It seems women gain increasing influence in the world as each year goes by. Take Forbes magazine’s “The World’s 20 Most Powerful Women in Business” list, for example. It includes:
- IBM’s first female CEO, Ginni Rometty
- Marissa Mayer, who jumped from a position as a top Google exec to a seat as CEO at Yahoo
- CEO of Brazilian oil company Petrobas, Maria das Gracas Silva Foster oversees revenues of more than $130 billion.
- Anne Sweeney, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group, manages ABC Studios, the ABC Television Network and Disney Channels Worldwide, a portfolio of more than 100 channels reaching 600 million viewers in 169 countries.
- CEO of Wellpoint, the second largest health insurer in the U.S., Angela Brady is directly connected to the healthcare needs of 1 in 9 Americans.
- SVP of Global Product Development, Mary Barra is the highest ranking woman at General Motors, the world’s largest auto company.
Click on the photos below to meet some amazing female business leaders right here in Berks!
Tania Colamarino
Owner/Photographer, Ama Photography
Amy J. Miller, Esquire
O'Keefe, Miller & Thielen, P.C.
Michele Masley & Debbie Hartranft
David's Furniture & Interiors
Yvonne Staskel
Decorating Den Interiors
Lisa Tiger
Century 21 Gold
Heather Clark
Owner, Go Fish! Seafood
Julie Kemp, Angela Frantz, Sharon Kimpland, Nancy Magee, Tricia Salvatore Ludgate, Terri Terenchin
Financial Planning Advisors
Carolyn Cruley & Kelly Cruley-Reynolds
Blinds & Designs
Theresa Cocuzza
Co-Owner, Say Cheese! Restaurant & Cheese
Marilu Rodriguez, Esq.
RB Legal Counsel
Eleny Zeppos
Owner, The Hitching Post Restaurant & Bar, Willoughby's Bar and Grill
Mindy Brudereck & Bre Myers
Berks Hearing Professionals
Carolyn Helms
Owner, Bell Tower, Salon, Medi-Spa and Store
Janelle Paisley
Creative Director, Design Revolution Studios, LLC
Phoebe Canakis
Phoebe's Pure Foods
Toni Reece
President, The PEOPLE Academy, Inc.
Melanie Reinhart, Maria Thompson, Coleen Klepenko, Morgan Sheets, Debbie Dancer
Shady Grove Fertility Center
Cynthia S. Huls & Ashley Lipovsky
Visiting Angels
