Women in Leadership 2025 With Cassandra Jennings and Yvonne Pire

Back Podcast Mar 13, 2025 By Dakota Morlan

How do you lead diverse teams with differing opinions? Where do you find the confidence to make big career moves? Are women leaders expected to be nicer than men? Comstock’s Women in Leadership honorees Cassandra Jennings and Yvonne Pire join us for a special episode recorded in the wine cellar at Mulvaney’s B+L in Midtown Sacramento.

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Hosted by Dakota Morlan

Produced by Dominic Tassinari and Dakota Morlan

Music: Time Out by Atch (CC BY 3.0)

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