38 min

Parenting Lessons from the C-Suite: A conversation with Mia Mends Parenting for the Future

    • Parenting

Mia Mends is mom to 13-year-old Jacob who is a super athlete, entrepreneurial, and very sweet. She is also mom to 10-year-old Laila who is also entrepreneurial, artistic, and spicy. She is the Chief Administrative Officer of Sodexo North America and a member of the company's North America regional leadership committee. Mia also leads SodexoMAGIC a joint venture between Sodexo and Magic Johnson Enterprises. Last year, she was named one of the most powerful women in corporate America by Black Enterprise. 
On this episode, she talks about changing the world through her parenting and from her position in the C-suite.
In her executive level role at Sodexo, whose annual revenue in the United States and Canada alone exceeds 10.7 billion dollars, Mia is responsible for driving the critical strategic initiatives in support of growth goals.
She has founded her own nonprofit, Seven Sisters to Sisters and serves on the boards of several impactful organizations including Girls Inc. and Catalyst.
She holds a BA from Wellesley College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mia-mends-3ab2222 
https://us.sodexo.com/services/sodexomagic.html 

Mia Mends is mom to 13-year-old Jacob who is a super athlete, entrepreneurial, and very sweet. She is also mom to 10-year-old Laila who is also entrepreneurial, artistic, and spicy. She is the Chief Administrative Officer of Sodexo North America and a member of the company's North America regional leadership committee. Mia also leads SodexoMAGIC a joint venture between Sodexo and Magic Johnson Enterprises. Last year, she was named one of the most powerful women in corporate America by Black Enterprise. 
On this episode, she talks about changing the world through her parenting and from her position in the C-suite.
In her executive level role at Sodexo, whose annual revenue in the United States and Canada alone exceeds 10.7 billion dollars, Mia is responsible for driving the critical strategic initiatives in support of growth goals.
She has founded her own nonprofit, Seven Sisters to Sisters and serves on the boards of several impactful organizations including Girls Inc. and Catalyst.
She holds a BA from Wellesley College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mia-mends-3ab2222 
https://us.sodexo.com/services/sodexomagic.html 

38 min