Cheryl McKissack Daniel is the CEO of McKissack and McKissack, the oldest minority-owned professional design and construction firm in the United States. She is also the author of a powerful new book, The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissack's Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers. In the conversation, Cheryl shares the incredible story of her family's legacy and their impact on American infrastructure. She also discusses the challenges and importance of succession planning, re-engineering a legacy company, and the invaluable role of company culture. It's a candid look at what it takes to build a lasting enterprise.

https://mckissack.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Family-Who-Built-America/dp/1668033992

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-mckissack-daniel-b580a17/

Suzanne Heske is a Partner at SPMB, where she leads the firm’s investment practice, recruiting senior investors, operating partners, and functional leaders across venture capital, private equity, and asset management. With a career that spans Wall Street and Silicon Valley, Suzanne brings rare insight into how capital and talent intersect and what it takes to lead in a rapidly evolving landscape. In this episode, Suzanne discusses succession planning, firm culture, and the surprising paths into VC leadership.

https://spmb.com/executive-search-team/suzanne-heske/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-heske/

Michael Crandell is the CEO of Bitwarden, a leading open-source password management platform trusted by millions of individuals and enterprises worldwide. A serial entrepreneur, he previously co-founded RightScale, guiding it through hypergrowth to a successful acquisition. In this conversation, Michael shares insights on scaling distributed teams, maintaining a strong culture in security-focused organizations, and why open-source transparency builds long-term trust. He also reflects on how his leadership style has evolved across multiple ventures.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcrandell/

https://bitwarden.com/

https://fortune.com/2024/09/27/bitwarden-ceo-says-performance-is-results/