interviews with purpose-driven leaders

Cora Lee Poole is the Founder + Executive Director + Creative Visionary of Undestructable, a nonprofit and social enterprise organization that works with those impacted by domestic abuse and partner violence, as well as any type of gender-based violence and intimate partner relationship.

Suchi Deshpande is the Co-Founder & CEO of Learnfully, an education therapy company for kids with or without a learning difference diagnosis who struggle in the classroom environment.

Jennifer Norman is the Founder of The Human Beauty Movement, PBC, and is on a mission to turn the beauty industry inside out by fostering and encouraging self-love and radical self-acceptance, leading to radical self-expression.

Jasmine Sethi is the Founder/Executive Director of The Humanitarian Clique, a Canadian research-based organization with a mission to offer an innovative platform to initiate a dialogue about positive social E-Impact with the aim to work in a digitally diverse and inclusive era with a focus on delivering impactful content.

Geeta Dangol Maharjan is the director of Orange Butterflies (Women Empowerment Centre) an organization founded in 2017 to empower women through financial stability.

Keisha Greaves is the CEO/Founder of Girls Chronically Rock, a clothing brand to help motivate and inspire others in the disability community.

Sid Pailla is the Founder & CEO of Sunny Day Fund which is on a mission to enable financial well-being for all hard-working Americans.

Nivi Achanta is the CEO of Soapbox Project which makes it really easy and fun for busy people to take action on issues like the climate crisis.

Stephanie Engels is the Executive Director of REVEL which aims to be the bridge to adulthood for people with autism helping them to live meaningful, enriched lives.

Debra Brown is the Executive Director of Good Business Colorado, an organization of values-driven business owners working to build a more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable Colorado.

Puneet Singhal and disability activist and founder of ssstart, a nonprofit working towards normalizing speech and communication disabilities, mainly stammering.

Lynda Ricketson is the President & CEO of Dental Lifeline Network, a national humanitarian organization that provides comprehensive oral health treatment for individuals who are disabled, elderly, or medically-fragile and have no other options.

Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability LLC, a social enterprise that’s on a mission to elevate disability pride.

Dr. Amanda Kelly is the CEO of Firefly Autism which celebrates the lives of individuals on the autism spectrum through learning, support, and solutions.

Natasha Freidus is the Co-Founder of NeedsList.co, a tech startup powering faster, more sustainable humanitarian action.

Steve Turney is the Executive Director of Mental Health Marketing Conference, two-day event that educates the mental health sector about marketing.

Barbara Brooks is the co-founder & CEO of SecondActWomen which is on a mission to eradicate gendered ageism.

Lorenzo Lewis is the Founder of The Confess Project which trains barbers and stylists to become mental health advocates, with the mission to build awareness and break stigmas around mental health within the Black community.

Danny Combs is the Founder/CEO of TACT – Teaching the Autism Community, a Denver nonprofit that is working to train, educate, empower and employ individuals on the autism spectrum.

Bivian “Sonny” Lee III is the Founder and CEO of Son of a Saint, a nonprofit organization that works to transform the lives of fatherless boys across Greater New Orleans.

Andre Peart is the CEO of ConConnect which helps incarcerated people connect with service providers and employers through professional networking technology.