Five members of the WISE Women’s Business Center advisory board share their stories, memories and advice. Madelyn Hornstein Dermody, Burke & Brown CEO SWM: How did you get involved with WISE? A number of my business associates and/or clients had...
Year: 2017
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Elizabeth Rotundo
Following in the Family Footsteps By Riley Bunch | Photography by Mary Grace Johnson When Elizabeth Rotundo was 4 years old, she often lent a hand at her father’s office. Between different odd jobs fit for a little girl, she...
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Gabriela Escalante
A Woman of Entrepreneurial Solutions By Alison Grimes | Photography provided by CNY Latino Entrepreneurship comes in many forms. Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management refers to the practice with a three-word slogan: “Dream, believe, pursue.” Gabriela Escalante, Syracuse University...
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Filipino Fusion By Lorna Oppedisano | By Steven J. Pallone Azella Alvarez was born with a passion for Filipino food. The first generation of her family born in the United States, and daughter of an award-winning baker, Azella remembers working...
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The Business of Writing
The Business of Being Off-Off... Way-Off Broadway By Kate D. Mahoney “Oh, no! It’s the Wicked Witch!” Somewhat blinded by the stage lights — and my desire to give the people what they wanted — I stood in my lavender...
