By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“Advise and evangelize, that’s what interests me,” said Niamh Bushnell, North American Senior Vice President at MoneyMate, a provider of investment data management solutions to global asset managers. Bushnell, who’s worked throughout Europe and now in the US and was recently named one of the 50 Most Influential Irish-American [...]

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By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago)
It is Wednesday morning when I sit down to interview Molly McGregor, the Director of Corporate Affairs at the International Securities Exchange. McGregor is getting ready to attend a conference in Rhode Island as the representative of ISE’s Political Action Committee (ISE PAC) the upcoming weekend.
“That’s one thing that has changed,” [...]

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By Gigi DeVault (Munich)
When the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley opened in 1991, it marked the first time that five United States presidents had gathered in one place. This prestigious gathering of ribbon-cutters—Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush Sr. and their respective First Ladies—at the largest Presidential library in the nation, could be [...]

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By Andrea Newell (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
At age 14, Laura Herman spent the summer on the north coast of Spain with a host family. It was her first taste of independence, immersion into another culture and glimpse of a society affected by political unrest. Once back in the quiet Boston suburb where she grew up, she [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“My job at Google is to represent the customer,” explained Claire Hughes Johnson, Vice President, Global Online Sales at Google. And Johnson is enthusiastic about the ability for technology to improve business for her customers. “In terms of impact that grows a business, tech has the ability a lot [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“I’m very committed to making corporations be successful with the integration and promotion of women in leadership,” said Liz Cornish, an author, leadership expert, and the first women in the world to kayak the Zambezi River in Africa.
Describing her kayaking adventure, she said, “I talked my way across the [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“The importance of building a network is critical. From what I’ve seen in my life, women are good at their jobs and perhaps building networks in our own companies. But we don’t often have our own external network.” said Christine Breck, Principal, Source Trading.
A founding member and current president [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
In the 1960’s, Detroit, MI was an interesting place to live. It was during this time that Motown Records emerged, forever tying the city to the soulful sounds of Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Smoky Robinson – just to name a few. There was also the burgeoning [...]

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By Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
“People chase money or what sounds like a good job. They should be focusing on what their genius is,” said Melody Rollins, an executive vice president and client services account manager in PIMCO’s New York office.
Rollins, a native Northern Californian, went to Georgetown University with the intention to enter the [...]

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By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago)
Ann Zeiler takes the long view in her position as a saleswoman for Global Fund Services at the 120-year-old bank, Northern Trust Corp. “I am the cheerleader of the group, the perpetual optimist,” said Zeiler. “If someone keeps saying no, it is hard to get a group of people to energize [...]

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