How do local leaders get motivated?
2 Time Emmy winner and serial entrepreneur Billy Dec, millennial career coach Catalina Pena, professional tennis player Ruben Gonzales, and reality TV star Diggy Moreland tackled how to get motivated on this episode of Do You Have 30 Minutes. Glappitnova is a diverse storytelling platform bringing different leaders and perspectives together through learning and entertainment.
About the participants.
Billy Dec is a 2 Time Emmy Award Winning TV Personality, Actor, Attorney, Restaurateur, and owner of celebrated hospitality and entertainment venues like Sunda New Asian and The Underground Nightclub. In addition to being CEO/Founder of Rockit Ranch, a hospitality management company, Dec launched a new cutting edge marketing agency called COACT, and an HR firm called HR Pro, both built on leveraging growing communities of top independent talent in their respective industries. Dec can regularly be seen on NBC’s TODAY Show, acting in films and on TV shows like Criminal Minds and Empire, hosting his own podcast “The Meal of Your Life!” and is hosting/producing a new documentary for PBS he recently shot in his mother’s native island of the Philippines. Dec is a Chicago-Kent College of Law and Harvard Business School Alum, who was a Presidential appointee for five years, serving on the White House Advisory Commission on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, and the White House Bullying Prevention Task Force, and served on many local committees, boards, and commissions to serve the community.
Catalina Peña is the founder of Catalyst Creation, lead career coach, and lead facilitator for the company. Being an Afro-Colombian female who immigrated to the US at 9, Catalina knows first hand the struggles underrepresented individuals face in the workplace. As a former recruiter, she has also seen thousands of qualified job seekers get rejected from the hiring pipeline in Silicon Valley and is passionate about creating solutions to get individuals from these communities hired and empower them to advance in the corporate space. Catalina has helped thousands of students and professionals gain the knowledge to land a job in Tech by speaking to 10,000+ job seekers at 25+ career fairs, hosting 100+ events, and helping secure 150+ offers (~27% URM) at top startups and companies in Silicon Valley. She is currently based out of NYC.
Ruben Gonzales is a Filipino professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 6, 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 766, and his highest doubles ranking of 131 achieved on September 10, 2018.
Kenneth Moreland aka “Diggy Moreland” is an Enterprise Relationship Manager, the fan-favorite on ABC’s The Bachelorette Season 13, and participant in Bachelor In Paradise. This former Illini is known for voicing his opinion about racism occurring on the show and being a proud feminist. Diggy earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Accountancy from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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