The multi-pronged aid offered by Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) is near and dear to Ric Estrada. Since March 2011, CEO has preceded Estrada’s name, but his roots are not unlike those of the 93,000 Chicagoans served by MFS, most of whom are working poor or lower-middle class. Estrada, a Mexican-American immigrant, grew up in a […]
There are many ways to define “genius,” but each October, Chicago’s MacArthur Foundation chooses around two dozen to honor. Among the diverse array of this year’s MacArthur fellows are a quantum physicist demystifying the habits of subatomic particles and a sociologist illuminating the way certain kinds of policing turn out to undermine public safety. In […]
Work travel, after-hour client events, face time with the boss. These are demands that have made parenting and full-time careers difficult to balance. But remote working has changed all that. With the novel experiences the coronavirus has brought into our lives — Zoom calls from home, work projects that can be scheduled around kids’ activities […]
Alyssa Ravasio’s formative years are marked by the outdoors. In 2013, she started coding Hipcamp, a site that offers various outdoor and camping options.
Alyssa Ravasio’s formative years are marked by the outdoors. In 2013, she started coding Hipcamp, a site that offers various outdoor and camping options.
We caught up with the e-commerce entrepreneur about her journey, favorite purchases and future plans.
We caught up with the e-commerce entrepreneur about her journey, favorite purchases and future plans.
Sallie Krawcheck is one of the preeminent women of finance, having run Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and US Trust, Citi Wealth Management and research firm Sanford C. Bernstein and Co. She’s also a straight talker with a passion for empowering women through investing. To achieve that, she co-founded Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women […]
As part of our “You Said It” Op-Ed series, we invite contributors to submit their opinion pieces. The views reflected in these pieces may not be our own. Have a submission? Contact us here. “It’s the CEO and his wife!” As the ambulance pulled up to the hospital emergency room, my husband says he could […]
Make It Better Media Group’s annual Celebrating Women on the Rise event took a different form this year — a virtual conversation between influential, national experts. Cheryl Berman, Chief Creative and CEO of unbundled Creative, and Julie Castro Abrams, CEO of How Women Lead and GP of How Women Invest, joined our own Susan Noyes, […]
