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by Sima Matthes (New York City) Kudos to Madelyn Lankton of Travelers Insurance (#93 on Fortune 500), who recently received the Women In Insurance Leadership Award from Insurance Networking News (INN). Ms. Lankton is the senior VP of Travelers Claim Shared Services. She was recognized for making a “significant impact” on her business according to […]
by Paige Churchman (New York City) “Making a change, making the world a better place, it’s not only your responsibility, it is your choice. It is your blessing. It is your gift. It’s your opportunity to make your life mean something. So take it,” says Ghana-born musician and activist, Derrick Ashong. Yes, you say, but […]
by Paige Churchman (New York City) The first time I asked for a raise, I got it. That was way back in the 1970s. I was a secretary in an ad agency. I faced off against my boss’s boss, asking for a lot more than the $150 a week I was making. “Our secretaries don’t […]
Contributed by Jacqueline Church The Glass Hammer article “Why Working Mothers Lie” and the comments that followed it illustrate what can go wrong when work and family issues are mishandled at the workplace. The problem is not bias against working mothers, though it exists. It’s not preferential treatment for working parents, though this too […]
Contributed by Heather Cassell Nora Denzel is very happy with her new seat on the board of directors of Overland Storage, a San Diego-based data storage company, she says. Denzel, Senior Vice President of payroll services at Intuit, Inc., found her board seat with the assistance of BoardMatch, a program run by Forum for Women […]
To continue our Voice of Experience series with another up and coming young woman in finance, The Glass Hammer interviewed Jennifer Ralph Oppold, a research analyst at a long/short hedge fund with about $6.5 billion under management that invests in small and mid-cap companies. Educational Background and Early Work Experience Jen graduated from Princeton in […]
During the summer of 2005, I traveled around Vietnam with my friend Mary. We started off in Old Saigon and worked our way along the coast, via beach resorts, to the northern city of Hanoi. We had plans to travel from Hanoi to Sapa, a small village on the border between Vietnam and China. Our […]
For our Voices of Experience series, The Glass Hammer interviewed Linda Descano and asked her about her experience in financial services and her advice for young women in finance. Linda Descano, CFA, is President and Chief Operating Officer of Women & Co., a division of Citi that provides women with educational resources for navigating life […]
The best work shoe is a topic often discussed with reverence among circles of professional women. All of my friends are on an almost messianic quest to find the work shoe that is comfortable yet stylish, affordable yet durable. Though these choices are hotly contested, the following are the top three contenders for Best Work […]
The Intrepid Woman Explorer series is designed to bring our readers a close-up and personal view of some activities and elements of business culture that have been historically male-dominated. So I thought, what better way to kick off the series than a review of my recent dining experience at Peter Luger’s, the legendary Brooklyn steakhouse […]