Custom Publication
Women Making a Mark: Nancy Mansfield
Nancy Mansfield went to college in the early 1970s, when the second wave of feminism was in full swing. She saw Gloria Steinem speak and remembers how the energy of the time made her feel empowered.
Custom Publication
Susan Booth
When asked what makes a play successful, Alliance Theater Artistic Director Susan Booth doesn't start in on box-office sales or positive reviews. Instead, she simply points to her heart, then to her head.A graduate...
Custom Publication
Tara Stoinski
Stoinski is president, CEO, and chief scientific officer of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that coordinates gorilla conservation efforts in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Custom Publication
Women Making a Mark: Tameeka Law Walker
Tameeka Law Walker didn’t always dream of being a doctor, but she knew she wanted to serve others.
Custom Publication
Nancy Rafuse
One of the top employment lawyers in the state, Nancy Rafuse’s rise to prominence in the legal field was far from likely. There were no attorneys in her family leading the way, and as...
Women Making a Mark: Anita Johnson
When Anita Johnson was eight years old, she scrawled her signature inside
her family’s encyclopedia collection as “Dr. Johnson, MD.” Now 53, Johnson has worked at the cutting edge of breast cancer treatment for 25 years and serves as the director of breast surgical oncology at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) in Atlanta.
Custom Publication
Women Making a Mark: Alyssa Fagien
Alyssa Fagien moved to Atlanta on a hunch. After college in her home state of Florida, she visited the city and picnicked in Piedmont Park, immediately falling in love with the lush greenery and tall buildings.
Women Making a Mark: Andréa Carter
Andréa Carter believes that a person should be able to bring her “whole self” to her job. And she walks the talk. In her role as executive vice president and chief human resources officer at Global Payments, she says, “I am 100 percent authentically Andréa.”
Custom Publication
Women Making a Mark: Liz Gillespie
Growing up, Liz Gillespie spent more time outside than inside. It’s fitting then that now, as partner and vice president of marketing at North American Properties, she promotes outdoor living.
Custom Publication
Mylin Torres
Dr. Mylin Torres, director of the Glenn Family Breast Center, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, is leading groundbreaking research into the ways some cancer treatments might alter patients’ DNA.