One week after she opened Core Cycle Studios in Timonium, Heather Chilcot took a break from phone calls, planning sessions and studio tours to survey the scene around her. “You never really think you’re going to do something like ...
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Sometimes numbers tell as good a story as words do. Michele Lippincott, first vice president of wealth management at UBS in Baltimore, can rattle off a few of those revealing digits. “Only 50 percent of the world’s women are gainfully ...
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At just over 10 years old, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture is still a “baby” in a world of Smithsonians, the Met and other collections, said Helen Yuen, the museum’s marketing director. That’s ...
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Phoebe Stein, Executive Director Maryland Humanities Dear dreamy-eyed readers who lose themselves in a book: Take note of Phoebe Stein’s career. “I was a big reader as a kid. I loved books and escaping into books,” the executive director of ...
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Heidi L. Klotzman, Founder & CEO, HeidnSeek Entertainment LLC 2016 Leading Woman Recipient MOM: Helene Klotzman-Miller My mom, Helene Klotzman-Miller is the consistency and core of my life. She is always there for me. From bringing me to life, to nurturing me ...
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Read More »Scholarship winner committed to improving global health
Ashley U. Ezema Johns Hopkins University It was during a trip to Nigeria in 2007 that Ashley U. Ezema, a senior at Johns Hopkins University, first decided that she wanted to be a doctor. Ezema’s parents were born and ...
Read More »Nation’s 911 centers increasingly at risk of cyberattacks
As the nation’s 911 call centers move into a next generation of technology that will allow them to respond to texts or even pictures from cellphone users who need emergency services, security experts said this important first line of ...
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Read More »Five Women Who Changed My Life | Debra Hettleman
Debra Hettleman Executive Director Building Steps My mother Elayne Hettleman and our sisters My mom continues to be an unwavering guide in both my professional and personal life. She was a small business entrepreneur, political consultant and nonprofit executive. ...
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Name: Jamie Shopland Title: IT Project Manager/Political Volunteer Organization: Data Management Services, Inc., a contractor for the National Cancer Institute at Frederick Family Details: Seeking a labradoodle to love Favorite Book: “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” by Nicholas ...
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Dr. Sonja Santelises recalled practicing for a high school debate with her father and that the particularly challenging argument she was trying to build wasn’t working. Overwhelmed, Santelises teared up a bit. How her father responded has stuck the Baltimore ...
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