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🎙 🎧On this episode, we talk with the Co-Founder and President of Primal Kitchen (Primal Nutrition, LLC), Morgan Buehler Zanotti for an inspiring, funny, and candid conversation about Morgan's unconventional career path, current American health trends, and how she co-lead the creation of Primal Kitchen that, in just three years, was acquired by Kraft Heinz.

Morgan's road to Primal Kitchen began while she was living in South America where she was introduced to the 'standard process cleanse', an elimination diet of dairy, gluten, and most processed foods. Instantly, she noticed how much better she felt and how many of her chronic health issues and 'annoyances' went away. To this day, she still follows the same eating principles and has been on a health and wellness mission to live a cleaner, healthier life ever since.

Tune in as Morgan recounts stories of what it was like to play a lead role in Primal Kitchen's acquisition as a young woman, her life as a mom of three boys under the age of 5, and what she is seeing from her vantage point with the Ozempic craze sweeping the country. Morgan's depth and breadth of knowledge in clean eating and the food industry along with her fun, light-hearted, and candid style, make for a lively and laugh-out-loud conversation! 👏 😂
ABOUT R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.
Annie Seelaus is CEO of R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. The firm is a certified women's business enterprise ("WBE") and has grown into a full-service financial firm that is mission-driven in its commitment to creating more opportunities for women in financial services. R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and its subsidiaries offer investment advisory, asset management, capital markets, brokerage, fixed income and equity trading, institutional sales, leveraged finance, and insurance services. The R. Seelaus & Co., LLC subsidiary is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA, and the subsidiary Seelaus Asset Management, LLC, is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor ("RIA"). With various fixed-income trading desks and more than seventy professionals, both entities serve individuals, families, public and private companies, non-profit organizations, and institutional investors. The firm has offices in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. For more information about R. Seelaus & Co., and its subsidiaries visit www.rseelaus.com

Join us for an eye-opening discussion with  Dr. Megan Rosenstein, and Isabel Pierre-Louis BSN RNC-OB as they shed light on the national health crisis of maternal mortality rates in the United States and the health disparities that exist for black and brown women across our country. This has been a topic that we have wanted to highlight for a long time so we are grateful to our guests for coming on the show and giving us an understanding of what is happening, why the numbers are going up, the heart-breaking disparities for black and brown mothers, and the innovative and equitable solutions that are being implemented at ATLANTIC HEALTH OVERLOOK HOSPITAL and across the country.  Although this is a difficult topic to discuss, the good news is that the more awareness we can bring to the issues, the more we can all work towards a long term solve for this. 


About our Guests

Dr. Megan Rosenstein is the Associate Chief Medical Officer and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia at Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center in Summit New Jersey.   Dr. Rosenstein came to Overlook from New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she completed her training in Anesthesiology with a focus on the care of high risk perinatal patients.  In her time at Overlook, Dr. Rosenstein has actively participated in Atlantic Health’s system-wide Maternal Collaborative, Overlook’s Perinatal Safety and Quality Committee and spearheaded projects such as the Massive Transfusion Protocol, Opioid Reduction Task Force, protocoled response to Amniotic Fluid Embolism, and Enhanced Recovery after Cesarean Birth.  Dr. Rosenstein is the New Jersey state representative for the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, which recognized Overlook as one of the first designated centers of excellence in Obstetric Anesthesia care. 

Isabel Pierre-Louis, BSN, RNC-OB, is a career-long advocate of equitable, accessible, high-quality healthcare for all. In her specialty of obstetrical nursing, Isabel is attuned to the needs of women and birthing people, including the unique experiences of those chronically exposed to healthcare inequities, like the BIPOC communities. 


