Stanton & Company

Bravo to lisa miller for beautifully capturing special details and nuance around the experience of the Eudēmonia Summit and for reminding us of the power of thoughtful journalism. Congrats to Sean Hoess for his big dream and tireless work making it a reality, to Karina Mackenzie for an incredible line-up, powerful content and for being the magical (not-so)-secret sauce that you are, Tyler Wakstein for resourcefulness and creativity and for bringing together a fantastic group of brand partners and Jonnie Halstead for running one of the smoothest production operations I've seen (and we've seen a lot!). Bryce Schoonmaker, you and your content team were next level and we loved working with you. We were proud to lead PR efforts for the event and to have brought so many of our favorite expert clients and brand partners to the experience. Extra special thanks and a huge shoutout to my Stanton & Company team for the unbelievable push and hard work for several months now, and for doing it all with grace and smiles. You guys make it all worth it. Courtney Pae Stanley Walker Alafair Hall Angela Hartman and our team back home helping (even further) behind the scenes.

One of the core reasons I was inspired to start Stanton & Company was to share incredible female athletes' stories so we would have more positive female role models in the world. Seventeen years later (crazy!), this is still one of our biggest drivers. If you don't know water polo superstar Maddie Musselman, you should. Maddie is inspirational in all the important ways: she's an exceptional athlete, rigorous and goal-oriented in everything she does, optimistic and bright-eyed regardless of life obstacles, and most importantly, a kind, family-oriented, warm-hearted human being. Many don't know what Maddie has faced personally throughout her third Olympic journey - she has demonstrated and continues to model a level of grace and resilience that's truly extraordinary. It's an honor to represent her. Tune in to watch her semi-final match against Australia on Thursday!

We couldn't be more thrilled to be representing track and field superstar, Kendall Ellis, as she competes in her second Olympic Games. Before her Olympic trials semis, Kendall was stuck in a porta potty (everyone's worst nightmare) and thankfully a nice volunteer let her out, just in time for her race where she ran a personal best (and then went on to run another personal best in finals, qualifying first for the Olympics, hooray!) Denege Prudhomme had the brilliant idea of pitching Kendall and her story to Procter & Gamble for a partnership with Charmin and, sure enough, the partnership materialized and turned a ?? situation into ??. Go Kendall! (and go, Denege!)

Hello from Paris...here at the Olympics with the one and only Denege Prudhomme supporting our clients, Maddie Musselman (Water Polo), Brody Malone (Gymnastics) and Kendall Ellis (Track & Field). What an epic start to the Olympics with Brody playing a pivotal role in winning the first Men's Gymnastics Team medal since 2008! Dana ONeil captures the final and Brody's piece in all of it beautifully in today's NY Times The Athletic. Moments like this remind us what the Olympics are all about, the ups and downs, the comebacks, the resilience and grit, the power of a team and, that every medal has an incredible story and that sometimes a bronze medal is as good as gold.