Lake Louise has coined an original word for her vocation. She calls herself an “ecopreneur.” She has developed a line of health and beauty products called SMB Essentials that includes the brands Lotus Moon, DetoxRx, and Plain Jane Beauty. All of them apply the ethos...
Mary Kepler was brought up by strong women. “My mother and grandmothers taught me to get an education and be self-reliant and self-supporting,” she says, with pride, noting that her mother was a nurse who became an instructor who developed the nation’s first...
Talk about a sugar buzz. Sweet Joy Ice Cream Bar combines two pleasures by infusing the premium dessert, made on-site, with alcohol. “Believe me, we had to get a special license to do this,” says proprietor Talia Holmes, “but it’s been worth it all the way.” Among the...
For Sibyl Slade, financial success is more than just an abstract concept. You can see physical proof of her vision in her legacy project on foreclosure prevention that is on display in the National Monetary Museum in New York City. “It’s one of those things...
Grace Fricks was honored as a Corporate Diversity Champion at the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Diversity and Inclusion Awards held Thursday, November 14th, at King Plow Arts Center. Surrounded by her management team and board members, she humbly accepted the...
The J. Alton Wingate Economic Partnership Award was presented by ACE to JPMorgan Chase at its annual awards ceremony. The award was presented to Rey Curva, Georgia market manager for Chase Business Banking by representatives of Equity ATL and Ascend Atlanta — two...
