They come from many different backgrounds and industries, but the women featured in this year’s Women in Business section have one thing in common – they are all making a lasting impact on our community, our state and even our world. From growing the food we eat to growing our entire local economy, and from … Read More…
A SPECIAL WOMEN IN BUSINESS HISTORICAL FEATURE by Drew Desmond, writing for Prescott Western Heritage Foundation Photo Courtesy Of Sharlot Hall Museum Grace Sparkes was born Jan. 21, 1893 in in Lead, South Dakota. She came with her family to Prescott in 1907. Sparkes graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy in 1910 and later from Lamson … Read More…
Photo by Jodi Lynn & Co. ELAINE EARLE – Chief Financial Officer, ROX Group, Chief Executive Officer & Publisher, ROX Media Group Elaine Earle is an accomplished professional with 20 years of experience working in public accounting, IT consulting, management, public relations and publishing on behalf of major corporations and also as a principal of her own enterprises. Earle … Read More…
BEA LUECK – General Manager & Managing Editor, ROX Media Group Bea Lueck has been the general manager and managing editor of ROX Media Group since its founding. Her team and her clients like to call her “the chief doer of stuff,” and it’s easy to see why. From before a project even starts, Lueck works … Read More…
KATIE MAYER – Editor & Project Manager, ROX Media Group If a project involves communication – written, verbal, digital or client communication – chances are Katie Mayer is a part of it at ROX Media Group. As a graduate of the ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Mayer started her career as an award-winning … Read More…
JULIE TURETZKY – Public Relations & Marketing Manager, ROX Media Group Julie Turetzky is the public relations and marketing manager for ROX Media Group, where she works to promote and provide support to the company and its statewide publications including Prescott LIVING Magazine, Golden Corridor LIVING Magazine, TravelHost Arizona and area Visitor Guides. Turetzky is a marketing … Read More…
SUSAN COHEN – Sr. Account Executive, ROX Media Group Susan Cohen recently joined ROX Media Group and Coldwell Banker ROX Realty. Her background is in medical marketing and sales, and she brings over 30 years of experience. After moving to Prescott from Phoenix in 2006, Cohen worked for the Prescott Chamber of Commerce as the marketing and … Read More…
BARBARA CLARK STEVENSON – Co-owner, American Financial Security, LLC and American Financial Investments, LLC Everything Barbara is comes from her parents, her grandmas, her swim coach – all the talented people who took an interest in her and helped along the way, and Ross Perot. Srong Midwest values rooted in family, hard work, education and church as … Read More…
SHANTI RADE – Owner, Whipstone Farms Rade came into farming by chance through a high school internship. After traveling the country and working on several different farms, she moved to Prescott to pursue a degree in Agroecology from Prescott College. After graduating, she managed the Prescott Farmers Market where she met her farming partner and now husband … Read More…
FIONA REID – Grower/Co-owner, Painted Lady Vineyard Raised in Zambia, Reid made her way to Prescott 20 years ago and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Prescott College in environmental studies. For 11 years she was the education director at the Highlands Center for Natural History, particularly loving the summer days spent with young kids outside in … Read More…