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EEC 436: The Velvet No - How to Stay Aligned to Your Power, with Hoong Yee Lee

June 09, 2026

Hoong Yee Lee is a speaker on power, language, and alignment—focused on what happens before decisions are made. A former funder and national grants panelist, she has awarded over $10 million and spent years inside high-stakes rooms where outcomes are shaped long before they're announced. You say power moves before the decision—can you explain what that looks like in real life? How can someone tell, in real time, that a shift is happening in the room? What is The Velvet No, and how do you act...

EEC 435: What We Were Never Taught: Sexual Literacy, Mental Health, and the Leaders We Need to Become, with Dawn Goldstein

June 02, 2026

Dawn Goldstein, M.Ed., is a literacy educator, wellness advocate, College of Education Professor at NSU Fischler, and Founder & CEO of Freely Reading — a platform built on the conviction that Literacy Is Liberation. What is sexual literacy, and how is it different from sex education? How does shame about our bodies and sexuality show up in your private life? You say "Sexual Literacy is Mental Health Literacy" — what do you mean by that? How does the behavior play out by a person who has bee...

EEC 434: Leadership is the Secret Weapon on Every Battlefield, with Mike Ettore

May 26, 2026

Mike Ettore has a distinguished record of providing effective leadership and achieving superior results in a wide range of challenging environments. In addition to being a retired Marine Corps Infantry officer and decorated combat leader, he also served successfully as a C-Level executive in Kforce (NYSE: KFRC), a publicly traded professional services company with annual revenue exceeding $1 Billion. You were in leadership roles in two very different environments – the US Marine Corps and as...