Not Your Average DEI Podcast

Not Your Average DEI Podcast is a monthly podcast by jurisADVANCE, the diversity consulting service line of JURISolutions Legal (JSL), with a primary focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the legal industry. Each month, a host from JSL's DEI Team will be joined by a key legal or diversity leader across the country to share, learn, and ultimately grow as one legal community.

Not Your Average DEI Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Shannon, with 18 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Shannon hosts Not Your Average DEI Podcast, a arts show with 18 episodes published.

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  Not Your Average DEI Podcast

  Episode 18 - Angela Dingle

  Oct 31, 202552 minS0

  <p>Angela Dingle joins JSL's Vickie Hubbard for Episode 18 of Not Your Average DEI Podcast! Angela and Vickie discuss the intersectionality between businesses and public policy, the future of DEI and supplier inclusion, and Angela's professional journey.</p><p>As President and CEO of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), Angela Dingle leads a national nonpartisan organization advocating on behalf of women entrepreneurs, strengthening their impact on our nation’s public policy, creating economic opportunities, and forging alliances with other business organizations. Serving as the voice for the over 14 million women owned companies in the U.S., WIPP works with lawmakers to...

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  Episode 17 - Afra Afsharipour

  Jun 4, 202540 minS2

  <p>Afra Afsharipour joins JSL's Vickie Hubbard for Episode 17 of Not Your Average DEI Podcast! Afra and Vickie discuss Afra's journey from law school to practicing at a Big Law firm to being a Professor of Law at UC Davis, the experience of women in law today, and her vision for tomorrow.</p><p>Afra Afsharipour is Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law. She served as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2018-2024. She holds a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Cornell University and a J.D. from...

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  Episode 16 - Trecia Pessoa & Three Aspiring Attorneys

  Nov 5, 202450 minS0

  <p>Trecia Pessoa, Vice President & Senior Managing Counsel with Mastercard, joins JSL's Vickie Hubbard and 3 aspiring female attorneys (Hannah Fox, Jordan McClenney, and Emma Bonfiglio) for Episode 6 of Season 2 of Not Your Average DEI Podcast! Trecia, Vickie, Hannah, Jordan, and Emma discuss Trecia's journey to becoming an attorney, her career now, and the lessons that she's learned along the way.<br/><br/><b>Trecia Pessoa</b> is Vice President & Senior Managing Counsel, Digital Solutions & ESG Products at Mastercard. She oversees the team responsible for global legal strategy and advice for Mastercard’s consumer products businesses, the development of digital platforms to...

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  Episode 15 - Theodora Lee

  Feb 12, 202456 minS0

  <p>Theodora Lee, Senior Partner with Littler Mendelson, P.C., joins JSL’s Vickie Hubbard and Cindy Towers for Episode 5 of Season 2 of Not Your Average DEI Podcast! Theodora, Vickie, and Cindy explore Theodora's extensive legal career and the challenges she has experienced as a woman of color attorney, and discuss Theodora's success as the owner of Theopolis Vineyards.<br/><br/>Theodora Lee, a Senior Shareholder/Partner and Trial Lawyer in the San Francisco and Walnut Creek offices of Littler Mendelson, defends employers in complex wage and hour class actions, discrimination class action lawsuits and general employment litigation. Ms. Lee ha...

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  Episode 14 - Kim Cuccia

  Jan 4, 202452 minS2

  <p>Kim Cuccia joins JSL’s Vickie Hubbard for Episode 4 of Season 2 of Not Your Average DEI Podcast! Kim and Vickie discuss the value of supplier diversity programs in the legal industry and the importance of considering diverse-owned law firms for outside counsel opportunities.<br/><br/>Kim Cuccia is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for NiSource Inc. She provides leadership and oversight for all legal matters related to NiSource’s gas and electric utility operating companies in its six-state service area. Prior to her current role, Cuccia was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Legal Regulatory for NiSo...

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