Invest In Her with Catherine Gray

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Joanna Kuang, Senior Vice President of Product Development and Impact at Illumen Capital. Joanna has dedicated her career to expanding access to capital in pursuit of inclusive justice for and alongside under-resourced people of color. She believes a combination of public, private, and philanthropic capital drives the most meaningful impact when coordinated toward a...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Dorthy Shore who was among the youngest female entrepreneurs in the state of Kentucky, launching an automotive advertising agency that she grew to be the largest woman-owned agency in the U.S. During her tenure, the ad agency won 100s of awards for creative distinction, including dozens of Telly Awards for excellence in video and television. After stepping down as t...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Lee Levy, a Los Angeles-based web designer as well as the creative director and Founder of Nex Graphics, with a proven track record of helping companies build a strong presence across the internet. Bringing 25 years of industry experience, she provides graphic design and website design solutions with a refined aesthetic. She graduated with a BA degree from Florida S...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Máirín Murray, a tech innovator and ‘woman founder’ community champion with extensive knowledge of the start-up ecosystem in Ireland and beyond. She is a TEDx speaker who has led the design and development of numerous award-winning digital products. She is passionate about harnessing tech for positive social impact and co-founded Tech for Good Dublin in 2017 and rec...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Devin Thorpe, a bestselling author and new-media journalist who calls himself a champion of social good. His show is called Superpowers for Good; his nearly 1500 guests include Bill Gates and other luminary changemakers. As a Forbes contributor with over 500 bylines and over two million unique readers, Devin wrote about impact investing and social entrepreneurship, ...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Allison Byers, the Founder & CEO of Scroobious, a scalable, algorithmic platform connecting founders and investors through education and personalized curation, with a mission to enhance diversity in the startup ecosystem. Prior to founding Scroobious she launched and co-ran a medical device company spun out of MIT where she raised nearly $10M before it was acquired....

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Marian Leitner-Waldman, the co-founder and CEO of Archer Roose Wine. As a Wine lover and adventurer, she founded the company in 2015 with her husband, David. Archer Roose is dedicated to producing affordable luxury wines with minimal intervention. How? Marian and David created the Traveling Vineyard. Instead of building a winery and committing to a specific geograph...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Ruth Shaber, MD, who is a changemaker and innovator, moving from a robust career as an OBGYN and senior executive at Kaiser Permanente to empowering women across finance and healthcare. Currently, she is the founder and president of Tara Health Foundation, a philanthropic investment group that uses evidence-informed programs to promote women's well-being and opportu...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews multi-Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress,
Sharon Gless and her best friend, Dawn La Freeda, one of America's largest restaurant franchise owners, owns over 115 restaurants in her career. These profoundly accomplished women are also the executive producers of the documentary, Show Her the Money. The movie addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding ...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Wendi McGowan-Ellis, the CEO & Founding General Partner at Cassandra Capital - a female-founded venture capital firm Investing in early growth-stage, women-led companies and whose mission is to "Punch Past the 3 Percent Point" of all VC investments. Wendi's investment thesis is that 80% of the firm's capital is invested in multiple other U.S. women-led venture capit...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Roslyn Kind and Monique Impagliazzo. They discuss Rosalyn’s new music video “The Look of Love/The Island” with her and the director of the music video, Monique Impagliazzo. They also discuss the need for more funding for women in the arts as well as the need for more women to invest in women!

Roslyn Kind’s music video is out today, February 2nd anywher...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Elisa Miller-Out, a business leader, investor, technologist, and mother. She is chair of the board for Singlebrook, a web software development firm she co-founded in 2006 for which she served as CEO until 2016, when she oversaw the acquisition of the firm’s largest division. Not one to sit still, 2017 she co-founded Chloe Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Susan Moring, an Investment Principal at Cortado Ventures, an Oklahoma City-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies. In her role at Cortado, Susan manages all aspects of the investment process including deal sourcing, ] diligence, and post-investment portfolio company support. A startup enthusiast, Susan has spent the bulk of her career su...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kelley Arena, an angel investor, consultant for women-founded businesses, and advocate for women in finance. She began her career at a professional football franchise (go Eagles!), rotated through various operating companies at Johnson & Johnson in their Financial Leadership Development Program, and moved to investment banking at Merrill Lynch, specializing in publi...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Jennifer Jeronimo who is the CEO of Gaingels, an LGBTQIA+/Allied private investment syndicate, and one of the largest and most active private investors dedicated to supporting diversity and inclusion within the venture capital ecosystem.

Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in finance and banking working at large institutions such as Credit Suisse, ...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Halle Kaplan-Allen who is the Head of Revenue at Sydecar, where she is responsible for growing the ecosystem of investors & founders building their businesses on Sydecar’s standardized platform. Halle has previously led strategic operations teams at multiple startups, building systems and processes to enable scale.

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Kat Weaver & Katie Dunn, the co-founders of Power to Pitch. They are a founder and investor team who saw the gaps in education, resources, & access to capital, and together advise founders on fundraising strategies, review pitches, update pitch de...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Amy Hanlon, president of Blue Meta Design, who visually showcases the impactful stories of startups through graphic design, partnering with VCs on cutting-edge investments.  A small branding agency in the Mid-South, Blue Meta Design is client-focused, servicing companies changing the world and their communities. With a goal to create memorable brands, Amy dives deep...

Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Dawn Lafreeda, who is one of the largest restaurant franchise owners in America, owning over 115 restaurants in her career. She is also the largest female employer in San Antonio, Texas, and one of San Antonio’s largest private companies.

She bought her first franchise from Denny’s at age 23 and presently owns 80 Denny’s restaurants, employing over 3,...