Podcaster Profiles: Aileen Merciel & Glenda Pacanins — Surfing Corporate Podcast

Podcaster Profiles has a simple goal: to highlight, spotlight, and focus on the indie podcasters who are the heart and soul of podcasting.

Indie podcasters wear more hats than any network-supported podcaster. They are creator, writer, producer, sound engineer, I.T. troubleshooter, researcher, host, distribution pro, marketing guru, public relations professional, and, most important of all, financial backer for the podcast.

In each article, we’ll ask the person being profiled why they became involved in podcasting and how they became skilled. We'll review their public bio and ask them to tell us something not in it, including any passions other than podcasting and their future plans in podcasting.

We are starting with one of the best in independent podcasting: Surfing Corporate, a superb podcast about corporate life. In September 2021, Aileen Merciel and Glenda Pacanins started the Surfing Corporate podcast.

Aileen and Glenda define success and hard work. These two women rose to become senior vice presidents in major corporations in an era when corporate life wasn’t exactly female-friendly. I’m not sure if the workplace has miraculously become a safe and accepting place for women. However, women like Aileen and Glenda have made it…