Women in Business

Despite the fact that more women are going into veterinary medicine than ever before, some female practitioners in rural areas still face discrimination and pay gaps — problems experts say the industry will need to overcome to fill a shortage of animal care in those communities.

Craft brewing is a male-dominated industry, but efforts are underway to make the field more diverse. In St. Louis, some women have broken through to become head brewers and want the industry to be more welcoming to all.

The goal is to see what’s working well and apply it across similar districts that dot the St. Louis region.

Sarah Fenske interviewed Lisa Napoli before a live audience at the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival.

Adrian Bracy, CEO of the YWCA of Metro St. Louis; Danette Greer of World Wide Technologym, and Zundra Bryant of Centene Corp. discussed the challenges they faced as Black women in corporate America and their journey to the C-suite.

St. Louis has hosted a healthy, burgeoning startup community for some years and the strong showing of small tech businesses has drawn particular…

If there’s one thing I hate to do as a writer is repeat myself. I don’t like to say the same thing over and over again.But sometimes, stories are so…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 25, 2012 - Mary Troy answers her phone on a cold, Tuesday morning and, after introductions, is…