Girl Power

Heels in the Courtroom, a new legal podcast hosted by the female trial attorneys at The Simon Law Firm in St. Louis, is gaining nationwide attention. Created to build a vibrant legal community with a female voice, this fresh and insightful podcast offers mentorship, connection and practical skills on how to successfully navigate a professional career and enjoy a rich, fulfilling life. "Our audience is anyone who encounters the struggle […]

Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak is awaiting the government's careful response to the Calls for Justice as laid out in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' Final Report as well as LFMO's Calls for Miskotahâ, or Calls for Change. This week, the federal government announced that it would be delaying the release of its National Action Plan because of the setbacks brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Dr. Mary M. Gillam, a former federal government senior executive, retired Air Force Colonel, entrepreneur, and the host of the local television show, Leadership Table Talk has won three 2020 Telly Awards. Celebrating its 41st anniversary, the Telly awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. With over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents, entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an […]

Lynne Smith, senior vice president of Global Human Resources for staffing firm Robert Half, has been named one of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business 2020 by the San Francisco Business Times. The award recognizes female leaders who share a passion for their work and have made a significant impact in their industry and community. Since joining Robert Half in 1997, Smith has held a variety of human […]

Luxury lash brand Lashify is taking a bold stand against foreign knockoffs. The company's Chinese entity, Lashify Shanghai, filed a lawsuit in Qingdao, China, against Qingdao Hollyren Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (Hollyren), a manufacturer of eyelash products, to protect Lashify's intellectual property and to stop Hollyren's unauthorized reproductions of Lashify's award-winning DIY lash extension products including its proprietary application wand. The lawsuit marks the first time that an American beauty company […]

The CEO of Amesite, Inc., an artificial intelligence software company providing fully managed, customized, online learning ecosystems for education and business, Dr. Ann Marie Sastry appeared as a guest today on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria" to discuss the future of distance learning. The segment focused on the future of online education and its new, permanent role in learning markets. Dr. Sastry described the core needs of accessibility of educational […]

We may be living in the midst of a global pandemic, but acclaimed fitness expert and yoga instructor Desi Bartlett – whose celebrity clientele has included Kate Hudson, Alicia Silverstone and Shailene Woodley – is determined to help families around the world keep calm and carry on during COVID-19 with the launch of her YouTube Channel, youtube.com/desibartlett. "The channel is a reflection of work/ home balance," she says. "You will […]

New American Funding President and Co-Founder, Patty Arvielo, has won two Stevie Awards, including Gold for Woman of the Year - Consumer Services and Silver for her Achievement in Management – Financial Services. Arvielo's numerous accomplishments since the beginning of 2019, which judges called "incredible and astounding" and "women empowerment at its best" include: Led massive expansion that increased workforce to about 3,300 and opened 63 new retail locations with […]