Episode 10: Karen Forchione, Project Manager, Controller

Karen is the Controller and in charge of Business Management for Dirty Robber. Previously, she has also been a Project Manager for tech companies since the beginning of Project Management as a discipline. 

She was not only the only woman in the room, she was the only woman at the entire conference at IBM headquarters. She not only figured out the job, she figured out how to hold her boundaries, hold respect, and hold her own.

From the Irish tenements in Bristol, England to the Oscars with her sons, she has had an amazing journey.

The only thing between you and your dreams, is yourself.  We hear that all the time, but it is true and bears repeating.

Episode 9: Illana Raia, Attorney, Founder

Illana is an Attorney and a Founder of a very cool website. After a career as an attorney in M&A and then after building websites for her firm, Illana launched a website for girls called Être. As in the French for “to be.”  As in, who do you want to be?

 It’s really cool and all of your daughters should be on it.  The site not only tells them to Be Brave, Be Smart, Be Charitable, Be WI$E – it also tells them how.