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Dr. Lois Frankel, President of Corporate Coaching International, and Dr. Nancy O'Reilly share ideas about the progress of women reaching equal leadership in business and the world. Dr. Lois tells her personal story from being told college was a waste of money to successful entrepeneur and best-selling author, and gives insights into what women need to reach the top.

Luz Reyes Martin talks about her childhood as an immigrant when she watched her undocumented classmates fear being separated from their parents and how it taught her how government can affect the lives of the people it serves. Now, she is President of the Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee, a non-partisan group that helps get women elected to positions on every level. A mother of two young children and Executive Director of Communications for Santa Barbara City College, Luz says her most important job is to show her children what a woman leader looks like, so both her son and daughter have a correct vision of women's roles in our culture.

Barclay DeVeau is a writer, producer and director who has won several awards for film production including two Emmys. She tells the story of her career as a child actress and fledgling movie maker, famous directors who mentored her and how gender bias holds women back in the movie industry in spite of the statistics that show women-led movies show a greater return on investment. She is seeking funding for her first feature-length scripted film about a strong woman in conflict with a small southern town, "OPAL."

Aurora Winter tells about the ideas in her new book, Thought Leader Launch: 7 Ways to Make 7 Figures with Your Million-Dollar Message, and why people need to figure out their Massive Transformative Purpose to become a great leader. She tells her own purpose and why she loves to help others find theirs and teach them the skills to make them successful at creating their legacy.

Dr. Anita Perez Ferguson talks about what makes women effective public speakers, what her research showed about how women and minorities get to the C-Suite of Fortune 500 companies and why women need to support one another on issues they share. She also describes who can benefit from reading her new book, Women Seen and Heard Speaker's Journal, that she co-wrote with Dr. Lois Phillips.

David Robb tells how his mentors: his grandparents and parents instilled in him the spirit of giving and looking at the people of the world as one big family. He has founded the cruise line Utopia, as a luxury yacht with 190 private suites, plus a 5-star hotel and resort with a central mission of philanthropy to join people together to help the people of the world.

Ed Martin tells about his career as a marketing professional at fortune 500 companies and how he created omni-wins for the company and the charitable organizations seeking funds through engaging their help in marketing research. Now as Chief Omni-Win Officer for 5th Element Group he continues to link causes with funds and solutions to solve some of the world's biggest problems.

Rayona Sharpnack shares the background behind her lifetime work toward achieving complete gender partnership between men and women and why it's an integral part of the solution to problems that threaten our world. Having taught or coached over 20,000 people in business and government, Rayona has founded and serves as CEO to two institutes for the empowerment of women.

Jamia Wilson tells her life story and what propelled her to be the writer, outspoken advocate for feminism and social change that she is today. Jamia says yes to opportunities to use her voice and that includes being the youngest and first woman of color to publish and serve as executive director of the Feminist Press. A prolific author and speaker, her perspective is grounded in the powerful women who guided her, her mother and grandmother and others who are leaders in their fields.

Tabby Biddle tells how she found her inner power and now works with women to find their power and coaches them to speak on the TEDx stage and other influential leadership platforms. She also talks about how 50 Women Can Change the World in Media and Entertainment transformed many women's careers and more cohort gatherings in Hollywood to amplify women's voices and gain equity.

Paige Oxendine talks about how she was instilled with good values and the importance of contributing to your community. She co-founded a women's network called Rosie to connect women with opportunities and works at MSU's e-Factory to help entrepeneurs discover the next big thing--all work to do well while doing good and helping women claim their power.

Sarah Acer tells her personal story about how she came to be passionate about serving the under-served communities; the founding of her company, Align Communication & Creative, which is a women-owned collective that works with organizations to challenge the status quo, solve complex problems and drive social change; and Solve4XX an initiative that helps women develop their own business start-ups through a 24-hour hackathon, and more.

Kathy Caprino tells her personal story of how she was successful as a corporate vice president, but unhappy in life, and her journey to figure out who she is and what she wanted to do in life. As an executive coach, she helps others do the same, close their own power gaps and finding bravery to pursue their life's purpose.

Successful NYC advertising professional, Cheryl Benton tellls the story behind her founding The Three Tomatoes.com, a multi-media platform for women who aren't kids any more. She also talks about the benefits to women from Dr. Nancy's book, In This Together, saying that it should be required reading for corporations, and the results of a survey from Plan International's, Because I'm a Girl Program that gives interesting statistics about how adolescents view gender equality.

Tiffany Shlain talks about how she makes movies that inspire discussion about issues in our lives and creates global initiatives to connect people around those topics. 50/50 Day and Character Day are two of the largest. Her new book, 24/6 Life challenges people to disconnect from their screens for 24 hours to reconnect with their bigger picture thinking and achieve a more balanced life.

As a world-wide social change fundraiser, Kathy LeMay shares her realization that her own feelings of self-worth were tied to money. Though she judged no one else that way, her accomplishments drove her own self-worth. Now she is focused on her humanity, empathy, kindness and other attributes that are the true foundation of self-worth and she is introducing an online master class through her company, Raising Change, to help other social change agents transform the world.

Dr. Nancy O'Reilly interview Dr. Sheila Robinson, founder of Diversity Woman Magazine and her famous annual conference about the power of women uniting together at her conference, how we all want similar things and should not allow differences to come between us and how Sheila's own experience with unconscious biases taught her that they are really fears to overcome. Many other lessons to help women are discussed in this interview.

Michele Weldon and Dr. Nancy O'Reilly talk about Dr. Nancy's new book, In This Together, and how Nancy's belief that women supporting other women is the norm and how we ought to do things. Michele says that women have a reticence to be leaders and brag about their accomplishments for fear of being put down, Their fear of showing vulnerability keeps them from using the most powerful words--I don't know--which are an invitation to learn new things and are at the core of outstanding leadership. They also discuss women's relationship with power and the Take the Lead fundraising event, a play about Gloria Steinem's life.

Elisa Parker talks with Dr. Nancy O'Reilly about the magic that happens when women come together and remove their shields to be honest and support one another. She tells how she co-founded the multi-media platform "See Jane Do," co-founded 50 Women Can Change the World in Media and Entertainment, and other initiatives to achieve social justice for women through the lens of story-telling.

Judy Hoberman and Dr. Nancy O'Reilly talk about how much we need women leaders and the tools they need to become great leaders from Judy's new training program, "Empowering Equal, Not Identical Leadership," based on her new best-selling book, Walking on the Glass Floor. Judy also talks about her experience working in fields where there were no women mentors, only men, and how important it is for women to reach out and help each other, including her mission "to help one woman a day."