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From finance, to health, to government to retail and more, local women are thriving in diverse industries. See inside this issue for more than 30 success stories.
The Healdsburg Tribune
THE WINDSOR TIMES
Women securing leadership roles
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christine tevini is the ceO of the windsor chamber of commerce and one of many women who have risen to the top of thier respective organizations. by Rollie Atkinson The debate and social analysis about the “glass ceiling,” women’s access to the corner office and the gender gap in salary, work assignments and leadership roles were all recently reignited by the publication of a new book written by Facebook’s female CEO. Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead” has been at the top of the nation’s bestseller list since early summer. But it also has been the subject of much criticism and quarrelling. Some say her advice to “lean in” is too aggressive. Others have complained her view from her top post at the mercurial social media corporation is not in touch with the majority of women professionals seeking just to balance work with home. But she also has won high praise. Her main message is that despite the many
gender biases that are still operating all over the workplace, excuses and justifications won’t get women anywhere. “I still face situations that I fear are beyond my capabilities,” she writes. “I still have days when I feel like a fraud. And I still sometimes find myself spoken over and discounted while men sitting next to me are not. But now I know how to take a deep breath and keep my hand up. I have learned to sit at the table.” This annual special Women In Business publication offers a series of profiles of local women who have done just that. They not only have learned to sit at the table, but many now sit at the head of the table. Represented in these pages are CEOs, law, healthcare and financial professionals, sole proprietors, working moms and accomplished daughters. This Women In Business publication
has been published annually since the founding of the county’s Commission on the Status of Women in 1975. Lots has changed over those decades. Lots has not changed. And, based on recent employment and pay level statistics, more still needs to be done for women to gain equal access to corporate board rooms, salary levels and leadership roles. It’s not all about money and power. Many women, like some men, seek different balances between work, careers and homelife. But in a recent study conducted by the University of California at Davis, California women wage earners were still earning 85 cents less an hour than their male counterparts doing the same jobs. Almost half (46 percent) of the California workforce is female, but there is only one woman for every nine men among directors and highest-paid execuwOmen continues on page 10