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Espnola Cartmill earns national industry 40 Under 40 award

Espnola “Nola” Cartmill has been named a member of the National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40. Cartmill is a litigation attorney at Belin McCormick P.C. in Des Moines. The National Black Lawyers is an…
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Success and waiting tables

BY ANDREA HANSEN | Director of development, UnityPoint Health Foundation; co-founder, VenueFox
Editor’s Note: This is part one in a six-part series about the lessons Andrea Hansen learned as a server at Okoboji Grill, where staff…
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2016
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UpCraft Club challenges perceptions with success

This year is shaping up to be a good one for Elizabeth Caven.


Caven, founder of UpCraft Club, an Iowa-based modern sewing association and curated pattern shop for people who use digital sewing patterns, recently…
By MEGAN VERHELST | Feb 8, 2016
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Event Feb. 8 : ISU holds seminars for women

Iowa State University will hold a series of seminars for women interested in marketing grain. The sessions will be Feb. 8, 15, 22, and 29 at Marshalltown Community College. Each session runs 6 to 9:30 …
By BPC Staff | Feb 5, 2016
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A Closer Look: Jill Zwagerman

Maybe Jill Zwagerman just likes to hear herself talk. The civil rights attorney says that is the case with a lot of trial lawyers. Still, you can argue that jurors apparently enjoy the experience too. …
By KENT DARR | Feb 5, 2016
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Newsmaker Q&A

Let’s just say Mary Skopec is used to paddling upstream, at least on the job. She is one of those public servants who are doing crucial work on an important and controversial topic — in …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Feb 5, 2016
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On The Rise: 2-1-16

  Julie McQuaid Installed as 2016 president of the Greater Mason City Board of Realtors and Multiple Listing Service. Mason City   Emily Schwickerath Promoted to assistant vice president at Community Bank of Oelwein. Oelwein  …
By BPC Staff | Feb 1, 2016
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Five takeaways for women from the World Economic Forum

Internationally influential leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, two weeks ago for the World Economic Forum. BizWomen.com compiled five takeaways from the event, which addressed topics like gender disparity and the growing impact of technology.Read the…
By BPC Staff | Feb 1, 2016
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SPEAK UP: Giving up accountability

Rowena Crosbie, president of Tero International Inc., writes about the importance of a leader building a culture of accountability within her organization. To not be accountable, she writes, causes us to miss a lot of…
By BPC Staff | Feb 1, 2016
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Even in the millennial hiring sector, women are falling behind

BizWomen.com: As corporations wring their hands over how to hire and retain millennials, a new survey reveals some of the factors that lead members of this valuable age group to flee a company. Millennial men…
By BPC Staff | Feb 1, 2016