What if AI is not here to replace creativity, but to expand it? In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, Laurette is joined by Justin Shimek, CEO of Mattson, to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping food and beverage innovation. Justin shares his journey from food science to leadership, the role of curiosity in building a career, and how Mattson helps companies imagine what is coming next in food. The conversation dives into AI as a creative thought partner, not an answer machine, ...
Jun 9
43 min
Season 12 of Owning Your Legacy brings together leaders, founders, creators, innovators, and storytellers who are building something meaningful through courage, curiosity, and intention. This season explores what it takes to step into your next chapter, trust your instincts, build the right team, embrace change, and keep moving forward even when the path is uncertain. From food, design, entrepreneurship, AI, sustainability, personal reinvention, and the power of community, these conversations...
Jun 2
1 min
What does it really mean to leave a legacy? In the final episode of Season 11 of Owning Your Legacy, guests reflect on one of the most meaningful questions of the series: What is the legacy you would like to leave behind? Their answers reveal that legacy is not only about achievement, status, or recognition. It is about the people we inspire, the love we put into the world, the courage to be ourselves, and the way we help others grow into who they are meant to become. This Season 11 finale br...
May 26
2 min
What if the future of food depends on better science, better communication, and a little more nuance? In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, Donna Berry shares how a lifelong curiosity about food and nutrition led her from an early internship at Edlong to becoming one of the dairy industry’s most trusted voices. As a food scientist, writer, and founder of Berry on Dairy and The Daily Dose of Dairy, Donna has spent decades translating complex food science into meaningful industry insight while...
May 12
51 min
In this special episode of Owning Your Legacy, Gertrude Lyons, author of Rewrite the Mother Code, joins Gail Scott, Director of Administration at Edlong and one of the producers of the podcast, for a powerful conversation on motherhood, identity, vulnerability, and the cultural expectations women inherit. Gertrude shares the personal journey behind writing Rewrite the Mother Code and how the process invited her into a deeper level of honesty, healing, and self-discovery. Together, she and Gai...
May 5
15 min
She Followed the Signs and Built a Global Brand | Holly Garrard on turning intuition into a business
What if the signs you keep ignoring are actually pointing you toward your purpose? In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, Holly Garrard, founder of Fundae, shares how she walked away from a 25-year career in media to build a brand rooted in purpose, sustainability, and personal transformation. After years in corporate leadership roles at companies like iHeart and ESPN, Holly felt a deeper pull to create something of her own. What followed was a journey shaped by personal challenges, intuition...
Apr 28
38 min
What if leadership is not something you chase, but something that finds you? In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, Christie Tarantino-Dean shares how she stepped into a CEO role unexpectedly and what it really takes to grow into leadership over time. As CEO of the Institute of Food Technologists, Christie leads a global community of scientists, innovators, and industry leaders working to advance the science of food and address challenges around safety, nutrition, and sustainability. This con...
Apr 14
42 min
In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, we sit down with Mara Smith, founder of Inspiro Tequila, to talk about what it really looks like to start over and build something meaningful on your own terms. After stepping away from her career for 16 years to raise her family, Mara re-entered the workforce with no traditional roadmap, no network, and plenty of self-doubt. What followed was not a return to what she once knew, but a bold pivot into entrepreneurship. From her background in law and corpo...
Mar 31
42 min
In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, host Laurette Rondenet sits down with Katrina Markoff, founder of Violet Flame Chocolate and the original creator of the globally renowned chocolate brand Vosges Haut-Chocolat. Katrina shares the remarkable journey that took her from studying chemistry and psychology at Vanderbilt to culinary training in Paris and eventually building one of the most innovative chocolate companies in the world. Her entrepreneurial path was guided by creativity, curiosity,...
Mar 17
36 min
In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, host Laurette Rondenet sits down with Dr. Gertrude Lyons, author of Rewrite the Mother Code, for a transformative conversation on motherhood, identity, intuition, and the hidden cultural narratives that shape women’s lives. Dr. Lyons shares her personal awakening, from navigating fertility through a holistic lens to questioning deeply ingrained expectations around pregnancy, birth, and what it truly means to be a “good mother.” Together, they unpack the ...
Mar 3
56 min
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