The Hats Podcast

Melissa Dumaz, Kerri Harper-Howie

Booking Overview

An interview-led personal development and business podcast focused on balancing professional, family, and personal roles, with mostly host-led conversations and occasional external guests. Strong pitch candidates include accessible entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, therapists, and professionals with practical expertise in confidence, negotiation, leadership, or managing multiple responsibilities; booking difficulty is likely low.

Metrics

Episodes: 219

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 1.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

thehatspodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Melissa Dumaz - Licensed marriage and family therapist who brings expertise in relationships, emotional well-being, confidence, and personal development.

Kerri Harper-Howie - Attorney and business owner with experience in leadership, entrepreneurship, succession planning, and operating within a multigenerational family business.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, and professionals with practical experience in business growth, leadership, confidence, personal development, or balancing multiple responsibilities.

Required Achievements:

Built or co-owned one or more businesses, Successfully expanded into multiple industries or income streams, Demonstrated practical leadership and entrepreneurial experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Danielle Spangler - Business Diversification, Calculated Risk-taking, Authenticity, Transferable Skills, Collaboration, And Balancing Multiple Businesses With Family Life.

Recent Topics

Work-life Balance, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Relationships

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Hats Podcast

215: The Hiring Hat

September 10, 2026

What does it take to hire the right people for your growing business? In this episode of The Hats Podcast, Melissa Dumaz and Kerri Harper-Howie put on The Hiring Hat and explore one of the biggest steps in growing a business: building a team you can trust. Drawing from Kerri's experience as an employment attorney and franchise business owner, she shares what she looks for beyond a résumé, how she evaluates culture and role fit, and why curiosity can reveal so much about a candidate. Melissa a...

214: Board of Directors Hat with Tamala Lewis

September 02, 2026

Serving on a board of directors is a significant way to level up any career. But, knowing how to get there can be a big challenge. In this episode of The Hats Podcast, Melissa Dumaz and Kerri Harper-Howie welcome Tamala Lewis, Senior Director of Community Affairs for AEG's Dignity Health Sports Park, for an insightful conversation about serving on a board of directors. Drawing from her experience serving on community and philanthropic boards, Tamela explains what board service truly involve...

213: The AI Hat with Khalel Dumaz

August 26, 2026

What if AI could help you work smarter, build faster, and bring your ideas to life without taking away the creativity and experience only you can bring? In this episode of The Hats Podcast, Melissa Dumaz and Kerri Harper-Howie put on The AI Hat and welcome AI founder and entrepreneur Khalel Dumaz for a conversation about artificial intelligence, what it can actually do, where people get it wrong, how entrepreneurs can begin using it without feeling overwhelmed, and ethical concerns around the...

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