Michelle Goldman is Senior Vice President of Human Resources Operations at Verizon. In this episode, Michelle shares some of the many lessons she’s learned along the way, as she transitioned from her legal career as an Associate and Labor and Employment Attorney to Senior Vice President of Human Resources Operations. Michelle shares the wisdom she’s gained from stepping out of her comfort zone as she’s learned and evolved in her career. She reminds listeners of the importance of being open to new opportunities and having the courage to challenge and push yourself, no matter how bold or unconventional your path might seem.

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Season 3, Ep. 6: Embracing Courage with Michelle Goldman

Fiona Taylor is Head of International Public Policy at Verizon. In this episode, Fiona reflects on her fascinating and immensely rewarding career across international policy, telecoms and contemporary affairs. Fiona shares so many lessons she’s learned along the way, including the importance of thorough and hard work, remaining authentic, and investing in personal development throughout your career. Fiona’s insight gained while collaborating internationally highlights how impactful recognizing, learning, and appreciating the diversity of others is to truly support one another.

Season 3, Ep. 5: Open heart, Open mind with Fiona Taylor

Tonya Rutherford is Managing Associate General Counsel at Verizon. Tonya shares empowering advice learned while navigating her varied and never boring professional path. Her insight gained from being intentional and thoughtful about her career journey, while not allowing fears to limit her, has shaped her experiences tremendously. Through one incredible experience after another, Tonya models indomitable will: if there’s something you want to master, you can do, and the grace of giving back and making an impact while we can.

Season 3, Ep. 4: Cultivating intention in your journey with Tonya Rutherford

Ellen Cummings is Regional Director for External & State Government Affairs at Verizon. In this episode, Ellen shares some of the many lessons she’s learned along the way, including the importance of asking for help, collaborating with others and advocating for herself while navigating her career. Ellen’s wisdom encourages listeners to be a sponge and learn as much as possible - not just through traditional means such as books, news articles, professional resources - but also from relationships with peers, mentors, and supervisors in your career.

Season 3, Ep. 3: Be a sponge! On learning and lessons learned with Ellen Cummings

Rachel Juliana is Public Sector Counsel at Verizon. Prior to joining the Public Sector group, she worked with the Wireline Product Marketing Legal Team after coming to Verizon from other tech companies. In this episode, Rachel shares her resilient story of adapting to change, navigating her career path, honoring her late daughter, and campaigning for her position as an elected official. Rachel is truly a champion in all that she's overcome and accomplished, reminding us how change has the power to energize and grow us.

Season 3, Ep. 2: Finding a Champion and Being a Champion with Rachel Juliana

Julie Hines is Chief of Staff to the General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer at Verizon. She is also the head of Legal Operations and Innovation. Julie shares her unpredicted journey of creating a fascinating career across many areas from business development to legal operations management. In this episode, Julie shares her nonlinear path that started in business school, leading her to the next challenge and innovating positions and titles along the way. Julie is a trailblazer that's illuminated an incredibly unique career path. The wisdom she's gained reminds us to follow your passion and strengths - even if that leads you outside of the box.

Season 3, Ep. 1: Crafting Your Own Path with Career Entrepreneur Julie Hines

April Boyd is VP and Head of Global Public Policy At Verizon Media. April shares her fascinating career in politics, from working as Press Secretary and Chief of Staff for Rep. Tauscher, to Chief of Staff for Sen. John Kerry, to being appointed as Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Commerce Department. She shares her story of being the then-youngest Senate-confirmed nominee while having a newborn baby. As she explains, work-life balance isn't something that comes with a job, but rather something you have to create for yourself. April gives advice on the importance of being bold, decisive, and taking pride in your work - with a dash of modesty for grounding. 

Season 2, Ep. 6: Seeing Difference as an Opportunity to Shine with April Boyd

Kacey Hall, an attorney in Verizon's litigation group, can only be described as resilient, determined and full of grace.  In this episode, Kacey shares her inspiring story of crafting her own career path, even after life interfered and put her on a different timeline. Shaped by the resilience she developed as a gymnast competing on the world stage, Kacey describes dealing with major injury, the role of mentors in her career, and how she builds confidence and tackles self-doubt to help her succeed to this day.

