On the Cover: Joella Viscusi on starting Ambient Environmental
Game Changer By Janet Reynolds/Women@Work Joella Viscusi, president of Ambient Environmental, took the adage “don’t get mad, get even” one step further. She beat them — at their own game. After years...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Joan Hayner on taking risks
Switching It Up By Larissa Lytwyn/Women@Work Joan Hayner had a degree that could give her access to virtually any job in the industry — but she wanted to do something different. Armed with a B.B.A. in...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Mona Golub on her rise at Price Chopper
All in the Family By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work Though Mona Golub was raised in her family’s grocery-store business, she never felt pressure to make it her own career, despite being an only child....
View ArticleOn the Cover: This year’s Women of Excellence honorees
Award Winners All By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work Presented by the Women’s Business Council and the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce, the Women of Excellence is in its 21st year of honoring local women...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Amy Friedman on building your career after your other careers
The Path Less Traveled by Brianna Snyder/Women@Work If 21-year-old Amy Friedman could see herself now, she probably wouldn’t believe the varied and colorful career path that, now 46, she’s already...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Tracy Metzger is a woman among many men in the commercial real...
Reality in Real Estate By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work When we think of real estate agents, we’re likely to picture a woman. That makes sense, because the residential real estate industry happens to be...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Dry-cleaning CEO broke through in a man’s world
At Her Best By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work Best Cleaner CEO Catherine McCann knows firsthand how tough it can be to break through in a field typically dominated by male managers. When she first began her...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Penelope Andrews
On Women’s Rights Penelope Andrews, Albany Law School’s first woman president and dean By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work Women are at the center of Penelope Andrews’ life and career. “A lot of writing that...
View ArticleOn the cover: Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill owns the director’s chair
Centerstage at Capital Rep By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work When Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill was 20 years old, she left Denver, Co., for New York City so she could study acting. She hated it. “I was there for...
View ArticleOn the cover: This year’s Women of Excellence honorees
Best of the Best By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work The Capital Region is rife with powerful women doing amazing things each and every day in business. Each year the region celebrates a select few of these...
View ArticleOn the cover: Coach Abe makes her basketball players stars on the court, in...
Girls to Women By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work You don’t even have to be a person who follows sports news to know that the SUNY Albany women’s basketball team had a great season this year. In fact, the...
View ArticleOn The Cover: Kimberly Adams Russell balances a jewelry empire with family life
The Crown in the Jewels By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work It’s easy to think of the life of a jewelry shop president as breezy and diamond-studded. And though Kimberly Adams Russell does wear fabulous...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Sandra Fox
Lady of Tech There’s a shortage of women in STEM, and Sandra Fox wants to change that By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work It’s particularly hard these days for women in science, technology, engineering and...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Laurie Leshin reaches for the stars
Life on Mars By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work Laurie Leshin has taken one giant step for womankind in the sciences. She’s the dean of the School of Science and professor of earth & environmental...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Meet Albany’s first woman mayor
Ms. Mayor By Molly Belmont/Women@Work Kathy Sheehan, the first woman mayor in Albany’s history, didn’t plan a career in politics. In fact, when a group of people approached her about running for city...
View ArticleBest of the Best: This year’s Women of Excellence honorees
We love the annual Women of Excellence Awards and the chance to honor local women doing great work. Presented by the Women’s Business Council and the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, this...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Margaret Smith
Finding Her Niche Margaret Smith celebrates 10 years of running her specialized business By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work It’s been 10 years since Margaret Smith founded Airosmith Development, Inc., in...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Rhea Drysdale at Outspoken Media
Finding the Right Words By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work Not many people can say they started their own company — and were successful — at 26. Rhea Drysdale can. Drysdale had landed a few jobs since she...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Dr. Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard believes in social justice and...
By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work It’s a rocky road right now for those in education, and Dr. Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard is right in the thick of it. She’s the superintendent of the city school district of...
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