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On The Rise: 2-15-16

  April Knudsen Hired as vice president of Prelude Behavioral Services. Des Moines   Kim Thyne Hired as purchasing manager at Henkel Construction Co. Mason City   Molly Bochanyin Elected as the co-president for the Iowa…
By BPC Staff | Feb 15, 2016
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SPEAK UP: How millennial women can build trust at work

  While millennials now make up the largest share of the U.S. workforce, more than 60 percent of millennial women experience declines in aspiration and confidence after joining it. Not because they choose to, but…
By BPC Staff | Feb 15, 2016
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Partnership’s Bochanyin elected co-president of design association

Molly Bochanyin, websites and analytics manager for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has been elected co-president for the Iowa chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design. Bochanyin is serving a two-year term that runs…
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2016
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A Closer Look: Antoinette Stevens

Antoinette Stevens isn’t your average Des Moines computer professional. She’s a somewhat insecure yet driven 22-year-old Georgian who moved to Des Moines to take a job with Principal Financial Group Inc., founded Black Urban Professionals …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Feb 12, 2016
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Lidgett featured in Better Homes and Gardens video series

Square One DSM client Liz Lidgett is featured in a new video series by Better Homes and Gardens entitled, “The Art Hunter.” Lidgett helps clients discover creative solutions for displaying art in their homes. “Liz…
By BPC Staff | Feb 10, 2016
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Manus named an influential woman in payments

PaymentsSource magazine has featured a profile of Shazia Manus, CEO of The Members Group, in its 2016 Most Influential Women in Payments issue this week. She was selected by the editors of PaymentsSource, which covers the global payments …
By BPC Staff | Feb 9, 2016
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Central Iowa Shelter & Services names new CEO

Central Iowa Shelter and Services, the state’s largest homeless shelter, has hired Melissa O’Neil as its new CEO. O’Neil starts her new job today. O’Neil has a strong nonprofit background and most recently worked at …
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2016
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Guest Opinion: What I learned through unemployment

BY TERRI MORK SPEIRS | Director of marketing and communications, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center

On my desk sits a blooming cactus, photos of my teenagers, and a mashup of papers, folders and projects in…
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2016
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Women-owned firms struggle with lack of access to capital

Silicon Beat: When it comes to women-owned businesses, it looks at first glance that women have made a lot of progress: 36 percent of all businesses in the U.S. are owned by women. But dig…
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2016
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Businesses owned by women less likely to win U.S. contracts, study shows

The New York Times: The odds of businesses owned by women winning a federal contract are about 21 percent lower than for otherwise similar companies, and years of efforts to increase those chances have barely…
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2016