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Chris Dellinger
Dr. Prathibha Varkey - President Mayo Clinic ...

A super informative and interesting interview with Dr. Prathibha Varkey, the President of the Mayo Clinic Health System. Dr. Varkey leads over 17,000 employees serving 16 community hospitals and 50 multi-specialty clinics across 39 communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Dr. Varkey is a Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Dr. Prathibha Varkey - President Mayo Clinic Health System
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Chris Dellinger
Dr. Jennifer Rexford - Provost of Princeton ...

A great interview with Dr. Jennifer Rexford of Princeton University. Dr. Rexford is the Provost, Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor in Engineering, Professor of Computer Science, and formerly the Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. She is an accomplished computer scientists whose research has focused on analysis of computer networks, and in particular network routing, performance measurement, and network management.  She is an affiliated faculty member in electrical and computer engineering, operations research and financial engineering, applied and computational mathematics, gender and sexuality studies, Center for Information Technology Policy, High Meadows Environmental Institute and Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering. 

Dr. Jennifer Rexford - Provost of Princeton University
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Chris Dellinger
Gloria Steinem - Feminist Icon

We are very excited to share this new episode with feminist icon Gloria Steinem! Ms. Steinem is a writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer. She has spent decades traveling in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples, and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice. She lives in New York City.

It was a very fun episode for Annika and Sofia, leading up to it there was excitement and disbelief from family members that they were going to interview Gloria Steinem! Ms. Steinem was a joy to speak with, her stories, insights and advice were so interesting to hear and her humbleness with regard to her place in feminism made us love her all the more. If you believe in feminism and women’s causes, this is a must listen episode! A huge thanks to Ms. Steinem from all the Girl Power Guru team!

Gloria Steinem - Feminist Icon
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Chris Dellinger
Lakecia Gunter - Chief Technology Officer at ...

A really fun episode with Lakecia Gunter.  Ms. Gunter serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the Global Partner Solutions Team at Microsoft Corporation. Prior to this role, she also held positions at Microsoft as Vice President and General Manager of the Device Partner Solution Sales Group and Vice President and General Manager of IoT Global and Strategic Engagement. Before joining Microsoft, Ms. Gunter served as Vice President of the Programmable Solutions Group and General Manager of Ecosystem Development and Operations at Intel Corporation. While at Intel, she served in several leadership roles, including Chief of Staff and Technical Assistant to the CEO. Ms. Gunter earned her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of South Florida and her master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.   We talked on a wide variety of topics, got some great insights and advice, and most importantly we became members of Team Lakecia!

Lakecia Gunter - Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Global Partner Solutions
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Chris Dellinger
Dr. Melina Kibbe - Dean of UVA Medicine, ...

Dr. Melina Kibbe, the Dean of the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine, is our latest guest for the podcast. She is an active, practicing vascular surgeon who has maintained an independently funded basic science/translational research laboratory since 2003. Her clinical practice is focused on the care of patients with vascular disease. As a surgeon-scientist, she has been performing independent research and mentoring trainees in the conduct of hypothesis-driven research. To date, she has mentored 41 postdoctoral fellows, 9 graduate students, 13 medical students, and 21 undergraduate students in research. She also has had significant experience with clinical research and clinical trials, having served as national PI or site PI of gene-and cell-based therapies for critical limb ischemia and peripheral artery disease.

Dr. Melina Kibbe - Dean of UVA Medicine, Vascular Surgery Clinician & Researcher

Dr. Marilyn Waring - Economist, Author, former New Zealand Parliamentarian

Dr. Marilyn Waring - Economist, Author, former New Zealand Parliamentarian

For our latest episode, we interviewed Dr. Marilyn Waring, a prominent New Zealand economist and feminist, and a leading activist for women’s human rights. Dr. Waring was one of the youngest New Zealanders ever elected to Parliament, serving as a National MP between 1975 and 1984. She was just 23 when she entered Parliament and from 1978 to 1981 she was the only woman in the National caucus. After leaving politics she wrote her famous book “If Women Counted”. Due to her writings and research she is known as being the principal founder of the discipline of feminist economics. Since 2006, Dr. Waring has been a Professor of Public Policy at the Institute of Public Policy at AUT in Auckland. During this time she has focused on public policy and governance, political economy, gender analysis, and human rights.

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman - BBC 100 Women

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman - BBC 100 Women

Our latest guest is Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman, an urban anthropologist and lecturer from Philadelphia. She co-founded the “The Women Led Cities Initiative” which aims to bring women's voices to the forefront of urban planning and design. In 2019 she was named to the “BBC’s 100 Women of 2019”, an annual listing of the most inspiring and influential women from around the world. She has served as a lecturer at Drexel University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. With this episode we tried something new, we conducted our interview on the streets of Philadelphia in Johnston-Zimmerman’s neighborhood, it was a great way to talk to her and learn more about urban anthropology. It was a really fun way to do the interview and we really enjoyed our conversation.

Christina Koch - Record Setting NASA Astronaut

Christina Koch - Record Setting NASA Astronaut

Today’s guest is Christina Koch, a record setting NASA astronaut. She has been an astronaut since 2013. In February 2020, she returned from a 328 day mission, making her the record holder for the longest space mission by a female. During that mission she also participated in the first ever all-female spacewalk. We are super excited to interview Ms. Koch, her personal story and achievements are very inspiring and just outright cool! We greatly appreciate her taking time from her busy schedule to share her thoughts, insights, and experiences with us. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

Jennifer Doudna - Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Jennifer Doudna - Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Our guest for today is Jennifer Doudna Ph.D, a world famous American biochemist. Her work and leadership with CRISPR genome editing technologies has helped launch the CRISPR revolution. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Dr. Doudna, her work has the ability to change and improve our world. We greatly appreciate Dr. Doudna taking time to share her thoughts, insights, and experiences with us. We are sure you will enjoy learning more about Dr. Doudna!

Lindsey Vonn - Olympian, Alpine Ski Racer

Today’s guest is Lindsey Vonn, the most successful women’s ski racer of all time. We were super excited to interview Lindsey, we both have grown up ski racing and Lindsey has been our hero since we first started skiing. We really appreciate Lindsey’s open and thoughtful answers to our questions. Lindsey talked about the challenges she has faced, advice she is willing to share with our listeners and insights into what the Lindsey Vonn Foundation is doing to help out young girls. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Ellen Stofan - Former NASA Chief Scientist, Director of Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Today’s guest is Dr. Ellen Stofan, the Director of the National Air and Space Museum and former Chief Scientist of NASA. We loved talking with Dr. Stofan as she shared her stories, wisdom, and advice. Our conversation covered a lot of topics including the search for life in space, the challenges of getting humans to Mars, flying cars, and the recent success of the Event Horizon Telescope. We hope you enjoy our talk with Dr. Stofan as much as we did.

Abby Wambach Commencement Speech

Have you heard about Abby Wambach’s commencement speech? Abby Wambach is an ex-US soccer team player who has the most goals scored by any women ever. She recently gave a speech on her career and women empowerment at Barnard college. The speech was incredible and a must-watch for those who haven’t seen it. In the speech she argued how women have been held down by our society. It was all really moving and I think anyone can agree Abby Wambach is truly a girl power guru.

Never Too Early To Change The World

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Check out Georgia Hutchinson, a 13 year old from California, who is showing that anyone can do amazing things. Recently she won the National Broadcom Masters Competition with her project on her Data Driven Dual Axis Solar Tracker. She designed the tracker so that solar panels can generate more electricity and become more economically efficient. Not only has she shown incredible intelligence but she has also helped the effort to prevent climate change. Hopefully more people will follow her lead and help save the planet.