In this episode of Frontrunners Innovate, we explore the vital role of ethics, governance, transparency, and community engagement in fostering sustainable development and trust across sectors and regions. Join us as Victor George, an attorney and seasoned expert in anti-corruption and governance, shares practical insights while co-hos, Tobias Naruki brings a youthful perspective on connecting with the younger generation and building resilient networks.
At 13 years old, Namara Lwansa became the youngest member of the Frontrunners League community. In 2025, at 19 and enrolled in Northwestern University in the US, this young leader is still on the Frontrunner path. With the first opportunity in 6 years to sit down in person with her, Mary Kurek asks Namara about her experience the first time outside of her African continent.
In this episode, Mary Kurek interviews Alana Stott, founder of Rakini Holdings about innovative solutions for nonprofits, focusing on creating sustainable income streams and aligning for-profit and nonprofit goals. They discuss the importance of diversifying income sources as well as how Rakini Holdings can help create a more fluid partnership with between the two types of entities with the added issues of trust and foundational support managed as a complete offering.
In this engaging conversation, Mary Kurek introduces Ambassador Richard Swett of Climate Prosperity Enterprise Solutions as co-host and features Catherine Griffin discussing impactful initiatives and the role of ImpactableX Analytics. The discussion covers a variety of topics around specific development models and how the ImpactableX team solves many of the challenges around predicting impact that opens up funding opportunities. Catherine shares her journey in impact investing, highlighting the need for data-driven decision-making and the integration of AI to enhance accessibility and reduce costs. The conversation concludes with insights into future directions for impact investment and the potential for scalable change.
In this episode of Frontrunners Innovate, the conversation focuses on what would seem an odd topic for innovation – ancilliary benefits, trusts, and life insurance. But, this normally dry topic is anything but that with Paul Cella. His work at The KeyArx Group has to do with designing and restructuring insurance programs, finding mega savings (sometimes in the millions for organizations like hospitals with large employee groups). His jaw-dropping approach extends to an individual’s life-insurance policy – something they likely haven’t touched in years. The review twist he talks about in this episode will have you running to your safe to grab your policies for look. Innovation isn’t always something new; sometimes it’s looking at what is already there in a different way and recreating it for greater benefit. You are invited to listen and learn.
Dr. Michelle Barry is the CEO of CTI (Community, Transformation, Innovation) and LifeHealth is CTI’s AI-powered health platform transforming access to primary care, remote monitoring, diagnostics, and e-commerce wellness. This episode is the third in a series on medical and health innovations in partnership with LeagueMed, a funding and education platform aimed at partnering the healthcare community with funding opportunities that make a difference. This conversation includes information on LeagueMed.com’s beginning and intentions as well as LifeHealth’s life-changing opportunity for individuals, families, and caregivers to manage health and wellness in a more efficient, comprehensive way. This conversation includes real examples of how families will benefit from having their digital health “wallets” and records that will enable caregivers to have more peace around loved ones at a distance. And, there’s much more. Listeners will want to hear the potential for partnerships with CTI (LifeHealth) as well as LeagueMed.
Marissa Fayer is the CEO of the innovative imaging company, DeepLook Medical. This episode is the second in a series on medical and health innovations in partnership with LeagueMed, a funding and education platform aimed at partnering the healthcare community with funding opportunities that make a difference.
This conversation includes information on LeagueMed.com’s beginning and intentions as well as DeepLook’s aim of making available to doctors and patients an easier and more efficient imaging process that can assist in earlier detection of breast cancer. The imaging process specifically assists providers in their ability to see more accurately into dense tissue which includes a large population of women in the US. Fayer shares more details on how accessibility and equality in healthcare is a centerpoint for her work in health innovation and solutions in the past and remains so with DeepLook. Listeners will want to hear the potential for partnerships with DeepLook and LeagueMed.
Frontrunners Innovate partnered with the healthcare innovation funding platform, LeagueMed.com to share innovations aimed at making a huge difference to patients, public health, and the provider community. In this episode, host Mary Kurek introduced LeagueMed founders, John Gallagher and Paul Cella, co-host, Dr. Angela Unufe, and guest innovator, Paul Christie, CEO of Tachmed. The conversation focuses on Tachmed’s goal of securing reliable realtime health data through a device that can be utilized to test for conditions in the comfort of a patient’s home, and how that data can impact decision-making on a broader scale. Listeners will also pick up details from Christie’s background and journey that could be interesting to fellow innovators in the healthcare space as well as potential collaborative opportunities. Learn about LeagueMed and the benefits of dropping into this free membership platform.
Rose Mmbaga is a powerhouse advocate for youth in Africa. With many accolaides to her credit as a foundation for expanding her impact, Rose and her team at the Kijana Initiative Organization (Tanzania) are aiming to mentor young changemakers, address gender disparities, enhance digital literacy, and elevate climate preparedness. She talked with Frontrunners Innovate host, Mary Kurek, about her journey into the work she’s doing and how she’s expanding the opportunities to create momentum.
Dr. Emma Oliveira with partner, Rashida Musa, are well familiar with the features of Bahia that make it an amazing place to visit, conduct business, and live. As African women living in Ghana, these globally experienced business women decided to share the feeling of connectedness that they hold for Bahia in a way that allows it to engage others. They’ve put together a special event inclusive of anyone who has interest in visiting Bahia to be able to fully embrace all that you couldn’t possibly want. This isn’t your everyday excursion, this is a serious dive into Bahia’s real estate, business, homelife, culture, African heritage, and more. And, should you decide (as Rashida did a few years ago) that you need to spend more time there, you will have access to all the resources you need to make that happen. In this episode, we talk with Emma and Rashida about this amazing opportunity complete with details on how people can participate.
