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Season One

Dec. 16, 2024

Ep. 6: Dancing in the corner office, with Carla Vernón

In this episode of The Leadership Dance podcast, host Alissa Hsu Lynch sits down with Carla Vernón, CEO of The Honest Company, to not only talk about her impressive accomplishments but also to delve into the unique challenges she’s faced …

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Dec. 9, 2024

Ep. 5: Advocating for Asian Americans, with Norman Chen

In Episode 5 of The Leadership Dance, Norman Chen, CEO of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), shares his journey from growing up as an Asian American in a predominantly white community to becoming a leader in advocating for the safety, …

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Dec. 2, 2024

Ep. 4: Shaping the future of ballet, with Susan Jaffe

In Episode 4, Alissa is joined by celebrated ballerina Susan Jaffe, now the Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), America’s National Ballet Company. “Discovered” by Mikhail Baryshnikov at the age of 18, Susan shares stories from...

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Nov. 18, 2024

Ep. 3: Embrace your uniqueness, with Shweta Maniar

In this episode of The Leadership Dance, Alissa chats with Shweta Maniar, Global Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Google Cloud. In addition to being a health tech executive at Google, Shweta is a board director, a dancer, a …

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Nov. 18, 2024

Ep. 2: Breaking boardroom barriers, with Jocelyn Mangan

In Episode 2 of The Leadership Dance, Alissa is joined by Jocelyn Mangan, CEO and Founder of illumyn Impact and illumyn. Jocelyn is a visionary leader dedicated to solving board diversity who started two social impact ventures focused on accelerating...

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Nov. 18, 2024

Ep.1: Once a dancer, always a dancer, with Alissa Hsu Lynch

In this first episode of the Leadership Dance, Alissa shares her unconventional journey from a professional modern dancer to a successful business executive and board director. She discusses the challenges she faced in transitioning careers, the...

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