Balancing Public Office, Law, and Parenthood–How Gitta Kaplan Does It All

Gitta Kaplan, Esq. serves on the Ocean Township, NJ Council, acts as General Counsel at leading apparel company Mamiye Brothers, and juggles it all while raising 3 children. Pitch your business idea today: https://pitch-place.com (00:00) Coming up... (01:55) The many hats Gitta wears (04:33) College experience and dealing with anti-Semitism at Columbia (06:44) Discovering law as a career path (10:49) Choosing NYU Law School (12:20) Demanding lifestyle working at a big law firm (14:18) Sleeping in the office while pregnant (16:13) Figuring out what she wanted to do with her life (20:04) Creating systems to balance work and family life (21:58) Landing her current role at Mamiye Brothers (25:41) Getting involved in politics (27:57) "Running for office was a HARROWING experience" (30:24) How Gitta manages multiple demanding roles and responsibilities (33:14) Follow your passion? Or choose a lucrative career? (36:27) The importance of keeping "a foot in the game" even during transitions (38:02) Getting involved with Hillel Yeshiva and making a difference (41:49) Gitta's work with PROPEL (43:41) Key skills observed in successful people (45:37) Favorite books? (47:55) Momentum Moment (50:44) Outro and key takeaways