Daring Women
Daring Women: Outside of Her Comfort Zone
Convoys Kristen Forecki took some risks to grow her career. She urges others to do the same.
This article is featured in the March issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. Kristen Forecki was Convoys 11th employee when she was hired back in 2015. Forecki now leads the fast-growing Seattle-based transportation logistics companys quality and compliance, brokerage and supply programs teams, and is a key driver of…
Laird Norton CEO Kristen Bauer Embraces Authenticity
Bauer encourages leaders to become self-reflective and sincere
This article is featured in the January issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. Kristen Bauer became chief executive officer of Seattle-based Laird Norton Wealth Management, the Pacific Northwests oldest and largest independent wealth management and trust company, in May. Raised as the daughter of a CEO, Bauer didnt lack…
True Grit
Author and entrepreneur Mikaela Kiner urges women to see it to be it when it comes to leadership
A conversation Mikaela Kiner had with a prominent Seattle-area woman business executive convinced her that she needed to do whatever she could to create healthy and inclusive communication. So Kiner, an internationally certified executive coach as well as the founder and CEO of Seattle-based workplace consultancy Reverb, decided to write a book full of practical…
Microsoft Manager Petya Vidolova Has Built Her Career the Old-Fashion Way With Dedication and Hard Work
Vidolova stresses that successful women leaders early on surround themselves with people who are willing to invest in their careers
Microsoft Group Business Program Manager Petya Vidolovas star is still rising as a leader in the business world, but her success to date is built on a foundation of perseverance and forward thinking. Vidolova was born in Bulgaria and moved to the United States some 17 years ago, starting her career from the ground up,…
U.S. Bank’s Kristy Dickson Says Raising the Comfort Level Helps to Advance Leadership Goals
The lender's Seattle market leader recalls a great mentor telling her that with every interaction as a leader, you are building your brand
Kristy Dickson, U.S. Banks Seattle market leader for consumer and business banking, oversees 75 branches and some 500 retail and business bankers across the metro area. Her rise to the senior executive level at a major bank began with humble beginnings, however. She worked as a bank teller while attending Shoreline Community College on a…
Seattle Credit Union Chief Operating Officer Tonita Webb Believes Leaders Should Champion Diversity and Inclusion
Webb also says great executives listen to and learn from the people they are charged with leading
As executive vice president and chief operating officer of Seattle Credit Union, Tonita Webb needs to keep her finger on the pulse of the organization, where she oversees day-to-day operations and works to implement the overall strategic goals of the lending institution. Webb is used to excelling under the pressure of leadership and watching out…
Entrepreneur and Restaurateur Suji Park Has Built a Global Business Connecting People Through Food
Parks Seattle-based food-distribution company brings the tastes of Korea to U.S. consumers
Suji Park is the founder and chief executive officer of Sujis Restaurant Group and Food Dreams Made Real (FDMR), which does business as Sujis Korean Cuisine. Through her companies, Park operates multiple restaurants outside the United States in Seoul and Tokyo. In addition, Seattle-based FDMR sells Sujis Korean Cuisine-branded food products through major retailers in…
Seattle Entrepreneur LeeAnn Baker Stedings Story Shows That Bouncing Back Is a Path to Success
The owner of the nearly 17-year-old LeeAnn Baker Interiors found the confidence to overcome a business failure early on in her career
LeeAnn Baker Steding, the founder of LeeAnn Baker Interiors Ltd., in Seattle learned a big lesson of entrepreneurship early on: Never give up. Her first business venture, a glossy New York magazine targeting professional decorators, succumbed to the vagaries of the publishing industry and breathed its last in 2001, after three years of publishing as…
Liz Dunn Has Blazed an Impressive Path as a Seattle Entrepreneur
Dunns career is defined by variety and marked by success across multiple disciplines, including tech, real estate and angel investing
Liz Dunn is the very definition of an entrepreneur. After spending the initial years of her career as a software developer at Microsoft, she changed gears and launched her own company in a completely different field: real estate. Through her company, Dunn & Hobbes, she has spent the past 21 years developing and managing real…
Fierce Inc. President Stacey Engle Makes a Career Out of Conversation
Engle encourages creativity and connection with colleagues, customers and family
Stacey Engle spent eight years in a variety of roles at Fierce Inc. before becoming president in November 2018. The Seattle-based business management consultancy works with individuals and companies large and small, teaching them how to achieve success in work and life, one conversation at a time. Clients include bank holding company Capital One, Walmart…
Daring Women: WEconnect CEO Daniela Luzi Tudor Says Great Leaders Are Driven by Confidence, not Their Egos
Tudor stresses that resiliency is critical to achieving your goals, a lesson she learned from her mother
Daniela Luzi Tudor, the co-founder and chief executive officer of WEconnect Health Management, began her journey into entrepreneurship in the wake of completing a 28-day treatment program for drug and alcohol addiction. After being discharged, Tudor was given a sheet of paper with a list of 10 things she needed to do every day for…
Daring Women: Hewitts Julia Nagele Leads by Emphasizing Strength and Humility
Hewitt's principal and director of design checks her ego at the door and and views criticism as an opportunity to grow
Julia Nagele watched quietly as throngs of investors and party-goers enjoyed the celebration. It was the topping-off party for The Emerald, a 40-story, 265-unit luxury-residential development near Seattles Pike Place Market slated to open next spring. Youd never know that Nagele had led the projects design team in her role as principal and director of…