Episode 38: Human Trafficking in Your Own Backyard with Kelsey Morgan from Everfree Organization
IKelsey is the Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer of EverFree and formerly the Founder of Willow International. The last time we caught up with Kelsey was late 2020 when she focused purely on East Africa, specifically Uganda, and now she is partnered with 10,000 Windows focused on the Philippines, now known as Everfree. Most of […]
Episode 37: Family Homelessness with Elizabeth Andrade of Family Assistance Ministries
I had the pleasure of doing a podcast with Elizabeth Andrade, CEO of Family Assistance Ministries, talking about homelessness and food insecurity and pockets of poverty within South Orange County. Elizabeth describes her experience as CEO leading an organization that responded to a true crisis in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 and how they […]
Episode 36: Councilman Matt Mahan of San Jose, California: Start-Ups, Government, and Performance Measurement
Joining Traci for today’s podcast is Councilmember Matt Mahan from the City of San José, District 10 who is also running for Mayor. Councilmember Mahan shared his experiences growing up in Watsonville, California, through today and how he relates his work in the social sector to that in the private sector. Councilmember Mahan specifically compares […]
Episode 35: The Domino Effect of Data in Government and Public Service
In today’s podcast, we talk about how the federal government can utilize data to address the fiscal pressures it has encountered and how such data can be used to make better decisions surrounding what actions to take despite changes in leadership and administration over the last few years.For those that find data to be too […]
Episode 34: B Corp and B Corp Certification: Contributing to Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) and Social Enterprise
On this week’s podcast, Traci is joined by two individuals who are familiar with the value of B Corps,Vicente Escriva and Diane Kaldany. Diane shares that everything she does is driven by a big-picture philosophy of the world. Diane worked in Corporate, specifically in financial banking, and she did work for a Non-Governmental Organization (“NGO”) […]
Episode 33: Individual Philanthropy: Finding One’s Significance and Purpose
On this week’s podcast, Traci is joined by Richard Ward, a Financial Planner, and Philanthropic leader. Richard has been helping people have better life for more than 30 years. Richard helps people give something to the community without putting their future at risk.He said, once we grow older, we see our lives more clearly as […]
Episode 32: What is CSR Hub?
Customers place more and more emphasis on publicly reported information related to environmental and social governance (“ESG”) to make purchasing decisions. Companies publish specific information or data on the world wide web, and this information is used by over 700 sources to rate a company in ESG. Company leadership needs to be informed about such […]
Episode 31: Miracle for Kids helping families with critically ill children in times of need
Robyn Williams, Community Engagement Manager for Miracles for Kids joins Traci on today’s podcast. Miracles for Kids is an organization that helps low-income families (who earn less than $23,000 a year) in Southern CA with a critically ill child for up to two years. Miracles for Kids provides financial assistance towards rent, provides housing through Miracle Manor for those facing […]
Episode 30: What do COVID-10 Tracing and Energy Poverty have to do with each other?
Traci is joined by Veronica Olazabal, Senior Advisor and Director of Measurement, Evaluation & Organizational Performance for the Rockefeller Foundation. The Rockefeller Foundation is the first and one of the largest philanthropies in the world which was founded by John D. Rockefeller back in 1913. Veronica discusses Rockefeller’s mission to promote the well being of […]
Episode 29: MARC U STAR enhancing undergraduate students in research related fields
Traci is joined by Rebecca Brown, Administrative Director, for the MARC U STAR (Maximizing Access to Research Careers – Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research) Program on today’s podcast. The MARC U STAR Program is an undergraduate program that helps underrepresented students gain research experience and helps them move into their undergraduate degree after graduating […]