Leaders Creating Rukus
Welcome to "Leaders Creating Rukus" hosted by Aashi Arora. Here we dive into the minds of innovators, disruptors, and change makers who aren't afraid to shake things up. Tune in as we converse with leaders who are challenging the status quo and making waves in their industry. Get ready to be inspired, challenged, and even a little uncomfortable as we explore what it takes to create a positive "rukus" in today’s world.
Episodes
October 5, 2025 • 48 mins
This week on Leaders Creating Rukus, we sit down with multilingual commercial real estate broker Nicole Lu, who shares her fascinating path from world traveler to Los Angeles dealmaker. Nicole has worked in seven languages across Asia, Africa, and Europe, before returning home to California to help international and local clients identify U.S. investment properties. Whether it’s multifamily, retail, or land at every stage of develo...
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September 30, 2025 • 50 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Asha Kumar—literary manager, producer, and founder of Door 38 Management & Production—and her husband Anil Punyapu, founder and CEO of UpHealth.ai.Asha’s path stretched from scaling a network of imaging centers in healthcare to building a creative firm that develops films, TV series, and documentaries amplifying underrepresented voices. Anil spent two decades helping grow Cvent from a two-pe...
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September 22, 2025 • 49 mins
In this episode of Leaders Creating Rukus, I’m sitting down with Ashlee Klevens Hayes, PharmD, MHA—founder of RX Ashlee, three-time author (including Confidently You), keynote speaker, and host of the podcast This Wasn’t My Plan.Ashlee has coached more than 6,000 clients worldwide on interviews, negotiations, and leadership growth, teaching ambitious professionals how to cut through the noise with clarity, communication, and strat...
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September 15, 2025 • 47 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Sapna Abrol—environmental scientist, founder of Alpha Environmental, and lifelong advocate for sustainability—for a powerful dialogue about science, entrepreneurship, and building solutions that serve both people and the planet.From starting a family business with her dad over 20 years ago, to advising state and local governments on climate change and water quality, to serving on nonprofit board...
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September 7, 2025 • 50 mins
In this episode of Leaders Creating Rukus we sit down with entrepreneur, investor, and visionary founder Nikki Arora. With over two decades of experience driving transformation across private enterprises and non-profits globally, Nikki is the force behind CerraCap Ventures—a firm dedicated to human-centric innovation and empowering diverse women entrepreneurs.
Her path wasn’t conventional. From navigating the challenges of scaling g...
Her path wasn’t conventional. From navigating the challenges of scaling g...
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August 31, 2025 • 49 mins
With 20 years of teaching experience and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership, Genie has spent her career helping people whose brains work differently thrive—in classrooms, in families, and now in organizations. Through Beyond Coaching and her NeuroAutonomy Method, she equips leaders with practical strategies: clarifying expectations without micromanaging, creating executive-function-friendly workflows, building psychologica...
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August 24, 2025 • 51 mins
What if understanding your money story could unlock not just financial freedom—but peace of mind?
In this episode of Leaders Creating Rukus we sit down with Emily Scott—confidential thought partner, author, and financial guide—who has spent decades helping people see how their money story shapes every part of life. Emily’s path has taken her from Wall Street to family office management, philanthropy, and legacy planning. Along the w...
In this episode of Leaders Creating Rukus we sit down with Emily Scott—confidential thought partner, author, and financial guide—who has spent decades helping people see how their money story shapes every part of life. Emily’s path has taken her from Wall Street to family office management, philanthropy, and legacy planning. Along the w...
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August 17, 2025 • 48 mins
What if transforming healthcare—and making medicine more affordable—wasn’t just a policy decision, but a leadership choice?
In this episode of Leaders Creating Rukus we sit down with Ritu Malhotra, PharmD—nationally recognized pharmacist, healthcare leader, and founder of NiaVista Group—whose two decades in the pharmacy benefits industry have helped plan sponsors, employers, and health systems rethink how care is delivered and how p...
In this episode of Leaders Creating Rukus we sit down with Ritu Malhotra, PharmD—nationally recognized pharmacist, healthcare leader, and founder of NiaVista Group—whose two decades in the pharmacy benefits industry have helped plan sponsors, employers, and health systems rethink how care is delivered and how p...
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August 10, 2025 • 48 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Dharshini Mahadevan—healthcare executive, mentor, and trailblazing leader—for a deep dive into connection, candor, and thriving in spaces where you're underestimated. From growing up in a tight-knit immigrant medical community to leading a $120M portfolio at DaVita, Dharshini shares how her journey from dietitian to executive taught her the real currency of leadership: trust, self-awareness, and...
