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Smothers named Inspiring Women of Iowa event chair

Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa has announced Tina Smothers will serve as event chair for the 2024 Inspiring Women of Iowa event. Smothers is a licensed real estate broker and the owner of Integrated Asset …

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Iowa Women’s Foundation to hold first Iowa Solutions Summit

The Iowa Women’s Foundation will host its first Iowa Solutions Summit focusing on one of six barriers facing Iowa women: child care. The summit will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Dec. …

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‘You can’t go through life avoiding the things that you fear’: Meet 6 fearless Iowa women

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FIN Capital invites new women investors to Nov. 6 event

FIN Capital Investor Association is holding a membership event to welcome women accredited investors to join their efforts to fund startups in Iowa. FIN Capital is a membership network of individual female angel investors in …

Iowa Women’s Foundation announced 2024 Core Grant recipients

During its 27th annual luncheon Oct. 4 in Coralville, the Iowa Women’s Foundation announced the eight recipients of the organization’s 2024 Core Grant. The $150,000 Core Grant program funds organizations across the state that address …

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Speakers to talk about societal and personal barriers to taking risks in upcoming Fearless Focus event

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After skydiving for charity, Connie Wimer offers women advice about risk-taking

On Sept. 10, Connie Wimer, founder and chairman of Business Publications Corp., the parent company of the Business Record, went skydiving to support Above + Beyond Cancer.

Over the past month, 18 Central Iowa leaders …

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Iowa Restaurant Association releases 40 ‘Women to Watch’ class

The Iowa Restaurant Association released its fifth class of 40 “Women to Watch” in Iowa’s hospitality industry.

This year’s winners range from kitchen and general managers to entrepreneurs and purveyors. They will be recognized as …

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Women Lead Change to honor 3 Iowa women who made history

Women Lead Change announced its three honorees for the 2023 Iowa Women of Achievement Award: Heather Allen, Marion Ethel Helland and Lulu Johnson.

The Women of Achievement Award recognizes the contributions of historical Iowa women …

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WLC Changemakers Fundraiser to feature Iowa women’s basketball coach

The annual Women Lead Change Changemakers Fundraiser on Sept. 27 at the Cedar Rapids Country Club will celebrate one selected changemaker and feature a conversation between Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder and Tiffany O’Donnell, …