Edge, a full-service commercial real estate firm with offices in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, has announced the hiring of Cristine Kleine as senior director with the Capital Markets Group. Kleine brings more than 15 years of investment sales, leasing, finance, and settlements experience to this new position and previously functioned as ...

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70. A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital after a long fight with a blood disorder. Her children, Lincoln Tyler George ...

Women without kids have earned more than employed mothers for decades or longer. But differences between these two kinds of workers, in terms of the education under their belts and the job experience on their resumes, are diminishing. This manifestation of inequality is becoming a bigger problem, since the number of families relying on the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Trump administration has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by three Democratic state attorneys general seeking to force the U.S. archivist to recognize Virginia’s vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and adopt it in the U.S. Constitution. Virginia became the 38th and final state needed to make ...

Women Who Lead would like to ask a few short questions about your working from home experience and what types of technology you are using. Overall responses may be shared in the June issue of Women Who Lead. (Responses will be anonymous.)

“I spend any and all available time with a camera in my hand.” Jennifer Rotner, founder and CEO of Elite Editing and Elite Authors, lights up when she talks about her creative passion: photography. Besides being named a Most-Admired CEO by The Daily Record in 2018, as well as fulfilling her role as a sought-after ...

Taking care of oneself can be hard even in the best of times. When the world is in the midst of a global pandemic it can be even more important. But it’s also harder to make sure you are taking care of yourself physically, mentally and emotionally. Women Who Lead spoke with several leading women ...

As part of the 25th Anniversary of Top 100 Women, The Daily Record is supporting the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. Cheree Johnson Deputy General Counsel with McCormick and Company Inc. American Heart Association As a corporate lawyer for McCormick and Company Inc., I live and die by my calendar. I am ...

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Leadership during a time of crisis is critical. But it’s also something that is hard to prepare for. No one could have predicted the coronavirus that has become a global pandemic and forced businesses to adjust how they operate. Social distancing, limits on the number of people who could gather together, along with other government ...

Occasionally, we ask one of our Top 100 Women or Leading Women winners to name five women who have influenced her, personally and professionally. Do you know a Top 100 Woman or Leading Woman who should be featured here? Email Special Publications Editor Patrick Brannan at PBrannan@TheDailyRecord.com. I have been blessed to have a large ...

Maryland Public Television (MPT) announced Vera Turner has been named managing director, membership, in the statewide public television network’s development division. In this role, Turner is responsible for growing MPT’s membership base, creating a mid-level giving program, and overseeing the network’s sustaining membership and vehicle donation programs. In her most recent role, Turner was project ...

Claudia Towles, owner of aMuse Toys in Fells Point, has never sold so many puzzles in such a short amount of time. Piecing pictures back together has become a sought-after way to pass the time as residents continue to stay at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Puzzle companies are actually overwhelmed with demand,” Towles ...

Gail Rand first got involved in the cannabis industry through advocacy. Her son was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was about 1 year old. A friend’s son in Colorado had the same type of epilepsy but went seizure-free after starting medical cannabis. Rand thought the treatment could work for her son, so she lobbied state ...

The federal government intentionally discriminated against minority- and woman-owned businesses in its recent distribution of nearly $350 billion in loans to save small companies desperate to survive amid the United States’ pandemic-induced economic freefall, struggling Maryland businesses allege in a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. The Maryland businesses claim that the ...

Linked to the rising call for gender equity worldwide, women’s sports were enjoying unprecedented attention and support before the coronavirus pandemic. The World Cup in France put a spotlight on women’s soccer, culminating with the United States lifting the trophy to chants of “Equal Pay!” — a nod to the team’s gender discrimination lawsuit against ...

The Daily Record is pleased to announce the group of women who make up the Women Who Lead Initiative class of 2020. The initiative was announced at Leading Women in December and was open to past Leading Women winners. The group will participate in a yearlong program with access to our Circle of Excellence and Icon women ...

LOS ANGELES — If your housebound family needs a new diversion, follow Kate Biberdorf’s example and try a hands-on approach to something besides a video game controller. Biberdorf, who’s proudly adopted the snappy nickname Kate the Chemist, wants kids to have messy fun with science experiments. The University of Texas at Austin chemistry professor is ...