Opinion

By Elena Hildebrandt | Student, Drake University 

I am gripped by equal parts of anticipation and paralyzing fear. As one of more than 2 million students expected to earn their first degree in less than two …

By Kate Banasiak | Past president, Lead Like a Lady 

Boards are putting more and more of a focus on how they can better diversify themselves, which often involves engaging more women, but starting this process without …

By Joey Beech | Executive director, Ankeny Economic Development Corporation

There is a different kind of crop that needs tending this spring. It is the crop of talented young women who will walk across the auditorium stage at …

By Christina Moffatt | Director of Small Business Development, Greater Des Moines Partnership

Starting a business is never easy, but it’s nearly impossible to do it alone. After starting Crème Cupcake + Dessert in 2010, I …

By Nora Crosthwaite | Realtor, RE/MAX Concepts

I’ve been taught to say yes to opportunities. Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, I watched my mother attempt to balance her family life and her career at IBM. …

By Kate Juelfs | Director of service, Foster Group

As a lifelong learner, I’m always interested in picking up new information to see where I can fit it into my life. It seems like everyone I know …

By Rebecca Cole | Student

If someone had told me that at 18 years old, I would attend a summit to represent girls in STEM — or that I would write this article — I would have …