Episode 20
$5.2M to $20M in 6 Years: How Dr. Pamela Maraldo Led 3 Nonprofit Turnarounds by Making Money Her Friend — and Why She's Now Teaching Girls to Stop Fearing It
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3 Turnarounds. $5.2M to $20M. The Money Mindset Nobody Teaches | Dr. Pamela Maraldo What if the secret to building wealth had nothing to do with finance — and everything to do with energy? Dr. Pamela Maraldo has led three major organizations through complete financial turnarounds. She ran Planned Parenthood Federation of America at the height of clinic violence, serving five million Americans a year on a fifty-million-dollar budget. She took the National League for Nursing from 5.2 million dollars to 20 million dollars in revenue in just six years. And today she leads Girls Inc. of New York City — building the next generation of financially free women through her groundbreaking "Her Future" financial literacy app and the Mind Body Matters curriculum. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Dr. Maraldo joins host Brandi Kolosky — Founder and General Partner of Sacral Capital, Sacral Fund I, and Sacral Sisters — for a conversation that goes straight to the root of why women hold back from wealth, what breaks organizations at the top, and why making money your friend changes everything. Dr. Maraldo shares the JP Morgan story — how she caught herself crossing the street to avoid her own bank and what that fear cost her. She breaks down the Denmark educational model that Girls Inc. NYC uses to build fearless women. And she delivers one of the most honest distinctions in the prosperity conversation: "Fear is greater than motivation for most people. Whatever your parents did — they overcame it." This is not a finance episode. This is a consciousness episode. And it is exactly what the show was built for. Topics covered in this episode: → Why the leader of three financial turnarounds never put money first → The JP Morgan story: when fear makes you cross the street → How meditation dissolves the fear synapse (Brandi's grandmother's lesson) → What breaks organizations: complacency, isolation, and lost vision → The "Her Future" app: teaching girls in underserved communities to make money their friend → The Denmark model — teachers who major in students, not subjects → Why women are smart with money but fear holds them back → The two voices inside every leader — and which one to follow → "Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world." — Margaret Mead Connect with Dr. Pamela Maraldo: → Girls Inc. of New York City: girlsincnyc.org → LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/pamela-maraldo-84a489a/ → Instagram: @girlsincnyc → Book: Medicine in Search of a Soul
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome and Guest Introduction 01:48 For Those New Here — Making Money Your Friend 05:01 The JP Morgan Story: Walking Away From Your Own Bank 06:29 Meditation, Money as Energy and Brandi's Grandmother 07:43 The Wall Street Hedge Fund Friend: You Want Me to Look Within? 08:52 We Are Creators — Conscious vs. Unconscious Wealth 09:33 3 Turnarounds: What 99 Percent of Organizational Problems Come Down To 10:52 Authenticity, Vision, and Building Consensus at the Top 11:27 Girls Inc. NYC: The Her Future App and Financial Literacy for Girls 12:54 The Denmark Model — Teachers Who Major in Students, Not Subjects 14:32 Fear Is What Separates Women From Wealth 14:52 Brandi's Origin Story: Born in a Trailer 15:38 Fear Is Greater Than Motivation 16:39 You Have to Feel That You Deserve It 17:37 The Two Voices Inside Every Leader 19:30 The Plunge, Margaret Mead and How to Find Dr. Pamela Maraldo
About the Guest
Dr. Pamela Maraldo, PhD, RN, FAAN is the CEO of Girls Inc. of New York City, an organization that provides educational programs, mentorship, and wellness curriculum to girls in New York City's most economically underserved communities. She is an architect of the Mind Body Matters curriculum — one of the first adolescent mental health education programs of its kind — and the visionary behind "Her Future," a new web-based financial literacy app designed to teach girls to build a fearless relationship with money. Dr. Maraldo has served as CEO of three major national organizations — each one a complete financial turnaround. She led Planned Parenthood Federation of America during one of its most turbulent periods, overseeing medical care and education for five million Americans annually with a budget exceeding fifty million dollars. She led the National League for Nursing from five-point-two million to twenty million dollars in revenue in six years — quadrupling the organization's size. She founded one of the first primary care nurse practitioner practices in the country at Columbia University, a practice that continues to thrive today. A Registered Nurse with a PhD from New York University and a BS from Adelphi University, Dr. Maraldo is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. She served as a mayoral appointee to the New York City Board of Health for eight years and currently chairs the Board of Trustees at CGFNS International (now TruMerit). She is the author of Women's Health for Dummies and the newly released Medicine in Search of a Soul, which challenges current medical practices and places healing at the intersection of science and soul. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Dateline, and The Charlie Rose Show. In 2024, she was named a Power Player in Education by PoliticsNY and amNY Metro.
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