Delia Garced is Senior Director of Demand Generation at Waters. For the past 30-plus years, Delia has been leading and building global marketing teams at some of the world’s biggest companies, including GE, where she served as a marketing leader for close to 25 years. She’s a strong believer in diversity in the workplace and tries to foster inclusive teams. In this conversation, Co-hosts Mark Emond and Elle Woulfe talk with Delia about her involvement in advancing the leadership opportunities through the Latinx Executive Alliance, how GE shaped her leadership style, and how to lead GenZ team members, and her love of both the Gulf Coast and her native San Juan. This is an episode you won’t want to miss!

Erin Blaskie is a fractional CMO, a mom, a mental health advocate, an entrepreneur, a TEDx speaker, a travel blogger, and more. In 2004, when she was just 21, Erin started a marketing consultancy business. Since then, she has worked with the leading brands, improving their digital presence and branding. She’s passionate about helping her community and she’s a firm believer that something amazing can be created from nothing. Host, Mark Emond, and Erin talk about their humble upbringings that helped create the drive, hunger, and grit that they both have, why employee amplification is the most important aspect of a corporate social media program, how to do story-telling well, raising kids who are not entitled, and the three diverse guests at Erin’s fictional dinner table.

Jefferson Darrell is the Founder and CEO of Breakfast Culture, a firm that helps organizations embrace inclusion and diversity and helps them overcome any challenges they might face in the process. Although Jefferson began his career as an engineer, he found his love and passion in marketing communications and public relations. In this episode, Jefferson shares his background and how he came to be a voice and advocate in the diversity inclusion space. He breaks down what’s still needed from companies today, and how we can be an ally to others.

Lisa S. Jones is the Founder & CEO of EyeMail Inc. and for more than 17 years, she has continued to be a catalyst for digital disruption and prolific innovator with multiple, patent-pending technologies in the email and texting platforms. She is a board member of the Technology Association of Georgia Diversity and Inclusion and volunteers at the local chapter of the Women in Technology Association. In today’s episode, they talk about where she draws her inspiration from and what keeps her going. She also shares her insights on the power of email and the power of women in leadership.

Kathi Kaplan is the SVP of Demand Generation of UiPath, a leading automation company. With 30-plus years of experience in the industry and as a leader that can quickly make decisions, she shares her insights about creating a vision and how to motivate people to execute on that vision. She also shares her thoughts on how to modify business travel and host hybrid events in times of the pandemic.

Michele Grieshaber is a CMO Advisor to various groups as an independent business and marketing consultant. She has an impressive background working with IBM in executive marketing roles for almost 20 years and later on transitioning to smaller organizations where she held the CMO role for companies like Silicon Labs. In this episode, Michele talks about how to create culture and community in an organization, as well as the harmony between customer-centricity and being product-led.

Joe Chernov is the Chief Marketing Officer at Pendo. He has been at the forefront of B2B marketing, creating impactful campaigns and strategies for various companies over his 20-plus-year career. Before Pendo, he was the CMO of two Boston startups, Robin and InsightSquared, which was named the most awarded sales intelligence company in tech. He takes huge risks and reaps huge rewards. What are his keys to marketing success? Listen to this week’s episode to find out more.

David Gaudet is the author of The Daily Undoing and has spent the last 20 years as a post-secondary educator and teaches all things brand and marketing to his students. In this episode, David shares what marketers need to have in order to succeed in this industry, what companies are actively looking for in their marketers, how David teaches these critical skill sets in his classes, and so much more!

Elle Woulfe is the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Invision and Advisory Board Member for Demand Spring. She is going to be Demand Spring’s newest co-host with Mark! Here’s a quick introduction to who Elle is, her background, and why she is so passionate about marketing.