867: Alyson Baber: The Intersection of Eating Disorder Recovery, Motherhood and Leadership

Published: April 22, 2024, 7 a.m.

Alyson Baber is a mom, wife, and tenured sales leader with experience in both startups and major public enterprises. Her background spans chemical engineering, medical device and capital equipment field sales, tech sales, and advisory roles.\xa0Currently, Alyson serves as the VP of Commercial Sales at Outreach. Previously, she held roles as the Head of Sales at Melio and helped Zoom scale from $50M to $4B in revenue. Prior to that, she led new business and expansion sales at SendGrid (now Twilio) and various startup teams within Intuit.\nAlyson has a passion for leadership, problem-solving, data analytics, and creating clarity and process from chaos. Because she can't say no to a good challenge, she's been an advisor for multiple startups and is an LP at Stage2 Capital.\nAlyson lives in Colorado with her husband, two children, and a puppy named Baxter (yes, from Anchorman). In her free time, she enjoys taking advantage of all things Colorado, traveling, having a creative outlet through multiple art mediums, and attempting to learn to ski well past the level of her comfort.\n\nListen in to hear Alyson share:\n\nHow healing her eating disorder in her teens and twenties shaped who she is today as a woman and leader\n\nHow her eating disorder was a coping mechanism for stress, anxiety, uncertainty, and ambiguity\xa0\n\nHow she got affordable and effective eating disorder help in a surprising place - ultimately allowing her to be in recovery for 15 years now\n\nHow her recovery impacts how she shows up in personal relationships and leads in professional spaces\n\nHer and her husband\u2019s winning decision for him to stay home as their kids\u2019 primary caregiver while she pursues executive leadership roles\n\nHow she is consciously building her own leadership brand\n\nWhat a leadership brand can look like for highly effective leaders\n\nHow she navigates her desire to be respected vs being liked\n\n\nLink mentioned:\nConnect with Alyson on LinkedIn\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices