Dear Listeners,
Take it from Listener Angela. This episode with Jacqie is terrific. She wrote: “This was an awesome interview! A must listen for any woman looking to lead in any field.”
I feel very lucky to have spent time with Jacqie who inspired and energized me. Early in our conversation, I asked about what she was involved with other than the big job of organizing an incredible celebration for the 75th anniversary of the CIAA Basketball Tournament. Her response left me awed. She is enthusiastically involved in so much! Jacqie is committed to her community, other women, and college athletics.
One thing I’ve been thinking about every day since talking to her is how Jacqie works hard to bring others along with her in success. What is clear in how she talks about it in the episode is that promoting others, increasing the number of women and women of color in positions of power is something she thinks about and is focused on. Her support, endorsements, and mentorship does not come simply by chance. Women tend to be great at collaboration, but that skill can break down or be forgotten when faced with the false idea of scarcity. As Jacquie says, there’s room for everyone at the table and there’s plenty of work for all of us to do.
I hope everyone listens to the full episode because there are a lot of tasty morsels here for women in business, all strong women, and mothers with demanding careers. (She calls her daughter a piece of pie!) Jacqie also shares the history of the CIAA and women’s basketball, learns to lose better, and describes about her own career path.
HOT TAKES
☄️"Their urgency is not always our urgency and when it is urgent, let’s identify what urgent means. You know, is the building on fire or is someone about to light a match?"
☄️"Diversity does matter. Inclusion does matter"
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Take a quick listen to Christina Vassallo, curator and arts administrator, just named Executive Director of Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. For the past six years she’s been the Executive Director of SPACES Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to joining SPACES, where she launched a $3 million capital campaign and oversaw the organization’s relocation to a new home in 2017, Christina served as Executive Director of Flux Factory in Queens, New York; associate director of Kinz, Tillou + Feigen Gallery in Manhattan; and assistant curator at the American Federation of Arts.
Christina and I recorded our conversation quite a while ago – maybe a year – in the tiny closet recording studio I set up at my art studio. Christina brought her charismatic, small dog, Truman, a welcome addition, and we talked about a lot of stuff, including sexism in bike shops. However, this Fast Track is limited to Christina’s cycling adventures, commuting, and managing all that plus a demanding career with Type 1 Diabetes.