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KELLIE DEMARCO COMMUNICATIONS
FINDING JOY & SUCCESS BEYOND THE NEWSROOM
In a career that adorned with three Emmy Awards and frontline reporting on pivotal national events, Kellie DeMarco, the former face of KCRA, discovered her true fulfillment after stepping away from the news. “Life on the other side of the evening anchor desk is more joyful than I expected,” she says.
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KIDSFIRST
CARING FOR TEAM MEMBERS, CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY
KidsFirst, a family resource and counseling center with Roseville and Auburn offices, provides life-changing services and programs to all of Placer County. Founded in 1989, this nonprofit organization has served more than 100,000 families, making an enormous impact on the mental health needs of clients from every walk of life.
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LIONAKIS
COMPANY CULTURE ATTRACTS AND RETAINS TOP TALENT
A design firm focused on architecture, engineering and interior design, Lionakis boasts a 115-year history and continues today on the industry’s cutting edge with client services and company culture. In January, the firm welcomed Laura Knauss as their new president. She now oversees 185 people across four offices throughout California.
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MARSHALL MEDICAL
RACHEL PEIGH LEADS THE CHARGE AT MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER
For Rachel Peigh, the path to medicine wasn’t a choice — it was a calling. As a child, she discovered at the age of 5 that she was meant to heal people after a successful hike in which she played nurse to a fallen friend who scraped his knee.
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MOSAC
NO SKY CAN LIMIT THE WONDERS OF MOSAC
The idiom “curiosity killed the cat” is an infamous warning used to ward people off from asking too many questions or getting their hands literally or metaphorically messy. But Executive Director Andrea Durham and the staff of the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC), on the other hand, are constantly creating a space to cast that concept aside.
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PLACER COUNTY
THE POWER OF PLACER COLLABORATION
Women leaders are one of the reasons Placer County is California’s second-fastest growing county. These leaders are getting housing and infrastructure built, planning for the new Sacramento State Placer Center, addressing complex forestry management problems and creating workforce development strategies.
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REINVENT STOCKTON FOUNDATION
PUTTING COMMUNITY FIRST
Reinvent Stockton Foundation (RSF) aims to reinvent the city by expanding opportunities for students pursuing higher education by building hope and attracting resources and investments to the area. The organization partners with local nonprofit groups that align with that mission, vision, and values.
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RUDOLPH AND SLETTEN
SEE JILL. SEE JILL BUILD.
Rudolph and Sletten project executive Jill Davis was a key team member of the City of Sacramento’s Sacramento Valley Station Phase II historic renovation project – renovated in 27 painstaking phases while keeping the nation’s 7th busiest train station up and running the entire time.
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SACRAMENTO COUNTY AIRPORT SYSTEM
GUIDING THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS TO NEW HEIGHTS
Only a few women worldwide hold top positions in the aviation industry. Cindy Nichol is one of them.
As director of airports for the Sacramento County Department of Airports, Nichol oversees each of the county’s four airports, including Sacramento International (SMF), Mather Airport (MHR), Executive Airport (SAC), and Franklin Field (F72).
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SAINT JOHN’S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE
For what feels like time immemorial, women have heard the proverb “It takes a village” uttered in hushed tones as they prepare for motherhood. Yet over the years, as society seems to have moved farther and farther away from knowing your neighbors and living in tight-knit communities, it can feel like that village is a long-gone notion.