Ellevate Network Creators & Guests

Maggie Lake is a journalist, media consultant, storyteller, and the founder of Maggie Lake Media.

Ramona Ortega is a finance expert, and CEO & founder of My Money My Future.

Kristen Donnelly is the Founder of Abbey Research.

Dr. Tiziana Casciaro is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Her research concerns the social-psychological mechanisms responsible for the formation and evolution of social networks within and between organizations.Casciaro co-authored the book, "Power, for All: How it Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business," which was published in 2021.Casciaro received her Ph.D. in Organizational Science and Sociology from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Leah J. Vernon is a a plus-size Hijabi model, social media influencer, author, motivational speaker, and content creator. She often works under the professional name "Leah V."Vernon has appeared on Buzzfeed, Yahoo, CBS, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Seventeen, and The New York Times, and she has worked with brands like Adidas and Lululemon. She also hosts the podcast "Respectfully Messy with Leah V."Vernon's first book, "Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim," was published in 2019.

Lindsey Stanberry is an editor and author. Currently, she is an Executive Editor at Fortune.Previously, Stanberry was the deputy managing editor at CNBC Make It and the editorial lead on CNBC Select. Before that, she was at Refinery29, where she launched the Work & Money section and ran Money Diaries.Stanberry is the author of "Money Diaries: Everything You Want to Know About Your Finances…And Everyone Else’s."

Dr. Sian L. Beilock is a cognitive scientist and the President of Barnard College. Her area of research was the differences between novice and expert athletic performances, and why people perform poorly in stressful academic situations.Before coming to Barnard College, Beilock was the Stella M. Rowly Professor of Psychology and Executive Vice Provost at the University of Chicago. Before that, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University.Beilock's first book, "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal about Getting It Right When You Have To," was published in 2010. Her second book, "How the Body Knows Its Mind: The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel," was published in 2015.Beilock received her B.S. in cognitive science with a minor in psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and her Ph.D. in both kinesiology and psychology from Michigan State University.

Katie is the founder and Chief Education Officer of Voxy EnGen, a public benefit company focused on leveraging technology to enable immigrants, refugees, and speakers of other languages with the English skills they need for meaningful careers. She has a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Maryland, and she’s been a classroom teacher, an Assistant Professor, and a Research Scientist. She’s spent over twenty years teaching languages, researching how to teach languages, and/or teaching people how to teach languages in various settings around the world.

Rebecca Weaver is the Founder and CEO of HRuprise, a marketplace that connects people with HR coaches to help them grow, develop, and navigate their toughest workplace challenges.

Alexandre Mars is a French entrepreneur, philanthropist and author.