Thoughts ahead of our Fearless Focus conversation on risk-taking By Emily Kestel For our last two Fearless Focus events, we’ve talked with women leaders across the state about leadership and confidence. Those conversations serve as a perfect segue for our Read more…
By Megan Brown-Saldana, executive director, Lead(h)er Mentorship is problem-solving expertise or insight and is a medium in which, with the right influence, you can do anything. I was matched with my first formal mentor, Amber, at 28 years old through Read more…
By Emily Kestel Imagine pulling open the door to a small neighborhood bakery. The homey smell of yeast, butter, sugar and spices gently wafts through the air. You peruse the counters for freshly baked sourdough bread and pie to take Read more…
By Emily Kestel We’ve all been to business industry conferences where schedules are packed-to-the-gills with sessions on strategies, innovations and words of wisdom. The first-ever FemCity Des Moines Beyond Business Conference went, well, beyond that. The conference, which was geared Read more…
By Emily Kestel If you had told Dr. Andy McGuire in 2002 that in 20 years, the United Way of Central Iowa’s Women United program would raise more than $26 million toward early childhood education, it’s safe to say she Read more…
By Suzanna de Baca, President and CEO, Business Publications Corp. When I was starting out my post-MBA career in the male-dominated world of investment management, there were few women in the business. I got a lot of comments about my Read more…
By Sara Bishop, communications specialist, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa’s “I Am Enough” mentoring program empowers young girls in our community. “I am proud to serve as an ‘I Am Enough’ Read more…
By Emily Kestel When a group of 27 women met at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City in 1994, the Violence Against Women Act was weeks away from becoming law. Hillary Clinton was a year away from giving her Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor The ideas of how people perceive success and ambition have always piqued my interest. For a while, I equated success with making a lot of money, achieving big things and having an outsized impact on Read more…
By Sarah Bogaards, Business Record staff writer Hometown: Mount Pleasant/Clinton Education: Bachelor of Arts in psychology, Wartburg College; Juris Doctor, University of Iowa; Ph.D. in education, Drake University Family: Husband, four children Age: 52 Contact: president.keck@grandview.edu Since July, Rachelle Keck Read more…