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Clutch
What does your company look like in an optimal world? How about your own career?
“What if you could snap your fingers and find the model client? What if you could click your heels and transform your company’s culture? What if you could wake up every morning in absolute control of your time, treasures and talents? Imagine the possibilities.”
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Delivering Exceptional Results
Admail West
Over the past 33 years, Admail West has dedicated itself to delivering state-of-the-art print, data processing, direct mail and fulfillment services to a national list of clientele. In 1989, Kathy Pescetti and her business partner and mother, Joyce Riffel, took ownership of the company of seven employees.
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Firm Celebrates New CEO in 2022
Gilbert CPAs
Gilbert CPAs welcomes a new leader as Bobbie Hales steps into the role of CEO on Jan. 1, 2022. The appointment of Hales is the fulfillment of the firm’s succession planning for leadership. David Ljung, CEO for the past six years, will continue as a firm shareholder until his retirement in a couple of years.
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Banking Leader Goes the Distance
Umpqua Bank
With 16 marathons and many more half marathons under her belt, Rebecca Fabisch Miller knows a thing or two about going the distance for her commercial and corporate clients.
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Political Trifecta
For the first time in its history, Placer County’s three largest cities seat women mayors
Placer County’s three largest cities are now each headed by a woman mayor: Krista Bernasconi in Roseville, Jill Gayaldo for Rocklin and Alyssa Silhi in Lincoln.
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Comstock’s Talks: Rise and Shine
PODCAST: 2020 will go down in history as a time when women made remarkable advances on the political scene.
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A Catalyst for Cures
StemExpress founder and CEO Cate Dyer on how her company accelerates medical advancements
Comstock’s spoke to Dyer about her company’s function as an accelerator of medical advancement.
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Rise and Shine
Women continue to change the face of U.S. politics, both locally and nationally
2020 will go down in history as a time when women made remarkable advances on the political scene.
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A Future by Design
The inequities women still face are exacerbated by the pandemic, but there is opportunity for change
While the road to economic recovery, gender pay parity and equitable female representation may be long, there are things that employers and employees can do now to ensure a better future.
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Breaking Ground
Women in the Capital Region are founding biotech companies with a global reach — but venture capital remains elusive
Women founders in the Capital Region are developing groundbreaking technology in biotech and ag-tech, emerging industries where territory is still uncharted.