By Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO, Business Publications Corp. I recently attended a reunion of my MBA class in October, so it seemed like a synergistic and wonderful coincidence that in the following weeks, two young women separately reached out to me for letters of recommendation to local MBA 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’ champion alongside 30 phenomenal women. These women are outstanding community Read more…
Count the Kicks app, started in Iowa, hopes to decrease preventable stillbirths throughout the US By Emily Barske, Business Record editor For Emily Price, the work of Count the Kicks is personal. It saved her son’s life. In 2010, she noticed Hayden’s movement was starting to change when she was Read more…
By Joey Beech Does your gut tighten when the market report comes up? Do you quickly scroll past or turn the channel when the red stock charts appear? There are a lot of upsetting things happening in the world. It is tempting to unplug from the endless information stream, but Read more…
By Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor Thank you to everyone who took our annual women and gender issues survey! We had just under 200 people provide feedback specifically on the Fearless initiative and newsletter. In the spirit of transparency, I want to give a brief overview of the feedback we received Read more…
By Emily Barske, Business Record Editor I have a vivid memory that has shaped how I view the world – and what I want the world to become. The memory is one of many that have made me want more educators, more bosses and more leaders to empower young women. Read more…
By Kristy Harrison, Compass Clinical Associates Early in the pandemic, I heard an expression that we are all in the same storm but not in the same boat. For me, this has meant that we all have been affected, yet our experiences are unique. Each one of us is facing 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.
Joli Vollers is a retired Department of Natural Resources conservation officer, where she worked for 30 years. At the time of her retirement, Vollers was one of only a handful of women — out of 90 conservation officers — who held the position. For much of her career, she led Read more…