IMPACT Podcast Series

About IMPACT Podcast Series

IMPACT: Women in Leadership is the podcast for women navigating careers in government contracting (GovCon), public sector leadership, and business growth. Join host Mary Ann Brown for candid conversations with accomplished women leaders who share the real stories behind their success—the wins, setbacks, career pivots, and leadership lessons that shaped their journeys. From earning promotions and building business pipelines to leading teams, negotiating with confidence, and securing a seat at the table, each episode delivers practical strategies you can apply right away. Whether you're an emerging leader, manager, entrepreneur, or executive in the GovCon space, IMPACT provides the insights, inspiration, and career advice you need to grow your influence and accelerate your success. Subscribe and join conversations with women making an impact across government, industry, and technology—sharing the lessons, challenges, and wins that shaped their careers. Visit govforum.io to explore more shows from the FORUM Media Network and upcoming webinars featuring today's leading voices in GovCon, government, technology, and business leadership.

Publisher

Mary Ann Brown

Category

business · government · government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Oct 2022

Latest episode

29 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

28 of 107 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   29 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Leading Through Uncertainty: Risk, Resilience & the Future of Security

   Send us Fan Mail In a world where threats evolve faster than ever—from cyber risks to critical infrastructure vulnerabilities—how do leaders stay ahead? In this episode of IMPACT: Women in Leadership, we explore homeland security, risk management, resilience planning, and AI in national security with Jenny Stone, Founder & CEO of Partner Forces, LLC. As the founder of a woman-owned consulting firm, Jenny shares the story behind launching Partner Forces, the mission-driven prob...

2. 

   22 Apr 2026

   Lead with Clarity: Scaling Global Tech Teams & Owning Your Voice

   Host Sarah Jones interviews Garima Sarin, Senior Manager IT at Demant, about driving business impact through quality assurance and leading global tech teams.

3. 

   15 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Women Leading the Future of Cybersecurity and Mission-Critical Technology

   Send us Fan Mail Cybersecurity is one of the most critical leadership challenges of our time—and women are stepping up to lead it. In this episode of imPACT: Women in Leadership, we explore cybersecurity leadership, federal IT innovation, and women in tech with Patti Chanthaphone, Chief Cybersecurity Solutions Officer at Tyto Athene. With over 20 years of experience in public sector cybersecurity, Patti helped shape a groundbreaking federal initiative by spearheading the first gov...

Inside a recent episode

Leading Through Uncertainty: Risk, Resilience & the Future of Security

Published 29 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And that's something that's interesting to me. But the decision making is on that. It's going to be interesting to see some new regulation that's supposed to come online passed under the previous administration that still is alive today for this administration that's going to have some new reporting requirements for critical infrastructure. It's going to be interesting to see how that rolls out and how that is received from the private sector and if the information from that can be used in a way where if we have more reporting of certain thresholds of incidents, can the Department of Homeland Security and the government take that information and learn from that and then push out more information back out to the private sector to make them stronger so that they can learn more about what's happening and how people are taking advantage of them and their networks. […]

Who has been a guest on IMPACT Podcast Series

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mary-Claire Burick
• Audra Simons
• Nichole Priddy
• Laura Johnston Stash
• Olivia Trivisani Bowker

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

123,834

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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