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Your GX Team
Marianne Talbot - Founder & Chief Community Architect
Marianne Talbot - Founder & Chief Community Architect
Marianne Talbot - Founder & Chief Community Architect
Marianne's our Chief Community Architect and our Founder. She's been building GenXpertise since the concept formed around her dining room table in Manhattan where she assisted GX friends navigate unwelcome job changes. Marianne is a lawyer, coach, author, speaker, marketing expert, and CMBDO of a national law firm. Marianne is also the founder of LawyerBFF, a success platform for lawyers .
Daniel Talbot - Vice President of Client Success
Marianne Talbot - Founder & Chief Community Architect
Marianne Talbot - Founder & Chief Community Architect
Dan is an award-winning sales leader and client relationship expert including 17 years of record-breaking success at Google/Alphabet/Doubleclick in NYC. In addition to his tech sales background, Dan is our Aging and Independent Living Specialist related to helping our parents as they age. Dan is dedicated to a successful client experience for all individuals and companies who take advantage of our programs.
Carlos Monteagudo - GX Career Coaching & Content Lead
Marianne Talbot - Founder & Chief Community Architect
Carlos Monteagudo - GX Career Coaching & Content Lead
Carlos's illustrious career includes directing worldwide talent acquisition teams for global companies such as JP Morgan Chase & Co., Bloomberg LP, and PointClickCare. He is the founder of Be A Spark LLC, where he provides expert career coaching services with a mission to help clients "think differently." Carlos is a successful cabaret singer, with recent appearances in "Titanic" and solo shows in NYC.
More About Marianne
Favorite Quote
"In order to have more, you must become more." Jim Rohn
Desert Island Picks
Book: "The 50th Law" by Robert Greene and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
Film: "The Greatest Showman"
Music - The Greatest Showman and Madonna, The Immaculate Collection
Inspirations
My amazing daughter; my first law firm boss after law school - Philip Hirschkop, one of the lawyers who won Loving v. Virginia;
Biggest Challenges
The biggest challenges I've had include launching my own businesses (including my first during the 2008 recession!); adopting my beautiful daughter; and graduating law school/passing the bar exam.
Fun Fact
I was a musician extra in the first hip-hop film of all time, "Beat Street." Spot me playing violin in the orchestra scene with Rae Dawn Chong.
Reinvention
I'm an expert at reinvention. Whether it was retiring from litigation to starting my own businesses to becoming a mom to doing everything all at the same time (like right now!), reinvention is one of my fave words and I can't wait to teach others how to do it, too.
Fave Things
Daybreaker dance parties, disco balls, mini marshmallows, perfume (I have a very large collection and aim to start my own line!), Paris, Sleep No More (miss the McKittrick Hotel so much), spooky glam masquerade balls, sleeping.
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More About Daniel
Fave Quote
Quote: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing."
Desert Island Picks
Book: Norton's Anthology of English Literature
Film: Ridicule (1996, French)
Music: Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Guilty Pleasures
Midnight snacking.
Binge watching Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The New York Times Sunday edition
Biggest Challenges
Learning how to ride the transition waves between jobs. I look forward to helping my fellow GXers do that in our programs.
Parenting.
Fun Fact
My dad was Editor-in-Chief of Samuel French publishers for over 40 years and he had a play on Broadway under a nom de plume in the 1960s.
Legacy
I'm a proud graduate of Notre Dame where both my dad (class of 1944!) and sister attended. I was also a council member of its Rugby Club, wrote for the school newspaper, and participated in various volunteer activities including Big Brothers Big Sisters. My goal is to help support wherever and whenever I can.
Favorite Things
College football
Front porches or stoops (I love throwing a good stoop party!)
Exploring my local neighborhood
Reading
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More About Carlos
Favorite Quote
Quote: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint Exupery, The Little Prince
Desert Island Picks
Disc/Album: Whitney Houston Greatest Hits
Book: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Movie: Beaches
Fun Facts
I had a one-man cabaret show in New York at The Triad.
I’ve worked and lived in Chicago, Manila and Buenos Aires (twice).
Biggest Challenges
Being born and raised in the Bronx as the child of Cuban immigrants shaped my unwavering commitment to empowering others. I understand the deeply personal journey of overcoming fear and pushing past perceived limits in many aspects of my life. I'm excited to bring my perspective, passion, and discomfort to GenXpertise.
Personal Motto
When you tell me that I can't do something, I will work twice as hard to achieve it.
Be A Spark
I founded my own career coaching business, Be A Spark, LLC in early 2025, with a vision of creating a dynamic community where individuals realize their potential and pursue growth. My career has been dedicated to changing lives and this adventure will allow me to be of service in new and fulfilling ways.
Favorite Things
Live music, pretzels, margaritas, laughing with my mom, being curious.
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Marianne's Book
Balance By Design: A Career Guide & Planner for Women Lawyer
Have a woman lawyer in your life? This book by our founder is the perfect gift.