Women of Influence

When Dr. Teri Wahlig thinks about her first interest in medicine, she remembers her mother cleaning up a neighborhood kid’s scraped knee at their home in West Des Moines. 

Since then, Wahlig has cared for …

For Mandi McReynolds, shifting from higher education to the corporate climate of a Fortune 250  company was a key pivot in her career that has enabled her to benefit people across the globe.  

Three …

Lana Jones-Gould loves setting — and reaching — a goal.

Her journey includes hundreds of goals that have led to her being one of the go-to people to organize and rally volunteers, and for board …

By the time Deniz Franke had graduated from high school in her hometown of Istanbul, Turkey, she was already designing and producing her own fashion line. 

“I was only 18 years old, so I was …

Want to know the Mary Coffin story? Start with the details.

One of the first things she will tell you is that she is a detail person. If you think details are boring, think again. …

It would be tempting to say Carole Chambers is motivated by not sitting still. When she’s not having coffee with a mentee who needs advice, she’s attending a 50-member morning leadership group for women, a …

Linda Carter-Lewis worked in human resources, mostly at CDS Global, which connected her with many.

“I’ve had the opportunity to touch so many lives,” she says. “People surprisingly ask my opinion all the time. I …

Kim Bakey leads the largest real estate firm in Iowa, but she is just as comfortable watching a girl’s softball game from hard bleachers as she is working in a corporate office.

Two years ago, …