Office Hours

Welcome to Office Hours, where members of the Argent community share personal career stories and, in the process, dispense invaluable advice, rare insight, and inspiration through lived experiences. Consider it five minutes of mentorship with the fully booked.  

Grab a seat—office hours are now open.

Fatima Goss Graves
CEO/President, National Women’s Law Center

With a profound understanding of the power of the law, she reflects on her illustrious career.

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Chelsea Fuller
Managing Partner/Senior Strategist, Black Alder

How tragedy helped shape this storyteller and strategist's career, and the hope of creating long-standing change.

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Melissa Kilby
CEO, Girl Up

For the CEO of Girl Up, leading means listening, especially within an organization dedicated to serving young girls in their pursuit of education.

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Jackie Speier
Congresswoman & Founder, Professional Business Women of California

A career story of triumph, ambition, and bravery.

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Lauren Wesley Wilson
Founder & CEO, ColorComm Corporation

In her debut book, this Founder and CEO is challenging every professional to think about how they build and use their power.

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Katie McCormick Lelyveld
Founder, MELD

How the former Press Secretary to First Lady Michelle Obama launched a mentorship movement. 

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Kimberly Dowdell
2024 AIA President, HOK Architect

Advice that all prospective architects should know.

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Dr. Uché Blackstock
Physician, Author, & Founder/CEO, Advancing Health Equity

On work that's more of a life purpose than a career, and her debut book, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine.

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Margaret Richardson
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, GoFundMe

The beauty of a circuitous career path.

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Hina Shamsi
Chief Technology Officer for US Banks, Morgan Stanley

How this CTO went from post-grad slump to leader in a male-dominated field.

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LaFawn Davis
Senior Vice President of Environmental, Social & Governance, Indeed

Her career is marked by a commitment to breaking down barriers to employment.

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Dr. Yelena Koldobskaya
Psychiatrist

Inside the work day of a street psychiatrist.

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Jing Gao
Founder & CEO, Fly By Jing

How this Founder sold over 2.25 million jars of her signature Sichuan condiment.

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Lauren Smith Brody
Founder, The Fifth Trimester

How this former editor created a movement for mothers and caretakers.

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Mara Roszak
Hairstylist & Founder of Rōz

Inside the multi-decade career of a celebrity hairstylist-turned-entrepreneur.

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Hannah Traore
Founder, Hannah Traore Gallery

Advice from one of youngest gallerists in New York City.

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Amy Williams
CEO, Citizens of Humanity, AGOLDE, & Goldsign

The CEO who believes denim and workwear are one and the same.

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Alexis McGill Johnson
President & CEO, Planned Parenthood President, Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Planned Parenthood's leader on protecting freedom in the wake of the Dobbs decision.

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Jessica Yellin
Journalist & Founder, News Not Noise

Meet the journalist who breaks down the news that affects our lives, values, and participation in democracy—without the rage-inducing headlines.

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Julissa Natzely Arce Raya
Author & Activist

With a finance background, Julissa Natzely Arce Raya is now challenging corporate structures and empowering professionals to show up to work wholly as themselves.

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Flori Marquez
Co-Founder & SVP of Operations, BlockFi

This fintech leader wants you to rethink the definition of "risky."

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Noor Tagouri
Journalist & Producer

Meet the storyteller whose superpowers include empathy, curiosity, and knowing when it’s time to rest.

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Tiffany Dufu
Founder & CEO, The Cru

There's nothing more powerful than community, and this Founder wants to help you find yours.

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Lindsay Kaplan
Co-Founder, Chief

This Co-Founder knows it's lonely at the top. Here's how she's fixing it.

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