This week’s guests

Join us for our Lunchtime Conversation | Every Tuesday & Thursday | 12pm EST | IG LIVE

So excited to chat with this week’s guests. We’ll chat with a 10-time Emmy Award winner and great story tellers.

Tuesday, June 30th - Valerie Gordon

Valerie Gordon, Founder of Commander-in-She, is a 10-time Emmy award-winning television producer with more than two decades in media creating and overseeing feature stories for ESPN, HBO Sports, CBS and NBC News and the Olympic Games. She knows what makes a story meaningful and memorable and how to use the power of story for impact and influence.

As founder of Commander-in-She, LLC, a communications and career strategy firm, Valerie helps high-achieving women take command of the storytelling skills necessary to grow their careers and ascend the leadership ladder.

She offers keynote presentations, group workshops, team-building and individual coaching on such topics as career advocacy, negotiation, personal branding, communicating with confidence and pivoting to a next chapter. Partnering with corporations such as Aetna, Mass Mutual, Pfizer, Citibank and NESN, Valerie helps bridge the talent gap, encouraging executives to lead with authenticity and empowering women to not only take a seat at the table, but to impact the agenda.

Valerie currently serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Business and has guest lectured programs at Columbia University and the University of Hartford.

Thursday, July 2nd - Patty Bifulco

Patty Bifulco is the Vice President of Communications for the Women's Sports Foundation. She's responsible for the development, integration and implementation of a broad range of communications strategies and initiatives to promote the Foundation's mission, work and impact. She oversees its public relations, media relations and social/digital communications, and enjoys working collaboratively with all Foundation functions. Prior to WSF, Patty worked with Laureus Sports for Good, as well as espnW; the latter, helping them launch their Campus Conversations national, female student-athlete initiative. Prior to that, Patty built the majority of her career at Hill + Knowlton Strategies, a global communications agency, where she directed client accounts including Target, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and many more. Patty is a co-founder of the WISE (Women in Sports and Events) NYC Metro chapter, and served on its Board for 12 years. 

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Until the next,

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