Host Sally Hubbard talks to women who are killing it in their careers about what has worked for them, how they got where they are today, and what they wish they knew sooner. Women Killing It! celebrates these rockstars and harnesses their collective wisdom. The result is mentorship by podcast - women helping women unleash their superpowers at work! Women Killing It! is a proud partner of Women You Should Know, a leading digital hub of women's and girls' empowerment.
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Ep. 116: Treat Yourself like a Business Athlete with Betsy Atkins
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Betsy Atkins, CEO and founder of Baja Corporation, is a 3-time CEO and has served on some of the world's most visible global public boards. Betsy returns to the podcast to talk her latest book, "Be Board Ready: The Secrets of Landing a Board Seat and Being a Great Director." She offers lessons not only for joining a board but also landing your next…
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Ep. 115: Why You Shouldn't Try to Be Superwoman, with Sandra-Stella Triebl
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Recorded back in the spring, this gem of an interview with Sandra-Stella Treibl is full of wisdom and inspiration. She's a publisher, entrepreneur and speaker based in Switzerland who has overcome difficult life experiences and fears to become a role model for us all. She'll convince you that you're worth it and that life and work should be fun.…
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Ep. 114: How to Embrace What You Bring to the Table with Angela Hosking
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Angela Hosking is a healthcare executive, the author of a new book Woman On Top: Lead Like a Lady Boss, the founder of Her One Tribe, a speaker and a coach. In 2015, Angela felt a calling to translate her experience in the healthcare industry into a women's leadership/empowerment blog designed to increase confidence, decrease impostor syndrome thin…
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Ep. 113: Being Well While Killing It With Dr. Soyona Rafatjah
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We're back from sabbatical with a preview of things to come, with this episode on the theme of killing it with ease. In that spirt, episodes will publish monthly for the time being. Dr. Soyona Rafatjah is a board-certified Family Medicine physician and Medical Director and Co-Founder of PrimeHealth in Denver, CO. She shares wisdom on how to care fo…
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Ep. 112: How Joy-Seeking and Girlfriends Can Help You Kill It
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Sally hears from former podcast guest Ilyana Kadushin, Episode 65, about what she does to kill it without it killing her, and then goes back to her roots with her very first interview. Oscar-nominated filmmaker and entrepreneur Susannah Ludwig once again shares her wisdom, which Sally didn't truly believe until she heard it from tons more women on …
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Ep. 111: Heather Dominick Helps Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs Create Business Miracles
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Heather Dominick is the founder of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur Movement and creator of A Course in Business Miracles. 20% of the population are "highly sensitive," but most don't know it. Heather helps highly sensitive people learn how to use their abilities to support them in being purposeful, profitable and empowered as an entrepreneur rath…
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Replay: Jen Sincero Wants You To Be A Badass At Making Money
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Jen Sincero is a #1 NY Times Bestselling Author, success coach, and motivational speaker. She is the author of the life-changing book, You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life. Jen talks about her new book, You Are A Badass At Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth, and why it is critically importan…
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Replay: Christyl Johnson, NASA's First Female African American Deputy Director, Looks For The Impossible
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Hear how Christyl Johnson is leading the charge of shaping and designing NASA's missions of the future. Christyl talks about forging ahead in the male-dominated world of science and how to move past fear and the impostor syndrome to succeed. The former Executive Director of the White House's National Science and Technology Council and current Deput…
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Ep. 110: Denise Hearn, Co-Author of The Myth of Capitalism, Follows Her Curiosity
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Denise Hearn is the co-author of The Myth of Capitalism, a book that explores how monopolies are distorting our economy and amplifying inequality. Denise talks about her fascinating career path, from sex educator to macroeconomic researcher. Denise shares her passion for staying curious and her tips for how to kill it with ease - a new theme of the…
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Ep. 109: “When In Doubt, Gas It,” With Christine Weber, Engineering SVP at Sling TV and Race Car Driver
