Meet the 2022 Most Admired Woman — Equity Champion
Dana J. Johnson Senior Director Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), Greater Louisville Inc. Family: Husband Kevin, children Kameron and Kendal, and grandson Kameron II By Carrie Vittitoe | Photo by Marvin Young More and more businesses are recognizing that diversity is an important aspect of economic growth. A workforce consisting of people with diverse experiences and thoughts helps companies serve more people and with greater attention to customers’ needs. With a Spalding University degree in business administration and almost 20 years of experience in community and public relations, Dana Johnson’s role at Greater Louisville Inc. [...]
Meet the 2022 Most Admired Woman — Community and Sisterhood
Tiffany Ramos Cardwell HR Advisory Principal, MCM CPAs & Advisors HR Solutions Group Family: Husband Shawn, two children Ryan and Haley, and dog King By Carrie Vittitoe | Photo by Kylene White Tiffany Ramos Cardwell began her professional life at TransUnion in Chicago, Illinois, and followed it with time at Humana, Papa John’s, and Signature Healthcare in Louisville. These companies gave Tiffany unique experiences in sales, international business development, and acquisitions and mergers, which now help her in her consulting role at MCM. While these skills are essential to her 9-5 work, they have also [...]
Meet the 2022 Most Admired Woman — Arts
Hannah Drake Writer/speaker and Chief Creative Officer at IDEAS xLab Family: Daughter Brianna Wright; Three cats Susu, Mittens, and Karma; and one dog, Peanut Butter By Carrie Vittitoe | Photo by Kylene White Hannah Drake has loved words since she was three when she first learned to read. They’ve just always made sense to her, and stringing them into powerful paragraphs felt like connecting puzzle pieces to form a complete picture. She tinkered with the idea of becoming a lawyer but ultimately decided she would major in communications and use her words in a different [...]
LifeSpring Foundation’s Boots & Bling Gala
Photos by Gioia Patton
This Summit Gives Entrepreneurs the Power to Prosper
From left: Chauncey Holloman Pettis, Tawana Bain and Kimberly Seals Allers participated in a roundtable discussion about catalyzing support for Black, brown and Indigenous tech innovators as part of the Concordia Annual Summit held in Lexington, Kentucky. Minority business owners often struggle with securing the funds needed to start companies that will become prosperous, but Concordia – an organization created to address these issues – wants to change the narrative. Written by Karrington Garland | Photo by Jack Weaver Chauncey Holloman Pettis made entrepreneurship a longstanding part of her life starting at age [...]
Ex in the City: The Breaking Point
You might think you can’t find your way back to happiness after the heartbreak of divorce, but relationship columnist Ashley Anderson says you can. She talks about the watershed moment that gave her peace of mind and direction. By Ashley Anderson | Photo by Kylene White “Mommy, you’re sad. Why are you sad?” That was the moment I knew I had to leave. When my then three-year-old, Atlas, grabbed my face and asked that question, something clicked inside of me. At that moment on the floor of his bedroom, I started asking myself a flurry of [...]
