Episodes

08. Keeping it Local with The Two Oh Three

with Yvonne Oxley and Corey Tolkin

with Andrea Barton Reeves

In honor of Black History month, Courageous Conversations decided to revisit a Town Hall meeting hosted by the Women’s Business Development Council last June, soon after the death of George Floyd. WBDC CEO Fran Pastore gathered a group of...

Fran discusses the unsung heroes of our economic engine – the women, especially women of color, who own and operate the small businesses that populate our Main Streets. These entrepreneurs have received a disproportionately small amount of the...

with Dr. Khalilah Brown Dean and Patricia Russo

02. Own the Arena with Katrina Adams

with Dr. Karen Alter-Reid

Through her work as the founder and CEO of the Women’s Business Development Council in Connecticut, Fran Pastore has had the privilege of knowing and working with remarkable and accomplished women. In every episode, Fran will be speaking with...