Season 2, Ep. 5: Charting Your Own Course with Kacey Hall

Beth Sasfai is VP and Associate General Counsel of Corporate Governance at Verizon. In this episode, Beth shares the many jumps she's made in her career to thrive in her current role - but that her proudest accomplishment is in helping bring other women into new roles and opportunities. Beth explains how she learned the importance of getting comfortable not knowing the answer, and being vulnerable in asking for help and not hiding her weaknesses - and how that has become a powerful tool. 

Season 2, Ep. 4: The Power of Vulnerability With Beth Sasfai

Laura Stolpman is Associate General Counsel at Verizon, where she has spent fourteen years as a deal attorney, is on the board of directors of the LGBTQ employee resource group, and has developed an expertise in privacy issues. In this episode, Laura talks about how she escaped the "imposter syndrome" and being paralyzed with perfectionism. She talks about diving into the uncomfortable and acknowledging what you need as an individual to be your best. And she shares how her hobbies - including food photography and fishing - help her recharge and feed her lifetime love of learning.

Season 2, Ep. 3: Finding What Energizes You with Laura Stolpman

Caren Khoo is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Verizon. In this episode, Caren shares that she is not a believer of the typical "find your passion" career trope, but provides advice on how to have an interesting, challenging and satisfying career. Caren shares her experiences with having a personal board of directors, getting comfortable with not knowing the answer, and having a learning mindset. Ultimately, Caren explains that the greatest pride of her career has been helping others achieve their goals, while learning a lot about herself in the process.  

Season 2, Ep. 2: Don’t Find Your Passion! Do Lift Others! With Caren Khoo

Vandana Venkatesh, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Verizon, shares how curiosity and an eye for macrotrends and emerging issues has driven her career journey. She talks about the importance of being vulnerable and knowing there are no stupid questions, and shares advice on leaving perfectionism behind and giving up on the mythical idea of balance. Rather, Vandana recommends living in the mess, identifying tasks that can be delegated by asking, "Is this something only I can do?," and focusing on what matters most.  

Season 2, Ep. 1: Focusing on What Matters Most with Vandana Venkatesh

 Stacee Carson, Global Trade Compliance Manager, shares her story of advancing at Verizon by seizing every opportunity.  Moving up from contractor, then executive assistant, Stacee impressed in every position and worked her way all the way up to her current position -- which she applied for even though she didn't meet all of the criteria in the job description. Never letting fear stand in her way, Stacee says, "Even if I felt like I was afraid, I would just do it afraid." Listen and get inspired to take a leap of faith and go for it!  

Ep. 6: Just Do It Afraid! with Stacee Carson

Michelle Ifill is the Senior VP and General Counsel for Verizon's Corporate Services Group and the Information Technology Organization. Michelle shares the evolution of her career, and how she is channeling her inspiring energy not just into work, but also efforts to lift up other women. Learn how to make boundaries to help discover what brings you joy and professional fulfillment.

Ep. 5: Setting Boundaries to Find Joy and Professional Satisfaction with Michelle Ifill

Micki Chen is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Verizon Global Network and Technology Organization, supervising the attorneys who support the wireless and wireline networks, technology and IT. Among the projects that her team supports are One Fiber, 5G, Network Transformation, and Big Data/Artificial Intelligence. In this episode of Lifting Up, Micki describes the zigzagged road of her career, the difference between school and the real world, and the power of learning/curiosity. Hear how Micki pushed herself to go outside of her comfort zone to find fun and success in her career journey. 

Ep. 4: Pushing Your Comfort Zone with Micki Chen

Welcome to Lifting Up: Lessons From Verizon Women Leaders. In each episode of this special series, we celebrate a Verizon role model. We hear their success stories and glean wisdom from the ups, downs and detours of their journey. By amplifying diverse voices, we discover the unique superpowers that each one of us brings to the table, and gain tools to achieve personal and professional fulfillment - whatever form that takes.

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Lifting Up: Lessons from Verizon Women Leaders

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