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In 2011, Kim Strassner made cutting boards with words carved into the wood for Christmas gifts for family and friends. This year, her product was named to Oprah’s Favorite Things. Strassner, who co-owns Words with Boards with her husband, Mike ...

In each issue of Path to Excellence, we’ll ask a successful woman, “What’s in your purse?” This month, Tammy S.J. Schneider, principal and director of the women in business practice at Glass Jacobson, offered The Daily Record and Path to ...

Just a few short weeks into her new position at UBS — a big promotion for the 28-year-old — Elizabeth Sieghardt called her long-time mentor Ellen Pierce for a chat. They talked about the new job, how the transition was ...

Kara Brook took a leap of faith, selling a successful technology firm to focus more on her true passion: art. In less than three years, Brook has taken her passion and turned it into a profitable business — Waxing Kara ...

PBS released its latest in its "list" series, this time revealing The Women's List.

About six years ago Amy Heinrich’s good friend and co-worker died of breast cancer. A week later Susan G. Komen Maryland reached out and asked if Heinrich, a partner at Goodell DeVries, would join its board. “I had participated before, ...

Fortune has released its list of the most powerful women in business.

"Does gender hold you back? I don’t know – it’s a double-sided coin. I’ve felt many minor injustices, yet I don’t think I can genuinely say I have been held back, as a woman or hit the glass ceiling. Enjoy the ride, not the destination!"

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced Wednesday via her Tumblr page that she and her husband are expecting twin girls due in December. Just as she did during her first pregnancy several years ago, Mayer said she would be working throughout and taking limited time off after her delivery.

Growing up in Iran and later in France, Mona Ameli viewed the United States as the “land of marketing opportunities.” Now president of Medifast’s direct-selling division, Ameli is the only corporate senior-positioned Iranian-American woman in the direct-selling industry. Ameli, who ...