In the health-care industry, only 30% of C-suites are women and a mere 13% of companies have female CEOs. To encourage future female leaders and close this gender gap, Ayse McCracken formed Ignite, a Houston-based network of over 130 female health-care executives, in 2016.
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The PR Boutique, founded by Karen Henry and Gretchen Brice in 2004, recently celebrated its 15th anniversary in style at Houston hotspot B.B. Lemon.
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Houston’s Pennzoil Place towers are getting a new tenant, albeit a rather nontraditional one. With remote work on the rise nationwide, the New York City-based coworking company Bond Collective has sought to expand into downtown Houston.
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Up to 40 percent of food grown, processed and transported in the United States is never eaten, yet 1 in 8 Americans – or 40 million people – suffers food insecurity. The average four-person family wastes $1,500 a year on food.
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Drybar Sugar Land in First Colony is officially open. The nationally-loved salon recently landed at First Colony Mall in Sugar Land, conveniently located next to a multitude of dining and shopping options including Sephora, Kendra Scott, Lululemon and Williams Sonoma.