CZ and Friends
CZ & Friends is a podcast about what it takes to lead and evolve legal in an era of exponential change. Hosted by Cecilia Ziniti, former General Counsel turned founder and CEO of GC AI, each episode features candid conversations with legal and business leaders who are building for scale, taking bold bets on technology, and leading with humanity. Whether you're a GC, operator, or in-house counsel, this podcast is your front-row seat to the future of legal.
CZ and Friends
Latest Episodes
Greenfield to Gold Standard: Building Legal From Scratch with Alisha Cieslak, Gordon Food Service
Alisha Cieslak is the former Chief Legal and Risk Officer of Gordon Food Service, the North American food service distributor operating since 1897 across the U.S. and Canada. She joined in 2014 as employee number one in the legal department, wh...
The Blackberry Era of Legal AI with Tina Hwang, ClassDojo Head of Legal
Tina Hwang has a spicy take: legal compliance is table stakes. If you're building technology that parents trust with their kids, meeting the legal bar is where the conversation starts.Tina is the Head of Legal at ClassDojo, the platform ...
Building Legal as the Company's Air Traffic Control with Ekumene Lysonge, NerdWallet CLO
Ekumene Lysonge is the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at NerdWallet, where he leads a combined Trust and Safety organization of 34 people spanning legal, security, compliance, and privacy across a public fintech platform that serve...
"Yes If" Thinking: Sharon Johnson of MODE Global on AI, Logistics and Legal Leadership
Sharon Johnson took a winding path to the GC seat. Before law school, she worked in marketing, sales, project management, and contract management at Verizon, and she credits that experience with shaping how she leads legal today. As Chief Legal...
The GC-to-Board Playbook, with Executive Coach Anne Marie Segal
Anne Marie Segal spent 15 years as an attorney - at White and Case, a hedge and private equity fund, and her own firm - before becoming an executive coach to general counsel and senior executives across six continents. She knows what it takes t...
