Podcast

On Changemakers from Within, Senior Inclusion & Sustainability Program Coordinator Zariah Hawthorne pulls back the curtain on Impact Days—FORVIS Mazars’ flagship, firm-wide week of service. What started as a single day is now a multi-day movement with 2,600 volunteers across 70–80 offices (plus remote employees). Here’s how Zariah won buy-in, empowered local champions, and built the toolkit that made scaling possible.

In a recent episode of Changemakers From Within, Ani Boyo from Toast joins Millie founder Rachel Klausner to unpack how a few bold ideas—and a lot of intentional storytelling—have turned Toast’s product ecosystem into a powerful driver of social good. From reducing food waste to building donation tools for restaurants, Ani shares how impact became embedded in Toast’s DNA.

In this episode of Changemakers from Within, host Rachel Klausner sits down with longtime friend and CSR trailblazer Katy Spriano, who supports the DK S.E.R.V.E.S. program at DraftKings. From global tree-planting initiatives to embedding volunteerism into new hire onboarding, Katy shares how DraftKings is weaving social impact into the fabric of company culture across six countries and thousands of employees.

In this season-two installment of the Changemakers from Within podcast, host Rachel Klausner sits down with Eddie Hightower from Caliber Collision—
the largest auto body service company in the U.S.—to discuss how a unique blend of sustainability, workforce development, and community impact is transforming an entire industry.

In the latest episode of “Changemakers from Within,” Rachel sits down with Kaitlin Westbrook Tolson, National STEM & Philanthropy Advocate at Apex Systems, and Erica Woods, Director of Contractor Programs & Philanthropy at Apex Systems. Get an inside look at the framework they are using to leverage their team that resulted in a 100% participation rate in 2022. From campaigns like their Quarter of Caring, Random Acts of Kindness, and Earth Week to gamified events like Giving Madness, Gamers vs Cancer, Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader (exec version), and a Virtual Magic Show, Apex Systems is dedicated to offering something for everyone. Tune in to learn more about how they leverage their teams to create multiple, successful giving campaigns all year long.