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In Ask Ashley, wealth management advisor and award-winning media personality Ashley Russo sits down with leaders who bring purpose and humanity to business.

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Episode 2430 October 2026

Niki Madison-Woodburn: A Like Is Not the Same as a Hug

With Niki Madison-Woodburn, Senior Talent Management & Inclusion Program Manager, Lattice

Diversity headline numbers get people in the door, but they say nothing about who gets developed, who gets useful feedback, and who moves up.

On the show

Leaders from these companies have been on the show.

  • Miro
  • BuzzFeed Inc.
  • SoundHound AI
  • Docusign
  • Apple
  • SmartThings
  • Highspot
  • Lattice
  • Runpod
  • CallRail
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Thumbtack
  • Fastly
  • Amagi
  • Teleport
  • Acklen Avenue
  • Ava Labs
  • Thoropass
  • Freestar
  • BTI360
  • mabl
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Meet Ashley.

Ashley Russo

Founder

Russo Wealth Management

LinkedIn: Ashley Russo (opens in a new tab)

Named one of the Top 100 Women to Watch and recognized by Forbes as a Next-Gen Wealth Advisor, Ashley Russo is a nationally acclaimed financial strategist, speaker, and founder of Russo Wealth Management, an all-female advisory firm serving clients across the U.S.

A trusted voice in finance and leadership, Ashley has been featured on Fox, CNBC, and CBS, and across top business publications. Through her work with companies like Apple, Airbnb, Lyft, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, she’s helped thousands of professionals turn complexity into clarity — making financial planning feel human, achievable, and empowering.

Ashley Russo has also been featured on

  • CNBC
  • Fox News
  • CBS News
About the show

What it’s about.

In Ask Ashley, wealth management advisor and award-winning media personality Ashley Russo sits down with leaders who bring purpose and humanity to business.

Each episode explores how people navigate uncertainty, lead with empathy, and create meaningful change in their organizations and lives. Listeners gain practical insights on resilience, leadership, and financially confident decision-making amid disruption.

This podcast is brought to you by Ask Ashley Wealth Management. If you’re interested in building a confident, purpose-driven wealth plan, reach out to Ashley at ashley.russo@nm.com.

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  1. Episode 2323 October 2026

    Alex Anderson on Building a Kinder World, One Person at a Time

    With Alex Anderson, Senior Customer Insights and Experience Specialist, Pushpay

    Alex Anderson launched the first AI chatbot at Pushpay and spends her days on the exact point where automation meets people asking for help.

  2. Episode 2216 October 2026

    Building Community and Measuring What Matters ft. Lacey Elliot

    With Lacey Elliot, GTM Enablement & Strategy Leader, SoundHound AI

    Lacey Elliot spent a decade as a makeup artist before entering tech at 30, and she carries both worlds into her work. She is GTM Enablement & Strategy Leader at SoundHound AI, where she built out a pre-boarding customer…

  3. Episode 219 October 2026

    Why Humans Won't Be Replaced by AI

    With Betty Woods, Global Program Lead, Miro

    A six figure salary can arrive without any family playbook for what to do with it. Betty Woods, Global Program Lead on the Scaled Success team at Miro, talks with Ashley Russo about growing up multicultural in New…

  4. Episode 202 October 2026

    Mentorship, Tech, and Giving Back with Jahmai Brown

    With Jahmai Brown, IT Specialist, BuzzFeed Inc.

    Jahmai Brown was failing every class with 55s across the board, smoking weed before school, and drifting through the hallways with no sense of direction.

  5. Episode 1925 September 2026

    Daniel Torres on Family, Debt, and Building Community at Docusign

    With Daniel Torres, Strategic Customer Success Account Manager, Docusign

    Daniel Torres paid off roughly $40,000 in student loans and credit card debt, then taught himself to invest by running his own accounts alongside a fully managed one to see if he could match it. He did.

  6. Episode 1818 September 2026

    Steven Holt: Keeping the Human Experience at the Center

    With Steven Holt, Human Resources Business Partner, Apple

    Empathy and business results pull in the same direction, and Steven Holt has spent his career proving it. Steven is a Human Resources Business Partner at Apple whose path ran through Google DeepMind, Tesla, Archer…

  7. Episode 1711 September 2026

    Why Jennifer Fields Creates Conflict on Purpose

    With Jennifer Fields, CDO - Chief Delivery Officer, Acklen Avenue

    Grace at work gets read as weakness, and Jennifer Fields makes the opposite case: extending it takes more courage than bringing the hammer down, and it serves the bottom line.

  8. Episode 164 September 2026

    How CallRail's Nakita Duffus Builds Belonging at Work

    With Nakita Duffus, Support Specialist, CallRail

    Nakita Duffus wants everyone who touches a product or walks into a room to leave feeling capable. Growing up in a Jamaican household in New York as the older sibling to her brother David, who had down syndrome, she…

  9. Episode 1528 August 2026

    Layoffs, AI, and Respect: A Conversation with Shashank Bhushan

    With Shashank Bhushan, Head HR, Americas & Global People Partner, Amagi

    Skills now depreciate in weeks, and the AI revolution is reshaping work faster than any industrial shift before it. Shashank Bhushan, Head HR, Americas & Global People Partner at Amagi, has spent over 25 years in HR and…

  10. Episode 1421 August 2026

    Self-Care, Sour Candy, and Showing Up: Destiny Young

    With Destiny Young, Senior Manager, Experience Quality Programs, ActiveCampaign

    Moving fast can get you to the wrong answer faster. Destiny Young makes that case from her own marathon training, and applies it to how leaders support people through constant AI-driven change.

  11. Episode 1314 August 2026

    Amber Master on Building High-Performing Remote Teams

    With Amber Master, Director, People Operations, Freestar

    People operations does not own a company's culture. Amber Master, Director of People Operations at Freestar, argues the people who show up each day create it, and her job is to equip them.

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