get to know Lain and his style, you can check out his podcast “You Go First”.
Lain has delivered keynotes to thousands of companies in more than 21 countries with clients including Microsoft, Hampton Hotels, Oracle, Charles Schwab, Johnson Controls, Caterpillar, Gallo Wines, DaVita, Shell, and Genentech
Lain has written for publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc. Magazine, The Guardian and Huffington Post
For the past 22 years he has been a part of the UCLA MBA “Foundations of Leadership Program”
In his spare time, Lain is the coach of the Chico High volleyball team.
He is a cancer survivor and currently lives in Chico, California with his wife of 25 years and their three children.
Favorite Quote:
“Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.” — Vince Lombardi
Resources:
Lain on LinkedIn (Lian-Hensley-18a8145)
Lain's Podcast (You Go First) 
Odyssey on Twitter (@OdysseyTeams)
OdysseyTeams.com
Credits:
Lain Hensley, Odyssey Teams.  Production team: Ian Devitt, Sheep Jam Productions, Nani Shin, qodpod network

40. Noha Abdalla - CMO MyEyeDr. - Vision and Values

40. Noha Abdalla - CMO MyEyeDr. - Vision and Values
“Hindsight being 2020, it is character building...You never want to be different. You never want to stand out as a kid...I realized that it was a huge advantage and benefit because it taught me how to be proud of who I am, how to stand up for my beliefs.”
 
Guest Info:
Noha Abdalla is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at MyEyeDr. and is leading the marketing innovation and digitization efforts that will contribute to delivering our next generation patient experience.  Under her leadership, the Marketing team overseas patient acquisition, patient retention, the patient experience as well as brand strategy and creative.  Noha joined MyEyeDr. because she was passionate about helping a company that is focused on enabling patients to live their best lives, deliver on the company’s purpose.
Prior to MyEyeDr, as Global Vice President, Digital Marketing at Hilton, Noha led the global, enterprise-wide strategy for web content, SEO, email, social media and mobile marketing and prior to that she was at Capital One leading social media and digital marketing, as well as the marketing for the retail bank and cafes.  Other roles Noha has held include head of marketing for Animal Planet, marketing management for Discovery Health Channel and the American Red Cross, and strategy consultant at mercer Management and Corporate Executive Board.
Noha holds an MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and a BS in International Economics from Georgetown University.  Noha lives in Mclean, VA with her husband and three daughters
 
Favorite Quote:
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” — Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
Resources:
Noha on Twitter (@abdallan)
Noha Abdalla Joins MyEyeDr. Leadership Team as Chief Marketing Officer
CMO Innovation Award From Her Previous Role as the Global Vice President of Digital and Content Marketing at Hilton
MyEyeDr.com
Hilton.com
Hilton and American Express to Donate Up to 1 Million Rooms To Frontline Medical Professionals During COVID-19 Crisis
MyEyeDr. Expands the MyEyeDr. OneFamily Community Fund as a New Charitable Organization
Credits:
Noha Abdalla, MyEyeDr. Production team: Ian Devitt, Sheep Jam Productions, Nani Shin, qodpod network