Kristy Kindinger, Root Senior Consultant, human-centered design expert and all-around creative spark, joins the podcast today. It's a particularly topical and relevant episode, as Kristy shares her experience being laid off at the job she had before Root. In light of Root's recent announcement, Kristy was generous and brave in telling her story, hoping that it can help heal some of the wounds of Rootsters leaving, drive conversations with Rootsters staying, and generate empathy in all directions. Meredith and Kristy have a raw, emotional conversation (you may hear a few sniffles throughout the episode ...) about what it's like to lose a job, and how Root's community can respond and persevere.

Aubrey McCarthy is Root's Director of Strategic Growth for the Chicago region. Aubrey brings the heat to the podcast as she shares her point of view of going after new business, showing up in meetings, and just generally being a badass salesperson. Aubrey and Meredith also discuss sitz baths, travel johns and many more of the fun details of both childbirth and COVID quarantine.

Root's VP of HR, Karen Stigall, joins for the inaugural WoR episode! We talk about Karen's vision for HR, her thoughts on mentorship, Root's first website, and much more!

Welcome to Women of Root, the podcast where we celebrate and showcase the multi-dimensional and multi-talented women of Root.