If there’s anything that I’ve learned in interacting with, reading about and listening to women in leadership positions over the last few years, it’s that the path to getting where they are now was not a straight line. Occasionally, I’ll Read more…
If you tuned in to our Fearless launch, you heard me say that women’s issues are everyone’s issues and we’ll be covering them as such. With this month’s focus on leadership, it’s imperative that we discuss what men can do Read more…
The Nov. 13 edition of the Business Record was produced entirely by women and contains 12 stories about 12 fearless women. To see the full issue, click here.
By Abigail Pelzer | Publisher, Marshalltown Times-Republican This time I made it home before the storm hit. Living with two years of motherly guilt for being at work and not by my son’s side during an EF-3 tornado, I was Read more…
Thirty percent. That’s roughly the proportion of executive-level leadership positions in Iowa that are held by women. This statistic is perhaps important not because it’s new, but because it’s NOT new. So why are we bringing it up now? One of Read more…
Elle Wyant is an account executive at United Parcel Service and is the chair of the LGBTQ Business Resource Group at UPS. She is also on the One Iowa board of directors. The biggest turning point in her life was Read more…
Amber Collins is the owner of the Healing Source and the Soul Book Nook, both bookstores that opened this summer. The Soul Book Nook is the first Black-owned bookstore registered in the state of Iowa. Before opening her bookstores, Collins Read more…
Karen Mackey has been the executive director of the Sioux City Human Rights Commission for 16 years. She is one of the co-founders of the Siouxland Pride Alliance, which is a grassroots LGBTQ organization that connects the community through resources, Read more…
Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease physician and public health researcher based in Fort Dodge and is on the faculty at the University of North Carolina. Her research is focused on health inequities that are affecting rural areas both domestically Read more…
Vanessa McNeal is a storyteller, writer and filmmaker. She is the founder and executive director of Story Maven Media, a nonprofit digital media platform that elevates social issues through documentary filmmaking. McNeal is a survivor of sexual assault and uses Read more…