Posts in Inspirational Role Models
WISE Move: Investors in Social Responsibility Partner For Take The Lead Day

Paid family leave, gender parity in corporate leadership, equal pay, diversity of employees and socially responsible investments are all commitments Emily DeMasi seeks to make in her work as a portfolio manager at the $550 million Zevin Asset Management firm.

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Refugee to Winner to COO: Inspiring Young Tech Female Entrepreneurs

“I was born in the middle of nowhere.”

That is how Sophia Mahfooz, the 25-year-old chief operating officer of Girls In Tech, describes the start of her life. Since 1992, she has masterfully moved from her beginnings in Afghanistan near Peshawar, Pakistan to a global position for a non-profit based in Silicon Valley where she can change the lives of young women around the world.

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Seven Sisters Tap Into International Wine Market With Leadership Brand

South Africa is the world’s seventh largest producer of wine. The wine industry accounts for 4.6 percent of the Western Cape’s GDP and is the nation’s biggest permanent employer in agriculture. However, the industry is almost exclusively filled with wine companianes owned and operated by white men.

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