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Christine Weber, SVP of OTT Engineering at SlingTV, is the brains behind the tech industry’s first-ever live streaming TV service, helping disrupt the television, tech, and entertainment industries. A 30-year tech veteran and Sling TV’s most senior female executive, Christine leads a team of more than 250. Hear why working in a male dominated field…
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Ep. 108: Brittany Edwards and Khiana Lowe of Incorp[HER]ated Break Down Barriers in Male-Dominated Industries
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Brittany Edwards and Khiana Lowe are two women with engineering degrees who know what it feels like to be one of a few and understand the power of representation and support. They are also the co-founders of Incorp[HER]ated, a women-led diversity organization that builds community and cultivates meaningful conversations in the sneaker, fashion, mus…
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Ep. 107: Award-Winning Filmmaker Sarita Khurana Follows Her Passion and Tells South Asian Stories On The Big Screen
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Sarita Khurana is a film director, producer and educator. Her feature film, A Suitable Girl, world-premiered in the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival Documentary Competition section and won the Best New Documentary Director prize. Amita Khurana acts as a guest host on this special podcast episode -- a family affair. Listen to get inspired by Sarita's nonl…
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Ep. 106: Being Courageous, with Serial Entrepreneur and Corporate Board Member Betsy Atkins
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Betsy Atkins is a 3-time CEO, a serial entrepreneur & founder of Baja Corporation. She has co-founded enterprise software companies in multiple industries including energy, healthcare and networking. Betsy has sat on more than 60 public and private boards and shares her expertise in her book, “Behind Boardroom Doors: Lessons of a Corporate Director…
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Ep. 105: From Girl Scouts CEO to Chief Growth Officer at the National Council on Aging, Anna Maria Chávez Advocates for Women At Every Stage of Life
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Anna Maria Chavez is the former CEO of Girl Scouts USA and current Chief Growth Officer at the National Council on Aging, focused on the right to live and age well. She has been named one of Fortune’s world’s greatest leaders and honored as one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company. Anna shares how the lessons learned from her upb…
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Ep 104: Alli Young, CEO of The Forem, Gets Women Further, Faster
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Alli Young is CEO of The Forem, an organization dedicated to helping women accelerating their careers, getting them further, faster. In this episode, she shares the 5 key skills that help women accelerate. Alli talks about how she took the leap from her tech career, which included 11 years at Google, to being an entrepreneur focused on helping wome…
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Ep 103: Being a Feminist Bride with Writer and Artist Katrina Majkut
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Katrina Majkut is the author of The Adventures and Discoveries of a Feminist Bride and a groundbreaking artist whose embroidery artwork sheds light on the complexity of women's health and shatters taboos. Learn about why sexist wedding traditions matter to equality at large and how Katrina found her own unique contribution to make to the world.…
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Ep. 102: Startup CEO Parinaz Vahabzadeh Takes A Risk
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“Take risk sooner. I think if I had been exposed to seeing people take risk and having that work out successfully -- or probably even more importantly not work out, and they were resilient, and they bounced back, and they found their footing and did something even more successful.” Parinaz Vahabzadeh is formerly the VP of Strategy and Data Labs at …
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Ep 101: Co-Authors Elizabeth Wallace and Hana Schank On The Ambition Decisions
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Elizabeth Wallace and Hana Schank join as two-time guests on the Women Killing It! Podcast to talk about their new book The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life. Listen for a reminder that you’re not in it alone with the challenges of navigating family, womanhood, and career -- and for novel insigh…
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Ep. 99: Serial Entrepreneur Candice Hughes Uses Science to Help People Have Better Lives
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Candice Hughes is the CEO and founder of Hughes BioPharma Advisors and an award-winning serial entrepreneur. Candice has a PhD in Anatomy and Neurobiology and went back to get her MBA after hearing from venture capitalists that she didn’t have enough business experience -- despite having already led several successful ventures. Candice’s deep first…
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Ep. 98: How to Pivot for Meaningful Success with Business Strategist and Author RM Harrison