Isabel joined Atlantic Health System at Overlook Medical Center as a staff nurse for Women’s Health Services in 2002. Isabel has been a nursing professional for over 21 years, including 4 years in leadership
ABOUT R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.
Annie Seelaus is CEO of R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. The firm is a certified women's business enterprise ("WBE") and has grown into a full-service financial firm that is mission-driven in its commitment to creating more opportunities for women in financial services. R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and its subsidiaries offer investment advisory, asset management, capital markets, brokerage, fixed income and equity trading, institutional sales, leveraged finance, and insurance services. The R. Seelaus & Co., LLC subsidiary is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA, and the subsidiary Seelaus Asset Management, LLC, is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor ("RIA"). With various fixed-income trading desks and more than seventy professionals, both entities serve individuals, families, public and private companies, non-profit organizations, and institutional investors. The firm has offices in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. For more information about R. Seelaus & Co., and its subsidiaries visit www.rseelaus.com

On this episode, we invited Professor Nancy Weiss Malkiel, the trailblazing historian and author of ‘Keep the Damned Women Out’, to take us back to the late #1960s, a tumultuous time with countless civil rights and social movements, when she was just starting her career in academia. At the age of 25, Malkiel became the first woman to join Princeton University’s history department and one of only three women to join Princeton's faculty overall. 📕 📚

In this fascinating discussion, Nancy recounts stories about what life for women was like back then and the changes taking place for women at elite higher education institutions. From today's standpoint, it's hard to believe that it's only been 50 years since women were admitted to these elite institutions. Through her stories and her book, ‘Keep the Damned Women Out’, she shares the details and surprising motivations that ultimately led these elite institutions' decisions to go coed.

Malkiel is an extraordinary historian with a rich and unique perspective. She has been on the front lines of the women's movement that has been taking place over the last half-century in academia, business, and society.

Be sure to check it out!

#wbe #seelaus #seechange #history #princeton #femalesinacademia #womeninhistory #authors
ABOUT R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.
Annie Seelaus is CEO of R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. The firm is a certified women's business enterprise ("WBE") and has grown into a full-service financial firm that is mission-driven in its commitment to creating more opportunities for women in financial services. R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and its subsidiaries offer investment advisory, asset management, capital markets, brokerage, fixed income and equity trading, institutional sales, leveraged finance, and insurance services. The R. Seelaus & Co., LLC subsidiary is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA, and the subsidiary Seelaus Asset Management, LLC, is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor ("RIA"). With various fixed-income trading desks and more than seventy professionals, both entities serve individuals, families, public and private companies, non-profit organizations, and institutional investors. The firm has offices in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. For more information about R. Seelaus & Co., and its subsidiaries visit www.rseelaus.com

On this episode we welcome the trailblazing pilot 👩‍✈️ and author of 'A Chick in the Cockpit, My Life up in the Air', Erika Armstrong to talk with us about all things aviation!✈✈✈ 

Armstrong is a commercial airline pilot, editor, aviation journalist, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Keynote Speaker, Social Media Superstar, and professor of aviation science.  She is also a published author of the bestselling book A Chick in the Cockpit: My Life Up in the Air. ✈✈✈

Erika talks about how she “accidentally” found herself in the world of aviation and shares stories from her twenty-five year career in the industry, how it has changed for women over time, and all of the fun, thrilling, frustrating, and sometimes nerve racking, experiences she has had throughout.  👩‍✈️ 👩‍✈️
 
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armstrongerika1ABOUT R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.
Annie Seelaus is CEO of R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. The firm is a certified women's business enterprise ("WBE") and has grown into a full-service financial firm that is mission-driven in its commitment to creating more opportunities for women in financial services. R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and its subsidiaries offer investment advisory, asset management, capital markets, brokerage, fixed income and equity trading, institutional sales, leveraged finance, and insurance services. The R. Seelaus & Co., LLC subsidiary is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA, and the subsidiary Seelaus Asset Management, LLC, is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor ("RIA"). With various fixed-income trading desks and more than seventy professionals, both entities serve individuals, families, public and private companies, non-profit organizations, and institutional investors. The firm has offices in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. For more information about R. Seelaus & Co., and its subsidiaries visit www.rseelaus.com

