WomenShare

WomenShare

Welcome to WomenShare: A Celebration of Women in Financial Services, the podcast where successful women share their stories and best practices with a mission to help other women grow their businesses and careers.

Recent Episodes

July 1, 2025

Celebrating Community and Facing Change: The Future of WomenShare

"What is meant for us won't miss us. And whatever the future is for us as individuals, for the podcast, for the industry, all of that, the only thing we can do is show up as the most authentic versions of ourselves with that ...
June 17, 2025

Feminine Energetics and Creating Space for Women in Wealth Management

"There's a part of me that can help me make decisions that are in alignment with my best interest. And even though I’m used to overriding that part of me or ignoring that part of me, I can—now that I’m aware of it—learn how t...
June 3, 2025

Trusting Your Gut: Nina Smith on Navigating Career Transitions and Healthy Departures

“Don’t run away from something, but run towards something.” — Nina Smith Welcome to WomenShare: a celebration of women in financial services. Today, hosts Joanna Ehresman and Leah Alter sit down for an insightful and heartfel...
May 20, 2025

Investing in Women: Cokie Cox on Building Inclusive Wealth and Perfect Days

“My framework for everything I do right now in my life is about investing in women. Not because I'm anti male, because I believe that diversity brings better outcomes for me, for Joe, for Steve, and Tom, all of us.” — Cokie C...
May 6, 2025

Leading With Heart: Jania Stout’s Journey to Empower Women in Financial Services

“A lot of organizations wanna hire women. They just aren't getting as many applicants for it. So I think that what we have to do then is pull them in in some cases, and I've done a lot of that over the years. One of my best h...

Recent Blog Posts

June 25, 2025

Trusting the Divine Feminine: My Journey with a Life Coach

Following last week's episode featuring Amy Young, my life coach, I wanted to share my personal experience working with a coach. There are quite a few misconceptions about coaching, and I certainly held some of them myself. The first crucial distin…

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June 11, 2025

When It’s Time to Pivot

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it really takes to pivot. Not just to make a change, but to make a change that’s aligned with your inner knowing. Our latest conversation with Nina Smith on trusting your gut in career transit…

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May 28, 2025

Give the Best of You to Yourself First

Our latest WomenShare Podcast episode with Cokie Cox really lit a fire in me. Cokie is a powerhouse—wealth advisor, business owner, speaker, and author of Perfect Day, a book that challenges us to live with intention in the areas that matter m…

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About the Hosts

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Leah Alter

Founder of Marketing by Foxie

Marketing by Foxie was founded by Leah Alter. After spending many years in New York City in the entertainment and events industry, she moved to Austin, TX and joined an independent Broker-Dealer and RIA.

At the Broker-Dealer/RIA she spent her first few years on the business development team, later transitioning to the business consulting team as the dedicated marketing consultant. There, she spent several years working directly with advisors helping them brand and market themselves in a highly regulated industry. Leah led many marketing workshops, conferences, and programs. She did both one-on-one and one-to-many engagements. One of her marketing programs was nominated twice for a Wealthmanagement.com Award. She also spent time on the marketing team, helping to package and deliver the products and services of the institution to their financial professionals.

Leah had the opportunity to join a digital marketing agency that specifically serves the financial services and FinTech industries. While there, she got the inside scoop and the opportunity to learn from a variety of marketing specialists.

Most recently, Leah was Vice President of Marketing at a FinTech company. Her focuses were on simplifying the branding and messaging, establishing thought leadership via social media, and launching a new, engaging website.

Leah is a passionate marketer, dedicated to helping her clients succeed.

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Joanna Ehresman

Founder of Momentum Growth Solutions

As founder of Momentum Growth Solutions and co-host of WomenShare, Joanna brings the marketing expertise of her 20+ year career to her clients and listeners, empowering them to make an even bigger impact on those they serve.

Prior to starting Momentum Growth Solutions, her background spans agency and corporate marketing roles. Most notably, Joanna spent 13 years at one of the nation's leading advisory firms, Wealth Enhancement Group. Joanna was a key growth leader, running data-driven marketing programs to bolster the firm's growth from $2.5 billion in assets to more than $65 billion during her tenure.

While the appeal of building accountable marketing programs initially brought Joanna to the financial services industry, it was witnessing the impact professional advice had on clients' financial lives that fueled her passion for her work.

That mission, to leverage the power of marketing to make a meaningful impact on more people's lives, serves as the cornerstone of Momentum Growth Solutions. Joanna accelerates a company's growth by connecting their purpose to their brand and marketing programs, and advises their internal teams to ensure sustainable results.

Joanna serves on the Board of Directors for BestPrep, a non-profit organization that equips youth with experiential learning opportunities to increase their financial literacy, career and business skills. She and her husband live just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota with their three sons.

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Reviews

Smart and Inspiring

"Love this podcast so far! There is a great deal of deep wisdom shared in an accessible, practical way. The focus on women in the financial service industry is needed and refreshing, but there is real…"

Jess79arch | Sept. 30, 2023

Brilliant and long overdue!

"This podcast fills a void and is so important! And Leah and Joanna are such a delight to listen to. Very excited to hear what’s next!"

Solasarah | Sept. 8, 2023

LOVED THIS!

"I cannot wait for more episodes! Empowering women in all walks of life and work is so important!"

OKEEFERJR | Sept. 7, 2023