From Receptionist to CEO

Karen Kaplan

Chairman and CEO, Hill Holliday

Imagine if every young woman who interviewed for the job of receptionist at a company, was told she had the potential to rise to Chairman of that company. Well that is exactly what Karen Kaplan, now Chairman and CEO of Hill Holliday was told by then President, Jack Connors… and she was just naive enough and confident enough to believe it. This is HerStory.

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A Recipe for Success

Barbara Lynch

James Beard Award-winning Chef and Founder & CEO of Barbara Lynch Gruppo

The restaurant business. It’s an industry that will chew you up and spit you out. So exactly how is it that Barbara Lynch, one of seven kids, raised in Southie, with Dyslexia and ADD became a James Beard Award-winner? Between her seven celebrated restaurants and other professional adventures, nothing is on the back burner for Barbara Lynch. This is HerStory.

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Innovation is Business as Usual

Madge Meyer

Public Speaker, Award Winning Author & Former EVP, Chief Innovation Officer at State Street Corporation

You get the feeling talking with Madge that for her, innovation is just business as usual. As the EVP, Chief Innovation Officer and Technology Fellow at State Street Corporation, and now as a lecturer and author of the bestselling book: “The Innovators Path”, Madge speaks to the power of listening and the power of passion. This is HerStory.

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Born for the Job

Pam Hamlin

Global CEO, Arnold Worldwide

Pam Hamlin says she was genetically born for the job of CEO of Arnold Worldwide. Perhaps it was selling more Girl Scout cookies than anyone else. Perhaps her love of art…No matter what the reason, Pam is one of the very few Female Agency CEO’s in the country. We spent some time with Pam discussing her journey to the corner office. Here’s HerStory.

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Constructing Confidence

Sarah Lawson

President & Owner, S+H Construction

Sarah Lawson is now the President and Owner of S+H Construction. But she wasn’t always. She started on the lower rung as a project manager. After overseeing her first two unprofitable projects, Sarah put the brakes on construction and revised her plan to be all about building systems to build profits. But what she really knew she had to build was confidence.

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