Speaking with Susan Hunt Stevens; Founder & CEO of WeSpire

Today I am speaking with Susan Hunt Stevens. Susan is the Founder & CEO of WeSpire, an award-winning employee experience technology platform focused on engaging people in purpose-driven initiatives, ranging from sustainability to social impact, holistic wellbeing, and inclusive cultures. She founded WeSpire to use her digital behavior change expertise to help people embrace healthier and more sustainable lifestyles after her son was diagnosed with serious food allergies. She was named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year for New England, a Boston Business Journal Woman of Influence, and to the Environmental Leader 100 list. Prior to WeSpire, she spent 9 years at The New York Times Company, most recently as SVP/General Manager for Boston.com, a $60M digital media division.

 

Key points addressed were  

• The core tenants of WeSpire and their goal to help companies actualize integration and processes increasing aspects of company values, positive work culture, sustainability, well being, and social impact under each company’s unique purview

 

This podcast series is hosted by Patricia Kathleen and Wilde Agency Media. This series is a platform for women, female-identified, & non-binary individuals to share their professional stories and personal narrative as it relates to their story. This podcast is designed to hold a space for all individuals to learn from their counterparts regardless of age, status, or industry.

 

TRANSCRIPTION

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[00:00:00] In this episode, I speak with founder and CEO of Respire, Susan Hunt Stevens. Key points addressed were the core tenants of Respire and their goal to help companies actualize integration and processes increasing aspects of company values. Positive work culture, sustainability and well-being. And social impact. Under each company's unique purview. Stay tuned for my informative talk with Susan Hunt Stevens.

 

[00:00:31] Hi, my name is Patricia Kathleen, and this podcast series contains interviews I conduct with women. Female identified and non binary individuals regarding their professional stories and personal narrative. This podcast is designed to hold a space for all individuals to learn from their counterparts regardless of age status for industry. We aim to contribute to the evolving global dialog surrounding underrepresented figures in all industries across the USA and abroad. If you're enjoying this podcast, be sure to check out our subsequent series that dove deep into specific areas such as Vegan life, fasting and roundtable topics. They can be found via our Web site. Patricia Kathleen ARCOM, where you can also join our newsletter. You can also subscribe to all of our series on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Pod Bean and YouTube. Thanks for listening. Now let's start the conversation.

 

[00:01:28] Hi, everyone, and welcome back. I'm your host, Patricia. And today, I'm elated to be sitting down with Susan Hunt Stephens.

 

[00:01:35] She's the founder and CEO of Respire. You can find out more about her and the products that we're talking about on w w w w we Spier dot com.

 

[00:01:44] Welcome, Susan. It's great to be here. Thank you so much for having me.

 

[00:01:48] Absolutely. I'm excited to look at the services that we Spier we're just talking off the record and the endeavors that you have within that company.

 

[00:01:55] And everything that you guys do is is so on the market right now. On trend for what? I think that a lot of the economy, especially the United States, is headed into and I can't wait to unpack that with you.

 

[00:02:05] And it's an interesting time, needless to say.

 

[00:02:09] Absolutely. Before we get into that, for everyone listening who might be new to this podcast, we will first read a bio on Susan prior to prepping her with questions.

 

[00:02:18] However, before I get to that, a quick roadmap to you all. Follow my line of inquiry. We will first look at unpacking Susan's academic background and early professional life that led her to founding Respire. Then we will also look at unpacking Respire itself. We'll start with the logistics, the who, what, when, where, how and why of the founding of it. Funding all of those things. And then we'll turn our efforts towards looking at the ethos and the philosophy of Respire and what the company is and stands for, as well as the utility of it and the different industries and audiences they serve. Then we'll look at goals that Susan has for this next one to three years in regards to Respire and perhaps herself personally. We'll wrap everything up with advice that Susan has for those of you who are looking to get involved with Respire or perhaps emulate some of her