Susan Reed, the first woman elected district attorney in the history of Bexar County, repeatedly has been ready to jump on difficult cases in a flash. Impossible ones may take her a little bit longer but not much. An example of the latter is a case that dates back to...
Linda Hummel is a self-confessed overachiever with a rare talent for focusing completely and passionately on whatever she is involved in. As chief executive officer of the South Texas region of Humana Inc., she is responsible for the overall management and strategic...
Growing up, Elizabeth Tobin Gillespie, president of the largest Ford dealership in Texas owned by a woman, didn't envision a Ford as her future. "I assumed I'd grow up, get married, join the Junior League and have babies. Women back then didn't really work outside the...
"One thing it is important for us to do is to pave the way for women to break through the glass ceiling. Women should take on more leadership roles in the medical community," says Ramamurthy, who assumed a one-year term as president of the 151-year-old medical group...
For years, Joci Straus was the sole woman on the executive committee that governs United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County. Long recognized as a community activist and fund-raising dynamo, Straus was happy to be there, of course, but she eventually began to wonder...
When the San Antonio Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners named Katie Harvey a winner of the 2003 Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, the group could not have made a better choice for their Benefactor category.She also was selected as one of six...
Volunteers Fulltime for Children and Cancer Patients That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful...
They’ve used talent, grit and endless determination to earn their wings. Some members of San Antonio’s fair sex give new meaning to the term "uppity women." They are the ones who, despite all odds and opposition, continue the San Antonio woman’s love affair with the...
Family, perseverance and a true sense of justice bring Judge Sandee Bryan Marion to the bench Judge Sandee Bryan Marion has learned that it probably is not a good idea to quarrel with destiny. Marion was the youngest of three daughters. Her father, William Bryan, was...
