Women of Influence

Ann Campbell is testament to the fact that things don’t always turn out the way you plan.

Campbell has been mayor of Ames since 2006. At the end of her current term in 2017, she …

Elisabeth Buck will tell you she is nothing without the people around her.

Whether it’s reaching a goal with co-workers or serving fellow Iowans, Buck said she finds the most success and satisfaction in seeing …

Pat Boddy’s world is as big as the great outdoors and as small as a Scrabble board, but her challenge at the moment is plucking a harp around a campfire.

It could be argued that …

Early on, Susan Beck thought she would become a dentist like her father. 

“I was going to follow in his footsteps,” recalled the Des Moines native, who had already been accepted to dental school when …

Diane Bridgewater is a Des Moines executive who has pursued jobs that added substance to her life.
“I always wanted to work for something that had some kind of meaning,” said Bridgewater, executive vice president …

Margaret Borgen gets satisfaction in helping people excel, which has led to a lifelong passion for improving education. 

The soft-spoken North Dakota native has had numerous roles in education in her life, including teacher, administrator …

When Alba Perez was leaving Honduras for the United States as a young adult, she got some advice from her mother.

“She said, ‘Whatever you do – whether you are in …