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August 3, 2025 • 49 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Dr. Deepti Gandhi—family physician, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, and advocate for midlife women’s health—for a groundbreaking conversation about hormonal health, equity, and why leadership must include conversations we’ve been conditioned to avoid.From cultural silence to clinical gaps, Dr. Gandhi unpacks why menopause isn’t just a health issue—it’s a leadership one. With clarity an...
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July 27, 2025 • 49 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Preethi Raghu—COO, equity advocate, and healthcare changemaker—for a powerful conversation about burnout, legacy, and leading with integrity in high-stakes spaces.From overseeing care for 120,000+ patients to healing from the toll of traditional success, Preethi shares how redefining leadership—from the inside out—has helped her build systems that center people, not just performance.With refresh...
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July 13, 2025 • 50 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Reshma Patel, PA-C, MMS—a trailblazing physician assistant and founder of Ananda Integrative Medicine—for a must-hear episode on redefining wellness in a world of band-aid solutions.After 25+ years in emergency and urgent care, Reshma took a leap of faith and left conventional medicine behind. Today, she helps patients get to the root of their symptoms through integrative and functional approach...
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July 6, 2025 • 49 mins
In this episode, Aashi Arora sits down with Shaheen Sheik-Sadhal—lawyer, founder, musician, and startup advocate—for a conversation about reinvention, ambition, and building a business (and a life) that actually feels like yours.From dragging a toy guitar across the country to law school, to becoming a professional musician, to founding a law firm that champions purpose-driven entrepreneurs—Shaheen’s journey proves that no part of ...
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June 29, 2025 • 50 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Hema Dey—marketing disruptor, tech strategist, and founder of Iffel International—to explore what it means to lead with candor, compassion, and curiosity in today’s complex business world.Born into a culturally mixed family in Malaysia and later migrating to New Zealand, Hema’s life has been defined by disruption—and transformation. Her unique perspective, honed across 35 countries and decades o...
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June 22, 2025 • 51 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Sujata Kamdar—President and Chairperson of GBS Linens, Inc.—for a deep dive into what it means to grow within a family business, honor the generations before you, and make bold decisions in both work and life.From starting in the business at age 16 to leading it through a pandemic, Sujata’s journey is one of resilience, humility, and fierce dedication. Together with her husband, she’s grown a th...
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June 15, 2025 • 55 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Saja Raoof—immigration attorney, activist, and daughter of a genius visa recipient—to talk about leadership in the face of injustice, the power of advocacy, and what it really means to stand up for others in polarized times.From helping her father compile a green card application at age 13, to challenging post-9/11 civil liberties erosion in law school, to guiding high-skilled immigrants through...
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June 8, 2025 • 48 mins
This week, Aashi Arora sat down with Maliya Patel—high school senior, social impact entrepreneur, and host of The Mental Playbook Podcast—to talk leadership, resilience, and redefining mental wellness through sports.From founding a mental health podcast to co-creating a social app and interning for the San Diego Padres, Maliya is rewriting the rules of what’s possible for Gen Z leaders.
In this episode, she opens up about overcoming...
In this episode, she opens up about overcoming...
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June 1, 2025 • 49 mins
We’re joined by Dr. Bhavi Shah, Senior Manager of Pharmacy Operations at Hoag Hospital, and Deepa Solorzano, Director in the Chief Compliance Office at AT&T—two powerhouse leaders reshaping their fields with a rare mix of expertise, vision, and heart.With over two decades at institutions like Stanford and Hoag, Dr. Shah has transformed hospital pharmacy through interdisciplinary collaboration, cutting-edge innovation, and patie...
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May 25, 2025 • 51 mins
Dr. Bhattacharya is a psychiatrist in private practice for over 39 years. He is the founder of THE EMPATHY CLINIC. The clinic uses empathy to diagnose, and treat a variety of mental health disorders in individuals and couples. The clinic’s emphasis is on empathy, balance, integration of the spirit and soul, and the pursuit of optimal wellness. He also specializes in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Dr. Bhattacharya h...
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May 18, 2025 • 51 mins
In this episode, Aashi Arora, MHA, PCC, connected with Sheikh Ali—a spiritual teacher, leadership coach, and community leader—who shared powerful insights on embodying divine leadership, navigating discomfort, and returning to wholeness.With a deep blend of mysticism, emotional honesty, and grounded wisdom, Sheikh Ali invites us to shift from performing leadership to being leadership. If you’ve been searching for a way to lead with...
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