In this episode, host Catherine Gray sits down with Maggie Rose Macar, the inspiring CEO and Founder of zant. Driven by personal experience and the challenge of finding affordable therapy in college, Maggie channeled her passion into creating a platform to support mental health and coaching professionals. With a degree in psychology and multiple certifications in mental health, crisis intervention, and business, Maggie also co-hosts No Pressure Networking events in NYC to build a community for women founders and funders. Her impressive background and commitment to accessible mental health solutions make her a unique leader in the field.

During the episode, Catherine and Maggie delve into how zant is revolutionizing practice management for mental health and coaching professionals. Maggie shares the journey of building zant, a platform dedicated to making mental health services more accessible and affordable for clients while streamlining operations for providers. From insights into the early stages of the startup to strategies for empowering professionals in the mental health space, Maggie provides valuable advice for entrepreneurs and practitioners alike. This episode offers a comprehensive look at how zant is making an impact, and what’s next for the mental health industry.

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In this episode of Invest In Her, host Catherine Gray sits down with Dr. Yi Sherry Zhang, a visionary leader and founder of GenoPalate, a pioneering company in the field of personalized nutrition and nutrigenomics. Dr. Zhang is a highly respected innovator in the health and wellness industry, known for her unique approach to helping people understand their dietary needs based on their genetics. Her impressive journey includes building a multi-million-dollar brand from scratch, creating sustainable revenue growth, and raising over $12 million in funding. With a background as a molecular biologist and a track record of impactful leadership, Dr. Zhang has earned recognition as one of Wisconsin's Titan 100 CEOs.

Throughout the conversation, Dr. Zhang shares insights on her entrepreneurial journey, her passion for health equity, and the future of personalized nutrition. She discusses the challenges she faced while scaling GenoPalate and the strategies she used to grow a mission-driven team and create partnerships with major players in the health and wellness space. This episode offers listeners an inspiring look into how Dr. Zhang combines science, business acumen, and an unwavering commitment to empowering people to make informed choices about their health. Tune in for a compelling discussion highlighting the intersection of innovation, leadership, and wellness.

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Mona DeFrawi. She has been a member of 12 startup teams over 3 decades, managing IPOs for the first 4 and serving as Founder & CEO of the last 4. She pioneered the first Private Market platform for institutional investors to restore venture liquidity and IPOs, and initiated the unicorn investing trend. That startup was acquired twice, then spun out as the standalone Nasdaq Private Market I 2021 with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanly, Citi, and other leading financial institutions all investing. Radivision® is the new streaming and community platform for the startup world that helps everyone understand, participate in, and prosper with private market and IPO investing. Mona has been recognized as one of Forbes’ “Most Powerful Women in Technology,” and one of the “Top 100 Women in Fintech."

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Laurie Cercone, an angel investor with Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), one of the largest and most active angel groups in the country where she served as former Board President and spent four years on the board. Laurie currently serves on the Investment Committee, Ecosystem Committee, and leads the Women in Angel Investing Committee. She participates in CTAN’s side car fund, and other funds within and outside of Texas. Laurie has a passion for the start-up ecosystem. She is a mentor at SKU’s CPG accelerator and served as Managing Director at a start-up accelerator and investment fund.

Having a background in food brands, Laurie has held leadership positions at multi-sized companies in the CPG and food industry. She helped scale sales and distribution at a former company leading its acquisition by a fortune 50 company, and currently leads the retail, foodservice and B2B sales division for food manufacturing company based in Houston.

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Jill Johnson, the co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), based in Newark, NJ. Founded in 2002, IFEL is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to eradicate the systemic barriers that prevent people from historically excluded populations from having access to the knowledge, networks, and capital required for entrepreneurial success and wealth creation. With over 30 years of experience as a business strategist, Jill is a pioneering voice for inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems and is especially focused on creating a new paradigm for the access to capital conversation. Most recently, Jill led the acquisition of Pipeline Angels, an angel investing network focused on increasing investor diversity and funding for women. The acquisition unites two trailblazing organizations committed to increasing capital access to foster a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Dr Kristen Weatherby, the founder of Breakthrough Labs, an accelerator and community supporting female tech founders seeking early-stage funding. Breakthrough Labs addresses the unique challenges that women encounter on their entrepreneurship journeys and offers research-backed support to ensure that more female-founded start-ups thrive. The new Breakthrough Labs online community supports women entrepreneurs globally by providing them access to the learning, connections, and resources they need to help their businesses thrive. Dr Weatherby is also a Scout for Ada Ventures, an impact-driven VC committed to funding diverse founders in the UK. She has a PhD in education technology from the UCL Institute of Education, and a Masters in Education from the University of Michigan.

Her 25-year career has included leadership roles in some of the largest global public and private sector players in education, technology, policy, and research, including Microsoft, the OECD, and University College London.

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Sherry Deutschmann, a serial entrepreneur, author, and passionate advocate for entrepreneurship. In 2019, Sherry founded BrainTrust, a company dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses. Prior to founding BrainTrust, Sherry was also the founder and CEO of LetterLogic, Inc., a company she grew to $40 million and sold in 2016. LetterLogic was named an INC 5000 company (the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the US) for ten consecutive years.

Sherry attributes the success of LetterLogic to its unique culture in which the needs of the employees came before those of the customer or shareholder. That culture led Sherry to be recognized by EY as one of their 2009 Entrepreneurial Winning Women and LetterLogic was featured in the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, Business Leaders, INC, and Fast Company. Sherry was honored by President Barack Obama as a White House Champion of Change in 2016.

Sherry’s book, Lunch with Lucy: Maximize Profits by Investing in your People, was released in March 2020 and has received national awards.

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Catherine Gray, the host of Invest In Her, interviews Nancy D. O'Reilly, PsyD, founder of Women Connect4Good, Inc., a 501(c)3 foundation. She founded the foundation to help support other organizations working to advance women and girls. She also serves on the boards of several social-profit groups, including the National Women’s History Museum. Dr. Nancy’s latest books, In This Together: How Successful Women Support Each Other in Work and Life (Adams Media/Simon & Schuster, January 2019), and Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business, and Life, were both released as audiobooks in 2022, and she has two new titles scheduled to be released in 2024. Supporting women is Dr. Nancy’s passion and purpose. Her popular podcast “Smart, Amazing Conversations with Dr. Nancy” examines the stories of life and leadership of smart, amazing women and men whose stories connect us, and helps listeners understand that the possibilities are endless if we support each other and lift one another up.

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