We couldn't BEE happier to bring you this next episode of SEE Change! On this episode, we welcomed the amazing Brenda Palms Barber, Founder of Sweet Beginnings, Chicago, LLC and CEO and President of North Lawndale Employment Network for a fascinating discussion about honeybees, business, and how the social enterprise she founded almost 20 years ago is changing lives on the West Side of Chicago.
She talks us through how she identified the root causes of the extraordinarily high unemployment and chronic poverty levels in this part of Chicago and how she came upon creating this innovative job training and employment program through the art, science, and business of beekeeping and, over time, natural skin care products.
The best part about Sweet Beginnings is that it is a market-driven solution to a social issue so in addition to providing fabulous honey and skin care products, they are raising awareness for the issue of mass incarceration through something that is as simple and day-to-day as honey. 

Although before founding Sweet Beginnings, Brenda did not know anything about beekeeping, her can-do attitude, unwavering determination, and ability to seek out the good in people helped her create and grow it into something way beyond anything she could have imagined. It’s a BEEutiful story!
Sweet Beginnings now sells honey and skincare products under the name #BeeLove and can be purchased at Mariano's Supermarkets, as well as at hotels, airports, and online.
To learn more about Sweet Beginnings and Bee Love products, visit www.beelovebuzz.com.




ABOUT R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.
Annie Seelaus is CEO of R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. The firm is a certified women's business enterprise ("WBE") and has grown into a full-service financial firm that is mission-driven in its commitment to creating more opportunities for women in financial services. R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and its subsidiaries offer investment advisory, asset management, capital markets, brokerage, fixed income and equity trading, institutional sales, leveraged finance, and insurance services. The R. Seelaus & Co., LLC subsidiary is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA, and the subsidiary Seelaus Asset Management, LLC, is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor ("RIA"). With various fixed-income trading desks and more than seventy professionals, both entities serve individuals, families, public and private companies, non-profit organizations, and institutional investors. The firm has offices in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. For more information about R. Seelaus & Co., and its subsidiaries visit www.rseelaus.com

On our Earth Day edition of SEEChange we are talking about oyster farming and aquaculture with Karen Rivara, President of Aeros Cultured Oyster Co.
Karen was inspired to be a Marine Biologist while watching the “Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau” on television when she was 12.

Today, Karen operates Aeros Cultured Oyster Co. where she grows oysters commercially for food, providing oyster larvae to other farms and to environmental groups that grow oysters for restoration purposes.

Oysters are a critical part of the waterways because they are considered key stone organisms providing habitat for other sea life and also filter feeders that take nitrogen and carbon from water systems and turn that into delicious oyster tissue that can then be consumed. 

Karen’s almost 40 year career in shellfish farming has given her a front row seat to the rapid effects of a changing climate on the waterways and the #oyster population. While her story is a wake-up call for the changes we all need to make to reduce our environmental footprint, it will also leave listeners hopeful for the future as she is seeing oyster populations and overall interest in improving the environment trending in the right direction.

#climatechange #wbe #Seelauswbe #seechange #environment #earthday2023 #womenownedbusiness #oyster
ABOUT R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.
Annie Seelaus is CEO of R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. The firm is a certified women's business enterprise ("WBE") and has grown into a full-service financial firm that is mission-driven in its commitment to creating more opportunities for women in financial services. R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and its subsidiaries offer investment advisory, asset management, capital markets, brokerage, fixed income and equity trading, institutional sales, leveraged finance, and insurance services. The R. Seelaus & Co., LLC subsidiary is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA, and the subsidiary Seelaus Asset Management, LLC, is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor ("RIA"). With various fixed-income trading desks and more than seventy professionals, both entities serve individuals, families, public and private companies, non-profit organizations, and institutional investors. The firm has offices in New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. For more information about R. Seelaus & Co., and its subsidiaries visit www.rseelaus.com