Tag: Women of Influence
Brooke Fitzgerald
Owner and Top Chickadee
The Early Bird Coffee Shop
Brooke Fitzgerald’s chipper personality exemplifies the expression, “The early bird gets the worm.”
Ms. Fitzgerald is most recognized...
Mary Ferentz
Volunteer and Philanthropist
Mary Ferentz is not a person prone to tooting her own horn, describing herself simply as a homemaker, volunteer and philanthropist. But...
Kim Downs
City Administrator
City of Hiawatha
After a late career start, Hiawatha City Administrator Kim Downs has proven to be just the kind of staff leader the...
Photos: 2018 Women of Influence Honoree Reception
Past and present Women of Influence gathered March 29 at Dwell Home Furnishings and Interior Design for an exclusive networking reception. Around 40 former honorees, including one member of...
Lura McBride named 2017’s Most Influential
Lura McBride poses for a photo inside Van Meter's wire center in southwest
Cedar Rapids on a recent morning. PHOTO SHUVA RAHIM
By Christine Hawes
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Lura McBride,...
Meet 2017’s Women of Influence
The 2017 class of Women of Influence, shown before the April 20 awards ceremony at the Coralville Marriott. PHOTO MIRANDA MEYER
By Angela Holmes
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Now in...
LaSheila Yates
Executive Director, Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Chief Diversity Officer, City of Cedar Rapids
A chronic illness that intensified a few years ago has caused LaSheila...
Jennifer Welton
Jennifer Welton
Vice President of Treasury Management, Bankers Trust
The term “go-getter” hardly encompasses Jennifer Welton’s relentless drive to strengthen the Corridor community.
Her volunteer credentials run...
Cathy Terukina
Executive Vice President
Folience
If there’s a theme that runs through Cathy Terukina’s life, it could very well be ‘alignment.’
Now the executive vice president of Folience,...