Award Winners
2025 Forty Under 40: Justin Schultes
Justin Schultes Partner, Wealth Advisor | Carson Wealth | AGE: 37 Family: Wife, Katie; children, Paige, Quinn, Summer and Colin Residence: Cedar Rapids Hometown: Templeton Education: Bachelor of Science, mechanical engineering, Iowa State University; MBA, University of Iowa What was…
Celebrating this year’s Women of Influence
The 2023 Women of Influence are an inspiring group of community leaders who have each…
2023 Emerging Woman of Influence: Marlén Mendoza
Marlén Mendoza set out for Washington, D.C. after graduating from the University of Iowa in…
2023 Women of Influence: Kelly Wood
After serving children at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital for the past…
2023 Women of Influence: Thais Winkleblack
Thais Winkleblack glances at a sticky note displayed in the corner of her computer monitor…
2023 Women of Influence: Brianna Wills
Brianna Wills was involved in the Iowa City community before she officially moved to the…
2023 Women of Influence: Jill Wilkins
You might find something surprising about Jill Wilkins, the busy chief operating officer for the…
2023 Women of Influence: Sandy Steil
Sandy Steil’s vocation and avocation have led her down markedly different paths in recent years.…
2023 Women of Influence: Amy Schulte
Amy Schulte chooses to give back to the community where she grew up — at…
2023 Women of Influence: Kristin Roberts
It’s often said that having a dream job would consist of doing what you love…
2023 Women of Influence: June Rainbow
If you ask June Rainbow about her accomplishments, she’ll turn the conversation around. She insists…
2023 Women of Influence: Stacie Osako
Stacie Osako’s title appears familiar, but at Informatics, Inc., “CEO” stands for chief experience officer,…
2023 Women of Influence: Cristiane AbouAssaly
Cristiane AbouAssaly has always recognized the importance of connections. “I’m very relationship-driven,” Ms. AbouAssaly said…
TrueNorth builds legacy from within
“Our culture is what we call One TrueNorth,” said Jason Smith, CEO of the Cedar…
Theatre Cedar Rapids offers unique workspace
Theatre Cedar Rapids, founded nearly 100 years ago, welcomes more than 60,000 visitors a year…
Strategic Financial Solutions named 2022 ‘Coolest of the Cool’ workplace
When imagining a remarkably cool place to work, a financial advising firm might not be…