The federal government has surpassed its 5 percent contracting goal for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) for the first time in history, according to Maria Contreras-Sweet, administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and a member of President Obama's...
SPAC Director Marcia White Will Step Down After The Upcoming 50th Anniversary Season
Marcia White is entering her 12th season as SPAC president and executive director. Courtesy Colleen Brescia Marcia J. White, president and executive director of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), is stepping down from her job at the end...
Suzanne Hoffman Works With Husband To Make Glen Street Associates A Success
Suzanne Hoffman is the co-owner of Glen Street Associates in Glens Falls BY JILL NAGY "Maybe I have a charmed life," mused Suzanne Hoffman, co-owner with her husband of Glen Street Associates, a real estate development and management firm,...
Sasha Pardy, In Concert With Husband, Makes Adirondack Winery Work, Grow
Sasha Pardy co-founded the Adirondack Winery in Lake George in 2008. BY KAT FITZPATRICK Ultimately Sasha Pardy means business. She and her husband of 15 years, Mike Pardy, own and operate the Adirondack Winery in Lake George, which now...
Homkey At Adirondack Health Institute Says Employee Number Could Reach 70
Cathy Homkey is CEO of the Adirondack Health Institute based in Glens Falls BY BARBARA PINCKNEY Cathy Homkey is at the center of healthcare in the North Country. Homkey, 54, is CEO of the Adirondack Health Institute, a Glens...
Interest In Website Design As A Teenager Led Kate Austin-Avon Into Own Business
Kate Austin-Avon of Advokate offers graphic design and marketing services BY LIZ WITBECK Kate Austin-Avon started her web design agency, Advokate, in 2010. She taught herself web design as a teenager and was excited to turn her talents into...
Woman Starts ‘Olive Naturally’ Business To Foster Use Of Natural, Healthy Products
This line of baby items, called Olive My Baby, are among offerings at Olive Naturally, a business selling natural skin care products online that will open a Greenwich store soon.By Barbara Brewer La Mere Ten years ago, when Kara Scieszka...
Bolton Landing Woman Named College VP Of Administrative Services, Treasurer
Ann Marie Somma was appointed to an administrative position at SUNY Adirondack.Ann Marie Somma of Bolton Landing was appointed vice president for administrative services and treasurer at SUNY Adirondack. Somma most recently served as vice president for business and finance...
Tamarra Mitchell Travels Several Miles A Day Servicing Her Bookkeeping Clients
Tamarra Mitchell has been on her own in her Queensbury business for three years.By Jill Nagy As a freelance bookkeeper, Tamarra Mitchell packs up her laptop and drives her Ford Focus 50 to 100 miles a day to visit clients,...
Scanlon Financial Services Specializes In Helping Women Get Through A Divorce
Yvette Scanlon specializes in advising newly divorced or widowed women.By Jill Nagy Under the banner "Wealthcare for Women," Yvette Scanlon is parlaying her 25 years of experience in banking and financial advising into Scanlon Financial Services with offices in...