The 26th Annual Women Thrive Conference Honors Michigan’s Women Leaders
Six Michigan women were inducted into the Michigan Business Women Hall of Fame during Thursday's Women Thrive Conference where an additional 11 women earned special recognition.
Study Shows Women Making Slow Progress Up the Corporate Ladder
It may be slow, but a 2021 report by Inforum shows that women are making progress moving up the corporate ladder and into the board rooms.
Thrive Awards Recognize the Leadership of Some of Michigan’s Amazing Women
Statistics show the pandemic has been hard on women in the workforce. The 25th annual Women Thrive Awards honored Michigan women who are overcoming the obstacles COVID-19 has presented.
Women Business Owners, Executives Finding Ways to Blend Work, Home During the Pandemic
Women have taken on the challenges of balancing work and home during the pandemic.
Miller Canfield Names Megan Norris First Woman CEO
Miller Canfield, one of the state's largest law firms, has named Megan Norris its first woman CEO.
Grand Rapids Chamber Welcomes New Government Affairs Coordinator
The Grand Rapids Chamber created a government affairs coordinator position, and promptly filled it with a Michigan State grad.
Ruby+Associates Certified By Women’s Business Enterprise National Council
Ruby+Associates recently were certified as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Great Lakes Women's Business Council.
Women Thrive Conference Honors Some of Michigan’s Leading Businesswomen
Some of Michigan's leading businesswomen will be honored at the MichBusiness Virtual Women Thrive Conference Aug. 17-21.
Michigan groups create events to honor International Women’s Day
March is Women’s History Month, so it is fitting that many groups, companies and nonprofit organizations put together events to highlight the month as well as International Women’s Day.
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Flint newscaster finds inspiration in her hometown and its youth
Mentors can change your life. They teach you how to think about your job, then your career, and, if you’re lucky, your vocation.
Equally important is learning how to...
How one businesswoman took her idea for a national holiday – and created it
You might know Detroiter and small-business advocate Jennyfer Crawford because of her highly attended All Things Detroit shopping events. But did you also know she used her marketing skills...
Strategic consultant comes home and creates space with and for her community
Within the everyday challenges of being an entrepreneur or a startup company, it can be difficult to gain perspective for a long-term strategy and development. That is where a...
Repeat entrepreneur opens IV infusion clinic to support people’s health, wellness
Rose Ann Wade knows that the third time is truly the charm when it comes to careers – and she’s having a great time in the process.
This serial entrepreneur...
Female leaders in athletics, business to speak at Inforum West Michigan’s Capstone event
Fields such as professional sports, manufacturing and business can have a perception that they’re “just for the boys,” and that women may find more obstacles than opportunities within these...
Forbes Under 30 Summit hits Detroit with panels, keynotes and Gen Z-focused wisdom
By some estimates, more than 8,000 people who consider themselves Millennials or Generation Z crowded into Detroit’s Masonic Temple for a four-day festival of entrepreneurial talks, health and wellness...
Five decades later, records clerk calls it a career
She took the job because it was better than the one she had. Fifty years later, Jan DeYoung retired from the law firm where she worked.
Creating harmony: Dwyer ready to connect as first woman to lead Clark Hill’s Detroit...
Earlier this year a member
of Clark Hill’s labor and employment law practice became the member-in-charge
of the firm’s Detroit office. As the first woman to take on this highly visible and important role in the Detroit office, Maria Fracassa Dwyer is committed not only to her law firm, but giving back to the greater community it serves.
Talk series focuses on how creative business owners can help parents, caregivers
Carmen Dahlberg of Belle Detroit makes a point as an employer to hire moms – because if you can handle a toddler temper tantrum while writing a white paper...
Women’s economic development groups show impact of $1.8 trillion in sales and receipts
Michigan’s two business centers for women-owned businesses (or those thinking about it) are both celebrating big anniversaries this year and the accomplishments of women entrepreneurs who have collectively contributed...
Retired Naval Admiral speaks on blazing a trail at Inforum annual meeting
Pioneering women provided the framework for the keynote remarks delivered at Inforum’s 57th annual meeting by Michelle Howard, U.S. Navy Admiral retired. Howard, the first woman to become a...
