Power Suit

For Carmen Ortiz-McGhee, being an advocate for minority and women business owners is her passion....

Plenty of kids want to grow up to be a doctor—a veterinarian or a pediatrician. But when she was a kid in Boston, Cassandra Frangos wanted to be a different kind of healer. ...

Newton has done just about everything but rotate tires in her 22-year career at Toyota. The new chief corporate social responsibility officer—in charge of Toyota’s diversity and philanthropy initiatives—used to be the auto company’s chief diversity officer....

When Janet Parker had been at IBM for about 10 years, she realized she had a solid career in place—and panicked. “I had started my career at IBM in sales and was thrilled,” says Parker. ...

Someday Paula Madison will finally be able to retire. She’s been trying for five years, but she’s discovered that there is still too much she needs to accomplish. ...