NewsonWomen: Women in Business, Women Entrepreneurs, Women in the News

Starbucks Exec Michelle Gass Moves to Kohl's Department Stores.

2013-05-22T11:06:15-04:00

Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) appointed StarBucks Exec Michelle Gass Chief Customer Officer. Watch Michelle talk about consumers.

Power Goes to Women in Science - including Teenager Esha Khare whose Device can power up your cell phone in 20 seconds, and to some Women Engineers who made the Forbes 100 Women in Power List. Blackberry Scholarship for Women Deadline June 26!

2013-05-22T10:14:56-04:00

Teenager Esha Khare invents a Device to Charge Your Phone in 20 Seconds!

Engineer and SVP of ads at Google Susan Wojcicki and other women in tech make the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List.

BlackBerry introduces four-year college scholarship program to help increase the number of women studying mobile computing - Deadline June 26.

Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College, goes after the Tech Gender Gap and gets results increasing the number of women involved in computing.

Do job postings for tech jobs discourage women by still referring to gender with sayings like "you’re the guy we’re looking for"?

News today on Women as Corporate Board Members including Senator's Call for SEC Action.

2013-05-21T17:43:03-04:00

Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey calls for more Women on Corporate Boards - asks for SEC Review.

Can Voluntary Change put more Women on Boards or do we need Government regulations?

Electronic Arts Inc. appointed NYTimes EVP Denise F. Warren to its Board of Directors.

Liz Claman and Panel at Milkin Institute examine "Where are the Women in top Corporate Jobs"?

2013-05-20T21:10:19-04:00

Liz Claman chaired a panel that examined "Where are the Women in the Corporate Ranks" at the Global Conference of the Milkin Instute. Watch Sallie Krawcheck, the former President, Global Wealth & Investment Management Division, Bank of America, Marjorey Kraus, Founder and CEO, APCO Worldwide, and others discuss what can be done. Some suggestions made by the panel - stop the excuse of put "the best person" in the job, and make it "the best team"; get men to attend the meetings to discuss it rather than discussing it just among women; move Diversity initiatives out of Human Resources and into the business groups. Watch the video for more good advice.

Jennifer Leitman made Senior Vice President Marketing & Creative Services for "Great American Country".

2013-05-20T20:06:48-04:00

Scripps Networks Interactive appointed Jennifer Leitman Senior Vice President marketing & creative services for their lifestyle network, Great American Country. Jennifer had been Vice President, Marketing & Creative Services for Scripps’ Home category. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Deborah Turness made President of NBC News.

2013-05-20T19:59:47-04:00

NBC News appointed Deborah Turness President. Deborah is the former Editor of ITV News, a United Kingdom commercial network news service. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

StudioVox CEO Amanda Singerland Creates an Online Network for Creative Professionals.

2013-05-20T09:52:25-04:00

Amanda Singlerland, CEO and Co-Founder of StudioVox - the online platform that puts creative professionals, creative companies, creative agencies as well as fans all in one place, started her company when she realized there was no central platform to help creative people manage fans, collaborate on projects, and get noticed! "There’s a growing need for creative solutions to make businesses, products, services, and individuals stand out," says Amanda. "As a society we are becoming more visually dependent, more story dependent, and more digitally dependent. Messaging, whether it be through images, video, multimedia material or the written word, needs to be more creative and to cut through the clutter to reach its intended audience." Amanda believes free lance creative work is the wave of the future. "More and more we’re becoming a freelance economy," says Amanda. "People are working as consultants or on a project-by-project basis, people who can work from any location on earth from their laptop or mobile device, not to mention, working for clients any place on the planet at any given time. These trends are driving the creative job sector." Learn more about StudioVox.

Halle Tecco, CEO and Co-Founder of Rock Health, Explains How Perseverance is Key to Success.

2013-05-19T20:17:13-04:00

Alice Krause

Producer and Screenwriter Shonda Rhimes, Mother of Two, Talks to Oprah about How She became Successful.

2013-05-18T10:46:22-04:00

Alice Krause

Facebook Exec Carolyn Everson and former Diageo Exec Debra Kelly-Ennis join Hertz Board of Directors. Watch Carolyn talk about Facebook on Mobile.

2013-05-17T15:08:13-04:00

Hertz Global Holdings, ranked #309 on the Fortune 500 List, appointed 2 women to its Board of Directors - Carolyn Everson and Debra J. Kelly-Ennis. Carolyn is Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions for Facebook, Inc. Debra is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Diageo Canada, Inc. Read more in the prnewswire press release. Watch Carolyn talk about mobile:

Melanie Hughes made Executive Vice President/Human Resources at Tribune Company.

2013-05-17T14:47:18-04:00

Tribune Company appointed Melanie Hughes Executive Vice President/Human Resources. Melanie is the former Chief Administration Officer for Gilt Groupe. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Top CEO Jack Welch of GE fame, says Don't have just one Mentor, have lots of Mentors!

2013-05-17T14:29:08-04:00

Alice Krause

Christie Kelly made Chief Financial Officer at Jones Lang LaSalle.

2013-05-17T09:33:12-04:00

Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) appointed Christie B. Kelly Chief Financial Officer. Christie had been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Duke Realty Corporation. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Antoinette Cook Bush made EVP and Global Head of Government Affairs for News Corp post Split.

2013-05-17T09:19:18-04:00

News Corporation appointed Antoinette Cook Bush Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs for News Corporation, the publishing company to be formed as part of News Corp's split into two publicly traded companies. Antoinette had been Partner in charge of the Communications Group at Skadden Arps. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Virginia Ruesterholz Joins The Hartford Board of Directors.

2013-05-16T15:49:52-04:00

The Hartford, ranked #131 on the Fortune 500 List, appointed Virginia Ruesterholz to its Board of Directors. Virginia is a former Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications and served as President of Verizon Services Operations. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Banking Executive Sallie Krawcheck takes over at "85 Broads", the Global Women's Network.

2013-05-15T15:48:01-04:00

85 Broads, the women's network founded by Janet Hanson, is being bought by Sallie Krawcheck (pictured). Sallie is the former President of the Global Wealth & Investment Management Division at Bank of America. Janet is an entrepreneur and a former Executive of Goldman Sachs. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

4 Strategies to help Women get Ahead from Campbell Soup CEO Denise Morrison.

2013-05-15T13:36:10-04:00

Alice Krause

Tammy Tibbits, Founder of "She's the First", says Don't let Perfection hold You Back. Watch Tammy talk about how she got started.

2013-05-15T13:08:31-04:00

Alice Krause

GiveCorps, co-founded by Jamie McDonald, raised over $800,000 in Seed Funding.

2013-05-15T09:58:47-04:00

GiveCorps, a funding platform co-founded by Jamie McDonald to help make giving easier and to help organizations raise funds online, raised $822,ooo in seed funding. Jamie is CEO of the company. Read more...

HipLogiq, co-founded by Lindsey Madison, raised $5 million in new Funding.

2013-05-15T09:27:03-04:00

HipLogiq, the social media marketing software company co-founded by Lindsey Madison, raised $5 million in Series A funding. Lindsey's expertise is product design and development and she has extensive sales and marketing experience. Read more about the deal on prweb.com.