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HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer

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Welcome to the HumanizeHer Podcast where we celebrate and elevate women"s voices and share their stories. We are on a mission to cultivate a world where every woman thrives, shattering glass ceilings and redefining success on her own terms. We"re so grateful to have you as a listener and member of our community!! 🤩💫

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45:11

Visionary Voices of Hawai'i | Shangri La x...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/04/22

For the first time, we crossed the ocean and brought HumanizeHer to Hawaiʻi, gear in tow, women to meet, and a community to build. HumanizeHer x Shangri La brought HumanizeHer's signature podcast conversations to Shangri La, a Center of Cultures & Ideas and Museum of Islamic Art in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, for our Visionary Voices event, celebrating culture and building community during Women's History Month in March 2026. What you're about to experience is a live panel held on the breathtaking grounds

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28:11

Scaling Hawaiʻi's Economy with Mana Up | Meli James |...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/04/15

HumanizeHer x Shangri La "Visionary Voices" brings HumanizeHer's signature conversations to Shangri La, a Center of Cultures & Ideas and Museum of Islamic Art in Honolulu, Hawai'i, featuring three special episodes with visionary women leaders from Hawai'i. In this episode of HumanizeHer, we sit down with Meli James - born and raised in Hawai'i, she left for Cornell University and caught the entrepreneurship bug in Silicon Valley during the early era of iPhone apps where she co-founded Nirvino, the

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35:10

All-Women Team Built a High-Growth Movement: The...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/04/13

We are kicking off a new series called IRL (In Real Life) HumanizeHer. This series gives you a behind-the-scenes, unpolished view of conferences, gatherings, and our on-the-ground action. We are showing the raw effort, the amazing connections, and the technical brilliance that goes into building this movement. We recently held our Annual HumanizeHer Event — a celebration of one year of commitment, incredible growth, and the most dedicated team in media. This movement has deep roots: it was forged

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56:26

From Dyslexic to HR Legend - Unlocking Your...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/04/02

In this episode, we welcome the legendary Pat Wadors - current Chief Human Resources Officer at Intuitive and former HR visionary at LinkedIn, ServiceNow, and Yahoo. Known for her transformative leadership and for coining the concept of DIBs (Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging), Pat dives deep into her journey of "stumbling" into HR and eventually becoming one of the most influential voices in the field. Episode Highlights: Overcoming Labels: Pat shares her personal story of being diagnosed

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56:03

Better Allies: Former Adobe VP Shifting Workplace...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/03/17

In this insightful episode, Karen Catlin, former VP of Engineering at Adobe with over three decades in the tech industry, shares her evolution from a "declared computer science major who had never touched a computer" to now leadership coach and one of the most influential voices in workplace inclusion as an acclaimed author of the Better Allies book series. Highlights of the Conversation: "Golden Age" of Women in Tech: Karen reflects on graduating in 1985 - a peak era for gender diversity in the

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50:14

1st Japanese American Woman Supervisor | Margaret...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/03/03

Margaret Abe-Koga (Santa Clara County Supervisor) joins the HumanizeHer Podcast to pull back the curtain on a life dedicated to public service, representation, and resilience. In this episode, Margaret shares the raw and inspiring narrative of an immigrant daughter who became the voice for those who feel voiceless. From an "anchor baby" born at Stanford Hospital to a seasoned policymaker managing a $13.5 billion budget, she discusses the grit required to navigate a career in politics as a

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42:11

Traditional Banking to BitGo Crypto IPO | Jody Mettler

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/02/18

In this episode, we get to celebrate a massive milestone with Jody Mettler, the Chief Operating Officer of BitGo and their President of the Trust Company. As BitGo rings the bell on its recent IPO, Jody shares her journey from a 20-year career at Citi to leading the "backbone" of the digital asset industry. This episode serves as both a high-level masterclass in crypto infrastructure and a personal story of how traditional banking expertise is shaping the future of decentralized finance. Inside

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53:00

Startup Founder, Google VP & Stanford Lecturer |...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/02/04

In this episode of the HumanizeHer Podcast, we sit down with Mauria Finley - a powerhouse entrepreneur, Stanford lecturer, and current Vice President at Google. Mauria shares a deeply personal and strategic look at a career that has oscillated between massive corporate scale and the high-stakes "grit and resilience" of the startup world. From building product spreadsheets in her living room to leading global teams, Mauria offers a masterclass in living a life driven by purpose, joy, and

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01:04:01

PayPal Mafia, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, &...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/01/21

From pioneering one of the world's most used digital platforms to taking her first-ever career break, Deb Liu (Former CEO of Ancestry and Former Product Exec at Facebook, PayPal, eBay) joins the HumanizeHer Podcast for a deeply vulnerable and strategic conversation about power, transitions, and the one thing that matters more than a resume: your health. In this episode, Deb shares the mental frameworks that helped her rise through the "PayPal Mafia," navigate life as the only mother in the

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58:27

Scaling SAP Ariba, LinkedIn, and Uber from the Front...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2026/01/07

From the elite lecture halls of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT, Delhi) to the driver's seat of an Uber delivery run, Aarathi Vidyasagar (VP of Engineering and Science at Uber) defines what it means to lead with both technical craft and deep empathy. In this episode of the HumanizeHer Podcast, Aarathi joins former colleagues Erica Lockheimer and Elizabeth Wendorf-Bloesser to share a career journey that is as much about "grit and spunk" as it is about high-level strategy. Inside the