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RM Harrison is a business strategist for women entrepreneurs and the author of the book The Pivot Map, which guides readers through essential shifts to help them achieve long-lasting success. RM specializes in helping women entrepreneurs and other business owners on the verge of professional burnout get re-engaged and reinvigorated. Listen to this …
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Ep. 97: How To Be Confident with Regina Huber, Founder and CEO of Transform Your Performance
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Regina Huber, Founder and CEO of Transform Your Performance, shares how she is closing the confidence gap by helping women find confidence and empower themselves. Regina spent 18 years working in business in six different countries. She is now a transformational coach for women, an international speaker with a passion for dance, and the author of S…
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Ep. 96: Award-Winning Fine Art and Commercial Photographer Tamara Staples Stays True To Herself
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“You have to be true to yourself in order to find who you are and be who you’re supposed to be. And that’s really difficult to do.” Fine art and commercial photographer Tamara Staples has had her work appear in Harper’s Magazine, Time Out NY, New York Times, Men's Journal, O Magazine, New York Magazine and Town and Country to name a few. In this ep…
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Ep. 95: Angelica Fuentes, One of Latin America's Most Prominent Businesswomen, Never Let Her Gender Define Her
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“I learned at a very young age…that if I didn’t use my voice, if I didn’t raise my hand, if I didn’t speak out for me, I was never going to get anywhere. So I dared to risk.” Angelica has had a fascinating career, starting out as a young girl working at a gas station to becoming the CEO of a Mexican energy company at age 29 and serving on Secretary…
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Ep. 94: Work-Bench Co-Founder Jessica Lin Embraces What Sets Her Apart
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Jessica Lin is the Co-founder and General Partner of Work-Bench, an enterprise-focused venture fund and community in New York City. Work-Bench is rethinking enterprise VC and working to support more women in tech, building a hub to connect what Jessica calls “our suits and hoodies”— Fortune 500 companies and startups. Women only get 2% of venture f…
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Ep. 93: Alicia Tillman, Chief Marketing Officer of SAP, Never Stops Learning
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“Life is about risk in order to gain the reward.” Alicia Tillman is the Chief Marketing Officer of SAP, the global market leader in enterprise software. Reaching the C-Suite in itself is a huge accomplishment when women account for only 18% of C-Suite executives, and Alicia has done it. Alicia speaks to the importance of collaboration and teamwork …
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Ep. 92: Village Capital's Victoria Fram and Allie Burns Help Entrepreneurs Solve The World's Largest Problems
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Victoria Fram, Co-founder and Managing Director of VilCap Investments and Allie Burns, Managing Director of Village Capital are funding and supporting startups that change the world – companies that make a profit and a difference. They’re focusing on sustainable agriculture and energy, and increasing affordable access to education, financial servic…
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Ep. 91: Deloitte’s Tamika Tremaglio Finds Success By Going Out On A Limb
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“My mother would always say to me the fruit is always out on the limb, and so you may have to stretch yourself a little bit. That’s where you actually get to grow." Tamika Tremaglio, Greater Washington Managing Principal for Deloitte, talks the importance of getting uncomfortable, and why being authentic, grateful, and present are key to success. S…
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Ep. 90: Jen Crozier, VP of IBM Corporate Citizenship, On Living With Intention
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Jen Crozier, President of the IBM Foundation and Vice President of IBM Corporate Citizenship, shares the importance of living with intention. In college, Jen planned on becoming a professor of linguistics. But she worked at IBM for a summer gig and fell in love with all the amazing people and the important inventing, building, and designing work th…
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Ep. 89: How Your Ideas Can Dent The World, with The Power Of Onlyness Author Nilofer Merchant
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Hear why Nilofer Merchant, author of The Power of Onlyness, believes each of us has the power to reshape the world – and learn how to do it! “Onlyness at its simplest level means that each of us, every single one of us, has a chance to add value to the world… Each of us stands in a spot in the world only you stand in. It's a function of your histor…
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Ep. 88: Why You Should Go All In, With Author and Entrepreneur Klyn Elsbury
