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Tim Walsh was not supposed to end up here. The chief finance and operations officer for Miami Country Day School spent decades climbing the corporate ladder, following a path his father had modeled — steady, structured, and built for the long haul. But life has a way of redirecting even the most determined of plans, […]

When Todd Willett became chief financial officer of Ebenezer in 2016, he stepped into a role that blended his love for numbers with a deep, personal respect for older generations. In the years since, his financial stewardship has helped the organization not only grow into Minnesota’s largest senior living operator but also expand its reach […]

For Tarra Enoch, CEO of Tom Smith Industries, the role was never a matter of if—it was always when. She doesn’t just lead a company; she carries a legacy. “I was born into it,” she says. “If you cut me open, plastic pellets would fall out.” That may sound like a punchline, but it’s an […]

While Tonia Douglas may not know as much about the Hankey Group as its principal, Don Hankey, she’s not far behind him in understanding the operations and services offered by its 11 operating companies. Of course, as vice president of human resources, she needs to understand the companies as she and her team manage payroll, […]

Embrace change and don’t fear vulnerability. Those words may not fully summarize Troy Heflin’s career in human resources, but they have been at the forefront of his work at Volvo Financial Services over the past eight years. Heflin, the senior vice president of people and culture at VFS, is helping leadership and employees thrive as […]

When it was released in 1980, “Working 9 to 5” was both a hit record and movie for Dolly Parton. These days, the phrase is as much a relic as the 45 rpm discs that sold more than 500,000 copies. “Working the gig economy” might be more accurate, reflecting both different hours and shorter-term job […]

In 2018, Public Consulting recognized that its approach to “human capital” would no longer be what the company needed to recruit and retain talent. To grow, the company hired Tobi Russell to help develop a “human capital roadmap,” which detailed a new approach to staying competitive and becoming an employer of choice. This past summer, […]

The early part of 2019 brought an unforgiving winter to the Heartland, but Aaron Conaway knew it would lift. Always does, of course, and when you measure the 12 months in quarters, the next one is never far away. So for Conaway, president and co-owner of one of the nation’s largest  single facility producers of […]

In 2014, before he’d even finished decorating the office, Tom McCabe sat down with Dave Thompson, the CEO of his new employer, Orbital Sciences, for his first major assignment: helping the $1.3 billion defense contractor acquire rocket parts maker ATK, a company three times Orbital’s size. Following months of legal legwork, Orbital was able to […]

In 1976, during her freshman year at Georgia’s Macon Junior College, Theresa Maldonado sat down for a meeting with her math professor. She can still picture the classroom, where the window was and how the light hit the floor at her feet. Mostly, though, she remembers the sinking feeling. “The message was, ‘Women don’t belong […]