Women Rockin’ It!
~ Place to meet amazing and successful women entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and business leaders who are doing BIG things
Women Rockin’ It! is a collection of recordings from Renee’s past phone interviews. Listen to Renee speak with amazing businesswomen for inspiration, encouragement, business tips, motivation, and more!
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Past Calls
Renee interviewed:
Ali Brown, CEO of Ali International LLC.
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2011
Ali Brown has fast become regarded as the voice for women’s entrepreneurial success. As founder and CEO of Ali International LLC, she has created a dynamic enterprise that is devoted to empowering women entrepreneurs around the world and currently has over 50,000 members in her online and offline programs.
Over the past two years alone, Ali has received the honor of being:
- ranked on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 2009
- named one of 2010′s Enterprising Women of the Year by Enterprising Women Magazine
- included in the Ernst & Young 2010 Class of Entrepreneurial Winning Women
- a winner of the 2010 Stevie® Award for Women Helping Women Commitment to Philanthropy award from the Step Up Women’s Network
- named “The Entrepreneurial Guru for Women” by Business News Daily
- dubbed one of Forbes’ Women to Watch
- featured on the season finale of ABC’s Secret Millionaire show
Ali has also been featured in numerous print publications in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, including Inc.magazine, Success for Women magazine, Self-Made magazine, the New York Post, the Sydney Morning Herald, and Investor’s Business Daily. Ali is also a regular contributor at Forbes.com.
She has been interviewed on the Fox Business Network, E!, ABC News Now, the Style Network, and on ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC, and Sirius XM news and morning shows around the country. And her philanthropic efforts were featured in the spring 2011 season finale of ABC’s hit primetime series,Secret Millionaire.
Read more about Ali: http://www.reneepreis.com/ali-brown
Renee interviewed:
Joy Chudacoff, Founder of Smart Women Smart Solutions
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Heralded as “The Coach for Women” in the millennium, Joy Chudacoff has x-ray vision when it comes to helping women discover their Big Ideas, Dreams and Goals! Joy draws on both her personal life and entrepreneurial experiences to support women in achieving better ways of living. It’s her passion, her purpose and her business. She is a Professional Certified Coach, highly skilled group leader, motivational speaker and a gifted communicator. She has helped 1,000’s of women design the lives they choose to live. Helping women realize their dreams and achieve a better way of living is her passion, her purpose and her business.
Her website: http://smartwomensolutions.com/
Renee interviewed:
Heather Howell, CTeaO (Chief Tea Officer) at Rooibee Red Tea
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
A leader in workforce development, talent attraction and branding, Heather Howell has 15 years experience as a strategic partner for Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies, both in Louisville and across the country. As a wife and mother of two young children Heather has found her true passion leading the Rooibee Red Tea(m) to become the Organic Tea of Choice. She is proud to produce a healthy product that makes you feel good about serving it to your family.
Visit Rooibee Red Tea at http://rooibeeredtea.com.
Renee interviewed:
Jessica Eaves Mathews, founder of the Leverage-a-Lawyer program & Business Brilliance University
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Jessica Eaves Mathews, founder of the Leverage-a-Lawyer program, has spent her legal career representing businesses and business owners, from solopreneurs, to mom and pop shops, to professional service-providers, to Fortune 500 companies and some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. She was the head of litigation and compliance for Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. She has been there in every phase of the business life cycle from start-up on. Jessica is also a multi-passionate entrepreneur herself, having launched a number of successful ventures of her own throughout the past 10 years. Through the Leverage-a-Lawyer program, Jessica is able to provide affordable, flat fee, done-for-you legal services designed specifically for busy entrepreneurs.
Jessica is also the founder of Business Brilliance University (BBU), an e-learning center that focuses on providing tools, courses and resources to help small businesses grow into their brilliance. She is also the author of the soon to be released book, Brilliant Business, Brilliant Life: A Woman’s Handbook to Having it All!, and co-author of Conscious Business Revolution™: How Western Women will Save the World. Find Jessica at www.leverage-a-lawyer.com, www.businessbrillianceuniversity.com, and www.jessicaeavesmathews.com.
Renee interviewed:
Roxan Gould, International Model and Modeling Coach
Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Born in Hollywood, California, Roxan Gould has been working in the fashion industry since the age of 3, with jobs ranging from modeling and acting, to styling, teaching and production. After attending CU in Boulder, she lived in Paris, Hamburg and Munich, for a span of ten years, and while modeling and acting there, learned French and German. In 2003, Roxan received a Master’s Degree from The American Institute of Holistic Theology in Parapsychic Science.
Roxan has traveled the globe, walked the runways in Paris’ Pret-a-Porter and Haute Couture shows, graced the cover of Vogue, appeared in numerous major fashion magazines in Europe and the United States, and acted in many television commercials and film. Today, she has ten agents coast to coast and four agents in Europe.
Some of Roxan’s USA clients include Eddie Bauer, JJill, Macy’s, Brooks Brothers, Target, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Vision Works, Lucy Athletic Wear and Gaiam. Her website is www.imagebyroxan.com
Renee interviewed:
Cathy Alessandra, CEO of What’s Up For Kids and Today’s Innovative Woman
Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Cathy Alessandra is a wife, a mother of three, and the CEO of What’s Up For Kids and Today’s Innovative Woman. Cathy became an entrepreneur mom in 1995 when she launched What’s Up For Kids, a magazine and event company serving local families in Los Angeles. In working with entrepreneur moms through the National Association of Entrepreneur Moms, she realized a need for a publication serving smart, savvy entrepreneur women. In 2011, Cathy published the first issue of Today’s Innovative Woman filled with articles from business tips and resources to food, fashion, and fun!
Cathy was awarded the 2011 Top 50 Mompreneur of the Year award by Babble.com, and has been featured on CBS.com and KFWB news radio in Los Angeles . Find out more about Cathy at www.CathyAlessandra.com
Renee interviewed:
Catherine Anaya, three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist & CBS 5 News Anchor
Date: October 7, 2011
Catherine Anaya is a three-time Emmy Award winning television news anchor/reporter who currently anchors the 5, 5:30, 6:30 and 10pm weekday evening newscasts for CBS 5 News in Phoenix. She’s previously anchored in Los Angeles, Indiana & Texas. Catherine is also a magazine columnist, a motivational speaker, marathon runner, founder of the Sisterhood of Super Women and proud mother of two!
Renee interviewed:
Melanie Bergeron, Chairwoman, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® INTERNATIONAL, Inc.
Date: September 19, 2011
Two Men And A Truck is a franchised moving company, headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, with franchises in 32 states in the United States, as well as Canada and Ireland. The company is the largest franchised moving company in the United States. It has more than 200 locations.
The company has been featured on “The Today Show,” CNBC’s “How I Made My Millions” and Melanie most recently spoke at the Wall Street Journal’s “How I Built It” event.
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Melanie Bergeron served as Chief Executive Officer of Two Men and a Truck International, Inc., a $193 M company, and serves as its Chairwoman. In 1994, Melanie served as president of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® and in 2002, she became its chief operating officer. She serves on the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®’s board of directors. Melanie serves on the boards of Young President Association, International Franchise Association, Institute of Certified Franchise Executives, certification board of International Franchise Association (ICFE) and Central Michigan University Dean’s Business Advisory Council. She is a graduate of Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and business administration and Certified Franchise Executive certification — a recognized standard of excellence in the franchise industry. She is president of a non-profit thrift store called Hidden Treasures.
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