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Klyn Elsbury is the author of I Am _____: The Untold Story of Success and co-founder of Landmark Makers. Klyn got the idea for her book when she was sitting in her hospital bed struggling with cystic fibrosis. She had lost most of her lung function and as she was laying there, she decided that instead of watching TV she was going to get on LinkedIn…
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Ep. 87: Lillian Salerno Is Running For Congress For All The Right Reasons
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Congressional candidate Lillian Salerno shares how she has spent her career as a small business owner and an advocate for working families, nurses and patients. Lillian wants to have a seat at the table in Congress to demand more transparency in healthcare, fight corporate consolidation, and get the corporate money out of politics. Lillian created …
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Ep. 86: Fake It Until You Make it Happen with Author, Voice Artist, And MILK Podcast Host Mallory Kasdan
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Mallory Kasdan is creator and host of MILK Podcast: Moms I’d Like to Know. "Like MILFs, but not," Mallory explains. Mallory is the author of ELLA, a book about the grooviest six year old since Eloise ruled The Plaza in the 1950’s. Mallory is also a professional voice actor for television and radio, and she writes essays about parenting and has prod…
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Ep. 85: How To Achieve Financial Freedom with Former NBC News Anchor Natali Morris
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Hear how Natali Morris, former NBC news anchor and co-founder of Morris Invest, used creative money management to create financial freedom for her family. Natali’s mission is to empower women to take control of their money and start building real long-term wealth. Natali shares her money ah-ha moment and talks about how you can use the same tools s…
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Ep. 84: Serial Entrepreneur Jillian Wright Lifts Up Other Women Entrepreneurs With The Indie Beauty Expo
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Jillian Wright is co-founder of the Indie Beauty Expo, an event, media, and educational platform that gives independent beauty entrepreneurs the opportunity to launch and grow their businesses. Jillian is a serial entrepreneur who started as a facialist in a small room next to a doctor's office, grew that business into her own spa, launched her own…
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Ep. 83: Jill Malek Turned Her Passion For Art Into A Thriving Wallpaper Business
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Jill Malek has grown her handprinted nature-inspired wallpaper business to paper the walls of YouTube’s flagship corporate office, Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ritz Carlton Boston, and more. Jill offers advice for women who are scared to take the plunge into entrepreneurship, shares lessons learned in over ten years of having her own business,…
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Ep. 82: Nourishing Your Full Self with Kim Z. Dale, A Playwright And Information Security Specialist
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Kim Z. Dale is a playwright with a master's degree in Information Security. She's also "a writer of eclectic blog posts, practical business documentation, structured congressional testimony, quirky short fiction, and award-winning plays." Kim works as an information security specialist with a focus on data privacy for the Federal Reserve Bank of Ch…
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Ep. 81: How To Use Your Personal Struggles To Help Others, With Kristina Saffran
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Kristina Saffran, the co-founder and CEO of Project HEAL, shares how starting her non-profit at age 15 helped her complete her own recovery from Anorexia Nervosa. In the last ten years, Kristina and her co-founder Liana Rosenman have grown Project HEAL to be the leading non-profit organization in the United States delivering prevention, treatment f…
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Replay: Running For Office And Taking Action With Zephyr Teachout
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Last week women who ran for office were victorious across the country, so we decided to replay our interview with law professor and anti-corruption activist Zephyr Teachout. She shares her experiences running for office, first for New York Governor in the Democratic Primary and then for Congress in New York's 19th District. Although Super PACs fund…
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Ep 79: Christyl Johnson, NASA's First Female African American Deputy Director, Looks For The Impossible
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Hear how Christyl Johnson is leading the charge of shaping and designing NASA's missions of the future. Christyl talks about forging ahead in the male-dominated world of science and how to move past fear and the impostor syndrome to succeed. The former Executive Director of the White House's National Science and Technology Council and current Deput…
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Ep. 78: Film Producer Suzanne Todd Talks A Bad Moms Christmas And Her 3 Billion Dollar Track Record
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In this episode, hear the story of how Suzanne Todd crafted a long lasting career as an award-winning producer whose movies have grossed more than three billion dollars worldwide. Suzanne talks about forging ahead in the male-dominated world of Hollywood, producing blockbusters like Alice in Wonderland and the Austin Powers trilogy, critics’ favori…
