By Ashlee Vieregger, senior lead adviser, Foster Group and Brittany Heard, lead adviser, Foster Group Editor’s note: This is a four-part guest commentary series from West Des Moines-based financial advisory firm Foster Group that aims to provide insight into navigating Read more…
By Ashlee Vieregger, senior lead adviser, Foster Group and Brittany Heard, lead adviser, Foster Group This is the final part of a four-part guest commentary series from Foster Group that aims to provide insight into navigating your financial health, from Read more…
By Ashlee Vieregger, senior lead adviser, Foster Group and Brittany Heard, lead adviser, Foster Group This is the third of a four-part guest commentary series from Foster Group that aims to provide insight into navigating your financial health, from early Read more…
By Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO, Business Publications Corp. New research shows that more women than ever hold seats in corporate boardrooms worldwide and female representation on boards improves the bottom line. Given the proven benefits of gender-balanced boards, Read more…
By Ashlee Vieregger, senior lead adviser, Foster Group and Brittany Heard, lead adviser, Foster Group Editor’s note: This is the second of a four-part guest commentary series from Foster Group that aims to provide insight into navigating your financial health, Read more…
By Krista Tedrow On a muggy evening in 2015, I sat at the Ottumwa Applebee’s across from one of the most intriguing women I had met in my short career. “What brought you to Ottumwa?” I asked. She broke a Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor A bill that would license and regulate certified professional midwives unanimously passed out of an Iowa House subcommittee last week. House Study Bill 80 was introduced by Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton, who has long advocated for Read more…
By Ashlee Vieregger, senior lead adviser, Foster Group and Brittany Heard, lead adviser, Foster Group Editor’s note: This is the first of a four-part guest commentary series from Foster Group that aims to provide insight into navigating your financial health, Read more…
Story and photos Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Age: 27 Hometown: Shawnee, Kan. Education: Drake University, bachelor’s in painting and graphic design Family: Husband, Gooi Hobbies: Planning, reading Rest assured that when you walk into the new Reading in Public bookstore Read more…
Fewer than two-thirds of county and municipal boards are gender-balanced By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor For more than 10 years, Iowa law has required all state, county and municipal boards and commissions to be gender-balanced. It’s the only state to Read more…