Imagine dining out with a client. Sweet, savory, crispy foods jump out off the menu onto your taste buds. There are almost too many options to choose from. Now, imagine looking at the same menu, with an important client, only you’re not sure if anything you’re allergic to might show up in your meal. It’s…
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Jenna Rosenstein: Senior Beauty Editor, BAZAAR.com + Host of Harper’s BAZAAR’s ‘The Beauty Show’
From the age of seven Jenna Rosenstein knew she wanted to be a magazine editor. “I would sit for hours and draw my own magazines and staple the pages together for my family and friends to read,” she says. “They were awful and full of typos. But I was obsessed with eventually moving to New…
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Jamie Miles: Site Director of BestProducts.com Helps You Find Your Go-To Gadgets
The first job Jamie Miles held was as a hostess at a hotel restaurant in Corning, New York. And although her career went in a different direction, she learned something in this first gig that sticks with her today. “There’s so much you can learn about people in a job like that, because you meet…
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Joanna Saltz: Editorial Director of Delish and House Beautiful on Taking Chances
Who loves to eat? (Let’s visualize many hands going up in the air.) Now, who loves to cook? (Let’s visualize only a few hands still raised.) Chances are, for many of us, the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Enter Delish – a hugely popular digital brand that speaks to those of us who aren’t so savvy…
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Beth Comstock, Former GE Vice Chair, On ‘Imagining It Forward’
Beth Comstock is the former vice chair of GE and a corporate director of Nike. Her accomplishments include building GE’s Business Innovations and GE Ventures, as well as overseeing the reinvention of GE Lighting. Prior to her role as vice chair, she served as chief marketing officer of the company. And before that, she had…
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Ashley Eckstein: Founder of Her Universe + Voice of Star Wars’ Ahsoka Tano
Ashley Eckstein is a force, which isn’t surprising considering she’s a strong believer in The Force Star Wars brought to life. As the voice of Star Wars’ Ashsoka Tano, Ashley brings to life a strong character who always wants to do the right thing. And in real life, she isn’t much different from that character….
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A Seat At The Table With TAJA’s Annie Chapur + Annabelle DeGrazio
Annie Chapur and Annabelle DeGrazio were working as corporate lawyers at a big Miami law firm when they felt that tug that so many of us feel. They knew there had to be something else out there for them. Their careers were making them miserable. Over the holidays an “aha” moment struck the girls. While…
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Jessica Pels: Digital Director of Cosmopolitan
Many people get a reputation these days for being change makers, but we feel a title just as vital is that of change navigator. And Cosmopolitan’s Digital Director Jessica Pels has that rare proficiency for both. After graduating from New York University, Jessica entered the job market at a time of chaos and massive change…
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Tammy Lucas, Best Western’s Vice President of Marketing, on Perseverance and Putting Yourself Out There
Tammy Lucas grew up before the “Lean In” and “equal pay for equal work” movements. She had doubters who told her she had to choose between a career ladder to senior leadership status and being a mom. But she didn’t let this stop her, and lucky for us Tammy isn’t a “pick this or that”…
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Best Western’s Amy Hulbert, Vice President, Boutique & Upscale Brands
Amy Hulbert was 6 years old when she received her first design project—a Barbie Dreamhouse. She would rearrange the house, putting it back together in interesting ways to make the spaces work better. She also made area rugs out of felt and any other material she could get her hands on. From a young age,…