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Ep. 77: Women You Should Know with Cynthia Hornig and Jennifer Jones
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In this episode, listen to the story of how pioneers Jennifer Jones and Cynthia Hornig took the leap to found Women You Should Know and change the conversation around women. From how to ask for what you want to how to overcome the impostor syndrome, listen for lessons Jennifer and Cynthia learned in their nearly 18-year long partnership and three e…
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Ep. 76: Rachel Meeropol Makes An Impact As A Social Justice Lawyer
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Rachel Meeropol is a Senior Staff Attorney and Associate Director of Legal Training and Education at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on prisoners’ rights, Muslim profiling, criminalization of dissent, and First Amendment issues. Rachel recently argued before the United States Supreme Court, an experience she describes as "terr…
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Ep. 75: Claudia Chan on This Is How We Rise
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Claudia Chan is the CEO of S.H.E. Summit and S.H.E. GLOBL and the author of This Is How We Rise, which releases on October 17. S.H.E. Summit is an award-winning global leadership conference, which has made advancing women’s leadership accessible and actionable. S.H.E. GLOBL Media is a purposeful women’s media and education company that empowers wom…
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Ep. 74: How To Create The Career and Life You Want With Jill Richburg
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Jill Richburg is a life coach, acting coach, and lawyer. Our host Sally Hubbard credits Jill's life coaching for her own career success. Jill's coaching method is premised on her belief that "In this life, you get what you're willing to be, do, or have." On this episode, she provides simple exercises that help you get in touch with your Will and ma…
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Ep. 73: How To Be Confident And Make An Impact With Ashley M. Williams
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Ashley M. Williams is the founder and CEO of RIZZARR, the social media platform built by Millennials, for the Millennial creator. Ashley began her career in high school, hosting television shows for an educational access channel. By college, she worked at NBC News and the BBC, and she won the Student Journalist of the Year Award from the National A…
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Ep. 72: Why People Pleasing Looks Different When Men Do It
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This week's episode is a bit different. Host Sally Hubbard and producer Carolyn Duncan sit down to discuss some of the issues brought up by last week's interview of Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen's Four Tendencies personality paradigm indicates that men are "obligers"in equal numbers as women. Essentially, Obligers are people pleasers, most easily meetin…
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Ep. 71: Gretchen Rubin Talks The Four Tendencies And Her Bold Career As A Bestseller
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Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. On her podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, she discusses happiness with her sister Elizabeth Craft. On this episode, Gretchen talks about her new book The Four Tendencies, a personality…
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Ep. 70: Jill Filipovic Talks The H-Spot and The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
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Jill Filipovic is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, a lawyer, and the author of The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. In her book, Jill advocates for prioritizing women's happiness and pleasure in forming public policy. On this episode, Jill shares how the cult of female sacrifice does a disservice to women, how attitud…
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Ep. 69: Sassy Pants CEO Nancy Calderone Thinks You Have The Perfect Body Right Now
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Nancy Calderone, CEO of Sassy Pants, is on a mission to create quality, functional athletic apparel that is inclusive of those left out of traditional fitness culture. She is building a fitness company and a community that believes you have the perfect body right now, and that your fitness apparel should make you feel that way. Listen to hear what …
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Ep. 68: Grammy Nominated Producer And Archivist Jocelyn Arem On Why Collaboration Leads To Success
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Jocelyn Arem is a NYC-based GRAMMY Award-nominated producer and founder of the multimedia production company Arbo Radiko She is also a singer/songwriter under the name Rabasi Joss. Her work - at the intersection of the arts, archives, digital storytelling, social justice, and community action - has been featured in media outlets ranging from the Ne…
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