by WomenOver70 | May 1, 2024 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Sheila Solomon’s career in mass media arts spans 50 years. She was among the first African American women to work in the newsrooms of regional and national newspapers. Sheila became a dedicated advocate for affirmative action—bringing people of color into the news...
by WomenOver70 | Mar 27, 2024 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Carol Stitzer, 80, lives life in the moment. All you have to do is listen to her and you immediately understand that she is positive, talented, energetic and happy. From early childhood education to development professional, fundraiser, artist and volunteer, Carol...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 21, 2024 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Carol Marin, age 75, is an award-winning television and print journalist renowned for her nearly 50 years of investigative stories on politics, public corruption, and organized crime. In 2016, Carol co-founded and directs DePaul University’s Center for Journalism...
by WomenOver70 | Oct 4, 2023 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Diane Valletta has moved from passion to passion throughout her life. Her mother, who died at 93, was her role model. She had a passion for activism and service. The same is true for Diane, whose desire for service has spanned her entire life. From Women Employed to...
by WomenOver70 | Aug 9, 2023 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Connie Goddard has reimagined who she is for her entire life. One thing remains constant: her love for writing and for history. Connie lived in Chicago for most of her life; she writes about the city’s history, that of the Dakotas where her family is from, and...
by WomenOver70 | Jun 1, 2023 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
“There will be junctions where it will be important for you to ‘just let it happen.’ We ourselves are many people at the same time.” Deanna Berman is an interior architect working with the bones, geometry and structure of 3-dimensional living and working spaces. She...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 15, 2023 | Advocates for Women Aging, Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Bold and vivacious herself, Diane’s 2nd book: Too Young to Be Old: How to Stay Vibrant, Visible, and Forever in Blue Jeans: 25 Secrets from TV’s Jean Queen shows women how to face life with unfailing optimism and be risk-averse. As she reached her 60’s, Diane...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 1, 2023 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Joyce Feustel earned three degrees: BS in English Education, MS in Health Education and MA in Health Services Administration. While pregnant with her first child, she was elected to the County Board of Supervisors. After her daughter was born in December 1980, she...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 11, 2023 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Four
Catherine Johns found her way to an early career in broadcasting. She thought she went to college to become a nurse. There was this guy in her dormitory……how many stories started out that way in the ‘60s? “You have an amazing voice. You should be on the radio”. So she...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 4, 2023 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Dr. Susan Weininger, age 78, is professor emerita of art history at Roosevelt University, Chicago, where she was Chair of the Department of History, Art History and Philosophy. She concentrates on art from the first half of the 20 th century, delving deeply into the...
by WomenOver70 | Dec 21, 2022 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Four
Claudia Cooley lives in Southern California with her husband of 61 years, one of the many ‘balcony people’ in her life who believed in her ability to make an impact. Self-taught, forward thinking and willing to put herself in uncomfortable positions, Claudia has...
by WomenOver70 | Sep 21, 2022 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Four
Originally from the West Indies, Cynthia Barnett, Ph.D., from Norwalk CT retired at age 59 to pursue the question–Why Are There So Few Women in the Sciences? Cynthia became CEO and founder of a non-profit program–Amazing Girls Science– whose goal is...