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01:07:59

Lynda.com To LinkedIn To Ace Camps Travel | Tanya...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/12/10

Join us for a fantastic and nostalgic conversation with Tanya Staples and Vida Forrest y Salazar, the co-owners and managing partners of Ace Camps Travel! This duo, who first met working together at Lynda.com and navigated the acquisition by LinkedIn, share their incredible journey from corporate executives to entrepreneurs redefining success on their own terms. Their LinkedIn Backstory: Tanya details her start as a technical writer in the mid-'90s, transitioning to product management, and

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53:48

Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year, First Gen Grad |...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/11/25

Join us for the inspiring and deeply personal story of Xitlali Curincita, a first-generation college graduate, current UC Irvine graduate student, and former 2022 Youth of the Year award winner from the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula. Raised in North Fair Oaks, she shares what it felt like growing up between cultures and often navigating spaces where she didn't fully feel she belonged. From first grade, the Boys & Girls Club and the Redwood City Public Library became her second homes. Through

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46:08

Pressure To Be 1st: Scarcity Thinking of a COO | Anu...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/11/12

Join us for a candid conversation with Anu Muralidharan, COO of Expensify, as she shares the deeply personal story of the intense drive and competitive pressure she inherited from her late mother, who taught her that "being second was unacceptable." Anu opens up about how this drive led to debilitating stress and "scarcity thinking," culminating in a rock-bottom moment where she risked it all with the "Seinfeld experiment," quitting her role for an unstructured position at Expensify. Expensify is

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49:21

SJSU: Silicon Valley's #4 U.S. University | Cynthia...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/10/29

In this insightful conversation with Cynthia Teniente-Matson, President of San José State University (SJSU), shares her journey from being a first-generation college student and CFO to leading the oldest public university on the West Coast. She explains how SJSU, often called "Silicon Valley's Public University," is now at the forefront of the AI revolution. Learn about the groundbreaking partnerships with tech giants like Nvidia and Adobe that provide students with essential AI learning labs and

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48:21

Menopause & Midi Health | Joanna Strober

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/10/15

Join us for a deeply informative conversation with Joanna Strober, Founder and CEO of Midi Health, the pioneering telehealth platform transforming women's midlife health. Joanna clarifies the hormonal chaos of perimenopause (which often starts in your 30s) and the shocking truth behind the decades of fear surrounding Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). She reveals data showing estrogen alone may actually reduce breast cancer risk and improve bone/brain health. We dive into how Midi Health

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01:04:15

Tiger Sisters / Sisters Matcha | Hitting #1 on...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/10/01

Join us for a lively conversation with Cherie Brooke Luo and Jean Luo, the Tiger Sisters! This dynamic sister duo, both successful tech product managers from LinkedIn and Snapchat, made a radical pivot to earn their MBAs from Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB to then become full-time content creators and entrepreneurs. They pull back the curtain on how they built their brand and business in just over a year, achieving phenomenal success by hitting #1 Business Podcast and Top 3 U.S. Podcasts

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51:21

Abigail Hing Wen | Netflix Film Love in Taipei |...

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/09/16

💡 “I play in the spaces where tech, storytelling, and entertainment intersect.” Author–filmmaker Abigail Hing Wen joins us to talk about her newest universe, The Vale—a novel with a short-film prequel and a companion Roblox experience about a boy navigating an AI-driven virtual fantasy world. We dig into how she builds story worlds with real AI literacy behind them, drawing on years as an AI tech exec and as the Director & former host of Intel’s AI Podcast, plus her work on fairness, transparency &

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01:01:12

Kirthiga Reddy | Facebook India to Verix CEO

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/09/03

Kirthiga Reddy, a trailblazing leader and first female Investment Partner at SoftBank Vision Fund, shares her incredible journey from growing up in India to becoming an influential figure in tech. She details her time as a Director of Engineering at Silicon Graphics and the first employee to launch and lead Facebook (now Meta) in India. This episode is packed with invaluable insights, including: The Power of the "And": How she embraced the "superpower" of having a career and a family, even when

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01:01:48

Nidhi Gupta | Founding SheTO & Building Community

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/08/19

Join us on The HumanizeHer Podcast for a powerful and candid conversation with Nidhi Gupta, a trailblazing leader with a chemical engineering background who rose to become a Chief Technology & Product Officer - then ventured out to create her own business and become a Co-Founder and CEO! Nidhi shares her incredible journey from growing up in India, where she was one of just a few women in her engineering class, to navigating pervasive biases and microaggressions in the tech industry. She reveals

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41:04

Catherine Fisher | LinkedIn Career Expert

HumanizeHer with Erica Lockheimer ·

2025/08/06

In this episode of The HumanizeHer Podcast we sit down for an insightful conversation with Catherine Fisher, LinkedIn's esteemed Career Expert! Catherine shares her journey in communications, from Netflix to LinkedIn, revealing how she became a go-to voice for career navigation. This episode dives into crucial topics like the evolving job market, the impact of AI on careers, challenging traditional growth paths (the "squiggly line"), and the art of asking for what you want. Tune in for candid

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