As told to Emily Kestel and Jami Milne. Portrait by Jami Milne. What characteristics do you admire in other women? I love when women lift each other up. We are told so often to tear each other down or this is a competition but nothing makes me feel more excited Read more…
As told to Emily Kestel and Jami Milne. Portrait by Jami Milne. What inspires you in life? Injustices inspire me. When I’m able to see a path where I can help remove barriers and help be part of the change to get rid of those injustices, that makes me very Read more…
As told to Emily Kestel and Jami Milne. Portrait by Jami Milne. What strengths do women bring to the table? Intuition. They have the ability to think pretty complex about ideas and projects and consider a lot of angles and people that are in the mix. When you have a Read more…
By Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO, Business Publications Corp. “That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And Read more…
By Emily Kestel It’s estimated that more than 80% of women and 40% of men have been sexually harassed in their lifetimes. But until five years ago, sexual harassment and assault weren’t talked about widely in the public sphere. In October 2017, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted, “If you’ve been sexually Read more…
Highlights from the Oct. 6 Fearless Focus conversation on risk-taking By Emily Kestel Any business owner, CEO – or really anyone who is in an elevated or visible position within a community – will admit that getting to where they are now required a few risks. Saying yes to a Read more…
By Emily Barske, Business Record editor The #MeToo movement is often associated with the downfall of powerful men who for too long abused their authority and influence to harass or assault others, often women. But the movement also gave rise to more thoughtful rhetoric on the flip side: how men Read more…
By Emily Kestel Right now, only 24 companies in the Fortune 500 are led by women. When you break it down by race, just four of those female CEOs are women of color. Women as a group make 83 cents for every dollar a white man makes. Asian American/Pacific Islander Read more…
By Emily Kestel In 2013, Kirsten Anderson was fired from her job as a communications director of the Iowa Senate Republican caucus seven hours after formally complaining about repeated harassment and retaliatory behavior by colleagues at the Capitol. She then sued the state of Iowa and Iowa Senate Republicans for Read more…
By Emily Kestel In 2009, journalist Laura Ling and a colleague were violently apprehended by North Korean soldiers along the Chinese border while working on a documentary about North Korean defectors. They were charged with trespassing and “hostile acts” and were imprisoned for 140 days under Kim Jong Il’s communist Read more…