Join us as we sit down with Nikki Barua, named Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Women.

Nikki is the CEO & Co-Founder of Beyond Barriers, a tech platform that helps companies unlock talent potential with AI-powered professional development designed for the future of work. In her 25-year career in the digital space, Nikki has helped global brands transform their culture and capabilities. Now she is on a mission to help companies develop future-ready leaders and accelerate their success. Nikki believes that we are all limitless; she leads her life committed to going beyond barriers and inspiring others to live up to their highest potential.

This Chat is hosted by M.M.LaFleur and is sponsored by Hive.

Changemaker Chats DC is coming back to provide spaces for connection, community, and growth. Please save the date for our chat on Wednesday, October 4th with Victoria Baxter, Head of Climate & Crisis Response at Google.

Throughout Victoria's impressive career in social impact, she has helped the world’s best-known brands make a meaningful impact in sustainability, wellness, and more. Victoria is also an ICF-certified Executive Coach and partners with purpose-driven leaders to help them achieve better results in their careers.

Grab a friend and join us for our chat with Victoria.

Join us for a Changemaker Chat on September 27th with Joanne Kwong, President of Pearl River Mart, the world's first Chinese American department store!

Joanne took a leap of faith leaving her longtime career as a communications executive and attorney to save the iconic NYC Asian emporium that her in-laws built in 1971. As President, Joanne navigated PRM through unprecedented challenges of a global pandemic and rampant xenophobia and has since expanded and revitalized the brand.

Reserve your seat today and join us at LinkedIn in the Empire State Building! We’ll have a spread of small bites and beverages for you, including Levain Bakery cookies and Celsius energy drinks. This Chat is also sponsored by Hive and M.M.Lafleur.

With two decades of professional culinary experience, chef Surbhi Sahni brings home cooking traditions to modern Indian cuisine and confections. As a proud queer Indian woman chef and entrepreneur, Sahni pushes back against the manufactures prestige of Eurocentric white male chefs, and uses her platform to restore dignity to the legacies of home cooks, vegetable growers, rice farmers, and spice wallahs who have cultivated regional cuisines for centuries. Before launching TAGMO (@tagmonyc), Sahni served as the creative force behind Michelin-starred NYC restaurants, Devi and Tulsi, and Saar Bistro in Midtown. She also served as the creative director and events director at Hemant Mathur Catering.