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Business Journals
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Journals
In a time of uncertainty, PNW women leaders are charting a course ahead
'Are you a make-it-happen person? Be a make-it-happen person.' This quote from local CEO Molly Moon Neitzel, founder and CEO of Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream, embodies the spirit of the day at the third annual Puget Sound Business Journal Women Who Lead Summit, where hundreds of leaders gathered to share their skills and experiences. As we face a time of collective uncertainty, I'm struck by the commitment of our leadership community to lifting one another to drive change. As Schwabe's first female CEO, I've had the privilege of leading for over eight years alongside a board of directors comprising 60% women lawyers. At Schwabe, women in leadership are not the exception — they are the standard. However, many of us at the summit share the experience of being a first in a leadership role or the only woman in the room. The common thread of bringing your whole self into leadership is key to helping all of us grow both personally and professionally and paving the way for others. We are fortunate to have many outstanding examples of authentic and bold leadership right here in Washington, leading global organizations, local businesses, health care organizations, nonprofits, public sector agencies and more. Of the many powerful conversations we've had at the summit, here are three takeaways for all of us who seek to lead with greater intention and purpose. Values-driven leadership can guide you through chaos — and lead to stronger outcomes. Lean into your values and use them as your north star when facing tough conversations or decisions. Keynote speaker Alice Shobe, Amazon's global director of community impact, shared a valuable takeaway with all of us to 'be here, not there.' As leaders, we often feel pulled in a million directions, but one of the most powerful things we can do is focus on being fully present. Stay connected to people who challenge and inspire you. As we recognize the five-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I don't take for granted the energy and inspiration that comes from gathering and building community. Finding meaningful ways to connect with entrepreneurs, executives and emerging leaders broadens our perspective and enhances our ability to navigate emerging challenges. Thank you to all the speakers and attendees for making this a memorable celebration of PNW leadership. Let's hold onto the inspiration from this year's summit — and keep showing up, lifting others and making it happen. Schwabe is committed to advancing women in business and law by giving back to our region, providing excellent legal services to our clients, and representing our communities. Our understanding of seven key industry sectors allows us to help clients achieve success through ideas, advice, and exceptional legal counsel: consumer products; manufacturing and retail; health care and life sciences; Indian country and Alaska native corporations; natural resources; ports and maritime; real estate and construction; and technology. Graciela Gomez Cower serves as chief executive officer at Schwabe.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
New technology to improve heart health
ST. JOSEPH, MO (News-press NOW) — As heart disease remains the leading cause of death in Americans, local physicians are continuing to use new technology to improve heart health. Dr. Jane Schwabe, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Mosaic, has worked in the profession since 1997. While an advocate for no smoking and vaping use, Dr Schwabe said prevention is the key to ensuring Americans keep their hearts healthy, especially in the Northwest Missouri area. The best way to treat a disease is to not let it ever happen," Schwabe said. "So, preventing heart disease, lung disease, stuff like that starts in childhood." Some ways people can intervene and prevent heart disease include: educating yourself on family history, incorporating the right nutrition in diet and not smoking. Dr. Schwabe said new stent technology called TAVR allows for physicians to cut down scar tissue growing inside of the valves. "We now have what are called drug-eluting stents, where they're coated with basically chemotherapy to kind of cut down scar tissue to grow inside the stents," said Schwabe. According to the American Heart Association, about 48% of Americans have heart disease. As it continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States, Dr. Schwabe said symptoms can look different, especially in women, since they tend to have smaller frames. "We've got what's called a tab or program so we can do valve replacement without having to do open heart surgery," Schwabe said. That's a problem called aortic stenosis, which tends to be a little more female heavy than male heavy in the older ages.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Maine nonprofit's humanitarian work in Africa jeopardized by Trump's dismantling of USAID
Feb. 4—A Maine nonprofit's multimillion-dollar federal grant that helps combat malaria in African countries is in jeopardy because of the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Trump administration is attempting to dismantle USAID, which provides humanitarian relief in many countries around the world. Chris Schwabe, president and CEO of Hallowell-based MCD Global Health, said the nonprofit's work in Mozambique, Uganda and Niger is in a state of flux. MCD has a five-year, $27 million USAID federal grant for its humanitarian work in Africa. "We have not been told to terminate the project," Schwabe said. "We've been told to stop work." Though the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle USAID have caused MCD's work to fight malaria in Africa to come to a halt, Schwabe hopes the move will be temporary. MCD is the primary nonprofit for malaria relief in Mozambique and assists other agencies in Uganda and Niger with the prevention, treatment and diagnosis of malaria. "If we are not able to timely diagnose children and pregnant women and treat them with low-cost and effective drugs, the illness and death toll is going to be staggering," Schwabe said. "It's a virulent infection that, if you take your foot off the pedal of trying to control it, it will rebound." If access to the funding is not restored, MCD would lose its 34 staff members in Mozambique and its 20 staffers split between Uganda and Niger. MCD itself would not shutter, as about 80% of its efforts to promote public health are based in Maine. Meanwhile, thousands of USAID employees have been put on leave and locked out of their offices, and the agency may be folded into the State Department. Trump, without evidence, told national reporters Sunday that USAID is "being run by a bunch of radical lunatics" and praised billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to hobble the $40 billion agency. Musk is heading up the new Department of Government Efficiency, which operates out of a White House office and is attempting to cut services across the federal bureaucracy. However, many legal scholars and Democratic politicians are calling the move illegal, as USAID was created during the Kennedy administration in the 1960s by a law, so they contend Congress would have to pass another law to dismantle the agency. If the Trump administration attempts to permanently end USAID without going through Congress, lawsuits are likely. Schwabe said that in addition to humanitarian relief, the work done by USAID spreads goodwill in these countries and helps retain the United States' international position of global influence. Retreating from humanitarian aid could allow other countries, like China and Russia, to gain more influence in these countries, many of which contain essential natural resources, he said. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, in a news conference Tuesday in Maine, called the moves by Trump and Musk — including the USAID hobbling — "blatantly unconstitutional" and "illegal." Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, signed on to a letter by 36 other Democratic senators to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lambaste the takeover of USAID as "brazen and illegal." Schwabe said he is "mystified" by the sudden attack on what had long been noncontroversial efforts to provide humanitarian relief. "Since the Kennedy administration, there has been bipartisan support, year in and year out, for USAID," he said. Copy the Story Link
