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Ignite Your Business® Podcast | Presented by: GREENCREST – Kathy Sullivan – geologist, oceanographer, US Navy officer and former NASA astronaut
August 30th, 2023
Taking the Leap! Challenge, Risk and Reward with NASA astronaut, US Navy officer, geologist and oceanographer, Kathy Sullivan
Columbus, OH (August 29, 2023) — Kathy Sullivan is the most vertical person in the world. She’s the first person to both orbit the planet and reach its deepest point, and the first woman to dive to full ocean depth, securing her place in history, the Guiness Book of World Records, and countless awards and recognitions for her contributions to space, science and STEM, including seats on two presidential cabinets. As the first American woman to walk in space, Kathy Sullivan made history again in 2020 by becoming the first woman to reach the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, traveling seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean in a two- person submersible vessel. Kathy is one of only eight people to have traveled to the lowest point of the earth’s seabed and is the only woman to achieve this feat.
As an achiever of many “firsts,” Kathy has learned how to embrace challenges and adapt to change, and shares her thoughts on how business owners can find success even it means altering their original plans, as she put it, “continually, daily, and sometimes, radically” on episode 130 of the Ignite Your Business® Podcast.
Tune in to learn more about Kathy and her unique perspectives on life, business, science and “how much better affairs on Earth might be if we could all act like fellow crewmates.”
The Ignite Your Business® Podcast is a resource for business owners, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and other industry leaders looking for a way to exchange ideas and learn from other highly respected business professionals in a variety of industries. Highlights of the most recent episodes of the Ignite Your Business® Podcast include:
Episode 129: Using PR to Ignite Your SEO. Love and marriage. PR and…SEO? Many business owners are not aware that strategic SEO is an effective way to help PR efforts stand out online. In this Ignite Your Business® Podcast episode featuring GREENCREST CEO and chief strategy officer Kelly Borth, discover why this great marriage achieves top results online.
Episode 128: “Trust Your Gut, Shed Your Shoulds, and Live a Life You Love” with Regan Walsh. Do you have the “Disease to Please”? Then tune in to this episode featuring executive coach, speaker and Heart Boss author, Regan Walsh, to discover how to effectively pinpoint the duties in your life that deserve a yes response – and when it’s time to start “shedding your shoulds” and say no.
Episode 127: Grilling up the perfect marketing strategy. Summertime is perfect for grilling up hot dogs, hamburgers…and exceptional marketing strategy! In this Ignite Your Business® Podcast episode featuring GREENCREST CEO and chief strategy officer Kelly Borth, discover techniques that will add spice and sizzle to your marketing efforts, and potentially some new fans and customers as well!
About Kathy Sullivan
Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan has a long career as a distinguished scientist, astronaut and executive. She was one of the first six women to join NASA’s astronaut corps in 1978 and holds the distinction of being the first American woman to walk in space. Her submersible dive to the Challenger Deep in June of 2020 made her a triple Guinness World Record holder, as the most vertical person in the world, the first person to both orbit the planet and reach its deepest point, and the first woman to dive to full ocean depth.
Sullivan has held a variety of senior executive and advisory positions since leaving NASA, the most recent of which is her September 2021 appointment by President Biden to the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. Previous positions include presidential appointments as Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; 2014), NOAA Deputy Administrator (2011), NOAA Chief Scientist (1993) and member of the National Science Board (2004). She currently serves on the boards of International Paper, Accenture Federal Services, Terra Alpha Investments and the National Audubon Society. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and Ambassador-at-Large for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.
Dr. Sullivan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth Sciences from University of California at Santa Cruz and a Ph.D. in Geology from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration, and has been inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame, National Aviation Hall of Fame Government Executive Hall of Fame, Women Aviators Hall of Fame, Women Divers Hall of Fame and Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame. She was recognized by Time Magazine in 2017 as one of the 46 Distinguished First Women, by the World Economic Forum in 2015 as one of the 15 Women Changing the World in, and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2014. She has been awarded the Nevada Medal, the Explorers Club Medal, the Rachel Carson Award, an Emmy and nine honorary degrees.
She is the author of the children’s book To the Stars! (Charlesbridge Press, 2016), Handprints on Hubble, An Astronaut’s Story of Invention (MIT Press, 2019) and How to Spacewalk (MIT Kids Press, 2023). Learn more about Kathy at http://KathySullivanExplores.com and listen to her podcast at: http://KathySullivanExplores.com/podcast.
About GREENCREST
Inspired in 1990, GREENCREST — a full-service marketing, advertising, public relations, digital and social media agency — specializes in brilliantly executed communications programs that follow the GREENCREST philosophy of brand. plan. ignite your business®. GREENCREST is a Google Partner Agency and the only brand-certified agency in central Ohio. At GREENCREST, we turn market players into industry leaders®.
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