Season 20
The Global Interview season 20 featuring creatives, leaders, and thinkers.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Denise Love Hewett
Denise Love Hewett
Founder, Speaker & DJ
Denise Hewett is the Founder and CEO of Scriptd, a digital screenplay marketplace to bolster scripts from underrepresented groups. She comes from the world of entertainment, fashion, and nightlife, starting her career as the Director of Sales and Marketing at famed nightclub The Box and working for cultural trailblazers like Patricia Field (Sex and the City, Ugly Betty), Marvin Jarrett (NYLON), Courtney Love, Simon Hammerstein, and Randy Weiner before creating content at MTV and Endemol.
“Hard work beats talent that doesn't work hard.”
Sam Rueter
Sam Rueter
Figurative Painter, S.Rueter Art
Growing up just north of New York City, most of my childhood consisted of learning to draw and paint alongside my Dad. Decades later, I completed a bachelor’s degree with a double major in both Fine Arts and Education. Implementing a passion for the creative process into other's lives allows the gifts of interaction, interpretation, connection, and most importantly, reflection. After five years of being in the classroom, I left education behind to dive headfirst into my career as a painter.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Leonardo Da Vinci
Lisa Rothstein
Lisa Rothstein
CEO, Drawing Out Your Genius
Lisa Rothstein is a former New York City street performer, Madison Avenue associate creative director/copywriter, and is a cartoonist for The New Yorker Magazine, bestselling authors, and innovative companies. Her consultancy, Drawing Out Your Genius™ supports organizations in mapping out and transmitting a new vision and message, simplifying complex topics, inspiring enthusiasm among staff and customers, maximizing the ROI of meetings and events, and accelerating change through the power of visual and verbal communication.
“I'm blessed to have co-founded a social enterprise that works on impacting individuals in more than 10 countries.”
Dina Saoudi
Dina Saoudi
Co-Founder, Seven Circles, Empowering Through
Dina Saoudi is the mother of Hashem and Hamzah, who define her purpose to help better the world for all children as much as her own. She co-founded Seven Circles, an investment and consulting agency focused on establishing strategic partnerships, creating new revenue streams, and building sustainable, impactful solutions. She is also the co-founder of its philanthropic arm, Seven’s World. Dina co-founded and heads Empowering through™ (Et™), a new breed of social enterprise with the purpose of empowering ecosystems to enable individuals economically and socially.
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
-
Franklin Roosevelt
Alexandra Bytchkova
Alexandra Bytchkova
Business Owner, Virtual Events Academy
As a virtual event strategist, Alexandra helps business owners and corporate organisations strategize, plan and launch high-quality, community-building & engaging virtual events. After a successful career in the corporate world, working for international organizations in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Austria, and France, she decided to follow her entrepreneurship itch and started her own online business.
“Success - is doing what you love and finding your tribe.”
Evette Vargas
Evette Vargas
Writer, Director and Producer
Evette Vargas is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and immersive storyteller. Named by the New York Times as an “Artist to Watch,” Vargas’ has produced series for Amazon, MTV, Bravo, DirectTV; and interactive content for Fast And Furious, Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Madonna, and Wu-Tang Clan. Vargas executive produced, wrote, and directed her digital series Dark Prophet, starring Henry Rollins, which was in contention for two Emmys. Vargas set up a drama series at MGM Television with Marc Guggenheim and Rosario Dawson serving as executive producers are developing a drama series for Entertainment One with, Peter Johnson, and sold her drama series, Muses, to TNT Super Deluxe.
“Gotta tell it, to sell it. If you can't tell it, you can't sell it!”
Gayl Murphy
Gayl Murphy
Media Shape Shifter
GAYL MURPHY is an award-winning Hollywood Correspondent, journalist, much sought after Media, Presentational Trainer, and Coach, Speaker, and Author of "Interview Tactics! How to Survive the Media without Getting Clobbered! The Insider's Guide to Giving a Killer Interview!" As a Media Expert, Gayl “celebrities” entrepreneurs: CEO's, showbiz pros, authors, experts, inventors, scientists, writers, engineers, creatives, lifestyle gurus, and celebrities in entertainment and business.
“Often what we want is not what we need.”
Jeannine Trimboli
Jeannine Trimboli
Founder and Strength Coach, Real [FIT] life
Jeannine Trimboli is the creator of real [FIT] life. It is her goal to help you bring out your awesome through strength. With twenty years of experience in the fitness industry and more in life, Jeannine understands the complexities of staying in shape while keeping your ship afloat. Jeannine is most passionate about teaching members at real [FIT] life, as well as the community at large, that fitness IS for everyone. Her entire coaching approach is about meeting you exactly where you are at and guiding you to grow stronger physically, mentally, and emotionally. Jeannine coaches every real [FIT] life's as an individual.