How one Minnesota banking exec views industry changes and opportunities for women By Hannah Mitchell When Angela O’Neill first entered the financial services industry in the 1990s, few women filled top roles, especially within commercial finance. However, through her perseverance, Angela has advanced to be a commercial and corporate banking leader and a champion for women and other underrepresented groups…
Hitting the Books: AI could help shrink America’s gender wage gap By Andrew Tarantola Women have faced gender-based discrimination in the workforce throughout history, denied employment in all but a handful of subservient roles, regularly ignored for promotions and pay raises — and rarely ever compensated at the same rates as their male peers. This long and storied socioeconomic tradition…
Issa Rae’s Best Career Advice: Don’t Be Afraid of Being Labeled a ‘Difficult’ Person to Work With By Morgan Smith Issa Rae has built the kind of entertainment career people dream of: co-creating, co-writing and starring in a hit HBO series; landing a multi-million dollar film and TV deal; and building her own media company. But the 37-year-old actor, writer…
Women in law – Table of Experts By Albany Business Review Editors The Albany Business Review held a panel discussion recently on the topic of women in law. Panelists included Shalini Natesan, principal partner, The Towne Law Firm, P.C.; Christina Watson Meier, founder, Meier Law Firm, PLLC; and Jami Durante Rogowski, partner, Block, Longo, LaMarca & Brzezinski, P.C. The discussion…
‘I think there is momentum’: Wisconsin women-owned businesses in spotlight Joey Reader doesn’t stand still very long. She’s busy making sure all the details are just right at the event she’s spent the last 10 to 12 months planning. “It’s busy. It’s very fast-paced. It will be over before I know it, but it’s exciting,” Reader said during one of…
Overcoming obstacles to advance neurology research, mentor next generation of female scientists By Shoshanna Fischoff More women than ever are entering the field of neurology as clinicians and scientists. Still, research shows that men continue to outnumber women at top-ranked academic neurology programs – and this disparity increases with advancing rank. Against the odds, a number of women have become…
3 Questions for Coursera’s Alexandra Urban By Joshua Kim When I learned that Dr. Alexandra Urban recently completed her EdD (Doctor of Education) while working full-time at Coursera, I had to hear more. Alexandra graciously answered my questions about her graduate research, her work at Coursera, and her advice for others hoping to follow a similar career path. Q1: Tell…
3 Mega Successful Women On How They Got Esports Jobs By Patricia Karounos It’s a refrain many gamers have likely heard once or twice after a few too many hours spent in front of a screen: “It’s not like you can make a career out of playing video games.” There may have been a time when this was true, but…
3 Habits The Wealthiest People Practice Daily That Most Others Don’t By Jari Roomer I used to be broke. Dead broke. A bad gambling addiction separated me from my life savings (over $15,000) within 12 months. That’s when I decided to study how money works. I read every personal finance and investing book I could get my hands on. Fast-forward…
Grandma’s advice may be holding your career back By Letisha Bereola Generational habits show up at work, too—and they may keep you from making the necessary connections to get ahead in your career. Growing up, I heard the term “break generational curses” a lot; always in reference to poverty or fatherless children, and I was the one being called to…
