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34380
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Leah Wong Ashburn is president of Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, a business that was started by her father, Oscar Wong, in 1994. Since 2011, Ashburn has dedicated herself to maintaining the uniqueness of the brewery, while incorporating her own values and marketing expertise. Under Ashburn’s leadership, the brewery is committed to environmental stewardship and sustainability, and cultivates a hiring process that seeks out character over expertise.
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27537
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Christine Garvin was stricken with chronic illness, but used the challenge as a springboard into her inspirational Asheville business called Christine Garvin Dance+Transform. Garvin teaches dance and developed a signature program called Metamorphosis. This program takes participants on a self-healing journey using mind, body and soul techniques.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 14 Issue 1, January 2017,
p96-97, por
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29122
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The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is under new leadership with the first women to lead to the business-development group, Adrienne Cole.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017,
p36, 38, por
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29127
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Prabhavathi Fernandes spent over three decades developing drugs for bacterial infections. On the brink of developing a treatment for pnemonia, Fernandes' Chapel Hill-based Cempra, Inc. was halted by federal regulators. Although Fernandes abruptly left the company, Cempra seeks to rebound.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017,
p78-81, por
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27467
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Women in North Carolina are entering the local meat business at a rate well above the national average. This year Orange County hosted the third Women Working in the Meat Business Conference. Attendees learned about farming, raising livestock, butchering meat, and new entrepreneurial opportunities.
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30187
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The Duke Energy chief, Lynn Good, is one of twenty female CEOs in the S&P 500 and a member of an even more elite group of women who hold the dual role of CEO and chairman of the board. The Charlotte-based utility serves millions of customers in the Carolinas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. In an interview, Good discusses lessons learned and how she manages her time.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 5, May 2016,
p24-25, il, por
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22597
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The percentage of women taking over the ownership and management of family businesses has recently significantly increased, and North Carolina is no exception. From gardens and pipe supply, to lumber companies and investments, North Carolina has the third fastest growth of women-owned businesses in the country.
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22598
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Frustrated with low standards and impersonal treatment, Laura Schindler started her own physical therapy company in 2004. It has rapidly expanded with over twenty employees and 7,000 square foot facility.
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In the business community most of the CEO positions are filled by men. Of the fourteen Fortune 500 companies in North Carolina, only one has a woman CEO. Only three of the top seventy companies based in the state have female CEOs, and the state's top one hundred private companies list but two. Martin discusses reasons for this and lists women in the state who have the potential to make the top rung on the ladder.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 4, Apr 2005,
p32-40, 42-43, por
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5058
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Darleen Johns founded Alphanumeric Systems, Inc., in Raleigh in 1979, as a reseller of word processing machines. In 2001, through hard work, Johns has transformed the company into a leading information-technology solutions provider. The company employs 240 and had revenues of $60 million in 1999.
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24281
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This article discusses how few women there are in high-technology industries in North Carolina and highlights some of the gender-bias they must face in the industry.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 6, June 2001,
p42-51, il
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4694
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After high school graduation in 1965, Darleen Johns went to work as a secretary in state government. Today she is president and owner of Alphanumeric Systems Inc. in Raleigh. In 1999, the 220-employee company earned $60 million. Alphanumeric, which Johns started in 1979, sells, installs, and services the hardware and software used to create computer networks. Johns is Business North Carolina's first Businesswoman of the Year.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 7, July 2000,
p30-34, il, por
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4327
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA selected twenty-one young people most likely to have an impact on the state in the next century. The list includes Amy Woods Brinkley (Banking), David Brown (Health Care), Roy Cooper (Law), Marybeth Cornwell (Manufacturing), and Peter Loftin (Telecommunications).
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 11, Nov 1999,
p30-33, 35-36, 39-41, por
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3693
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Women are an emerging force in the business world. For example, firms owned by women in the state grew ninety-four percent between 1987 and 1996. Sales from these companies rose 200 percent and employment 140 percent.
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3817
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Billie Redmond is president of Raleigh-based Trademark Properties, Inc., one of the largest women-owned real estate firms in the state. In 1998, she created Carolina Forestry to advise buyers on selling timber on their land. This is the first timber-management business in the state paired with a real estate company.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 8, Aug 1998,
p72-73, il
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