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Brooke Vaughn is Keeping It Real

By Lucy Pritchett She thought she would be baking chocolate chip cookies and selling coffee until retirement. But as Please & Thank You cafés and bakeries expanded, Brooke Vaughn took on a whole new role in the business — ensuring its growth. She says she’s happiest when working on new projects, and she rocks her tattoos proudly. Photo by Melissa Donald. What was your path to Please & Thank You?I have a college degree in English and film from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. While in school I worked for Starbucks, and I could see how [...]

By April Allman|2018-07-02T15:29:51-04:00June 19, 2017|Old Weekend Posts|

Carole C. Pfeffer’s Other Talent

By Lucy M. Pritchett She has served academia her entire career, moving from teaching to administration. If she hadn’t become provost of Bellarmine University, Carole Pfeffer might have tried for a career as a standup comic — or an astronaut. Her treasured possession is her Lexus convertible, and she lets the top-down breezes blow her troubles away. She is living her motto: Have fun along the way.Photo by Melissa Donald. What do you do? I oversee all things academic — hiring, assessment of student learning, promotion of professors. I often run point on addressing improvements [...]

By April Allman|2018-06-19T18:16:15-04:00June 19, 2017|Most Admired Woman|

Just Ask Joyce: How do you discipline a child who can’t control the reason behind her problem?”

By Joyce Oglesby Q: “My child has a sensitive food disorder. It’s not detectable to look at her, but if she happens to eat something that triggers the sensitivity, it manifests itself in acting out and even temper tantrums. When I’m in public, I’m often embarrassed at the disruption because people are rude with their looks and sometimes even make critical comments about my parenting. My husband gets frustrated because I don’t want to go out to dinner with or without our child, but I don’t feel comfortable leaving her at home, either. It’s a [...]

By April Allman|2017-06-18T08:30:00-04:00June 18, 2017|Just Ask Joyce|

“It’s Exhausting…Trying, Painful,” describes this woman who is fighting obesity

By Ashli FindleyNancy Bailey is a wife and mother of two teenagers. She runs her own company: Bailey Safety, a consulting and training firm for construction companies. She is also an avid lover of the outdoors. You’ll find her doing anything from tending to her chickens and dogs on the family’s 52-acre property to wakeboarding and surfing.Photos by Patti Hartog All the while, Nancy struggles with obesity. “It is exhausting,” she says. “Trying. Painful.”More than one-third of all U.S. adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After the birth of [...]

By April Allman|2017-06-17T08:30:00-04:00June 17, 2017|Health Battle|

Leigh Pittman’s First Job Will Make You Laugh

By Lucy M. Pritchett Leigh Pittman once played Easter bunny at a local shopping center. Now she is director of information technology at Brown-Forman. She has also worked in the world of finance and investments. She says she has learned to soften her Type A personality, although to talk to her you wouldn’t know it. She has had quite a career path, and she shares the lessons she has learned along the way. Photo by Melissa Donald. What do you do? I buy technology for the IT department — hardware, software, IT services. I also [...]

By April Allman|2018-06-19T18:05:47-04:00June 16, 2017|Most Admired Woman|

Karyn Hascal’s Favorite Way to Unwind

By Lucy M. Pritchett Forty years on the job and Karyn Hascal’s passion for working in the field of alcohol and drug addiction has not waned. For the past nine years she has been president of The Healing Place. She has traveled to foreign places and tasted many unusual foods, but we’ll let her tell you about that. Her latest enthusiasm is ballroom dancing. No Netflix nights for this woman–she doesn’t sit to relax. Photo by Melissa Donald. What do you do? I oversee the operations and programs at The Healing Place. It is a [...]

By April Allman|2018-06-12T20:07:49-04:00June 16, 2017|Most Admired Woman|

Brooke Vaughn is Keeping It Real

Carole C. Pfeffer’s Other Talent

Just Ask Joyce: How do you discipline a child who can’t control the reason behind her problem?”

“It’s Exhausting…Trying, Painful,” describes this woman who is fighting obesity

Leigh Pittman’s First Job Will Make You Laugh

Karyn Hascal’s Favorite Way to Unwind

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