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Business of Pride: Jamie Leeds
Jamie Leeds has a way of redefining things. When she first opened Hank’s Oyster Bar in Dupont Circle in 2005, crabs were the crustacean of choice on most D.C. menus. But Leeds went in a different direction, focusing on fresh, raw oysters along with craf.....»»
Business of Pride: June Crenshaw
June Crenshaw began her career in 1994 working for Principal Healthcare, a progressive company that offered domestic partner benefits and affinity groups for African American and LGBTQ workers. But as the company grew, it became more conservative......»»
Business of Pride: Stuart Kurlander
As the most senior LGBTQ partner in the D.C. office of Latham & Watkins LLP, Stuart Kurlander makes it a priority to meet with all LGBTQ lawyers when they first join the firm. But his support doesn’t end there. He meets with them throughout their t.....»»
Business of Pride Corporate Award: Booz Allen Hamilton
The significance of the year 2019 is not lost on the leadership of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. when it comes to LGBTQ equality. It serves as a marker, a milestone of the progress made not only in the 50 years since the Stonewall riots began the modern .....»»
Business of Pride: Ava Benach
Ava Benach would never compare her struggle in transitioning to that of transgender women who seek asylum in the U.S. But the immigration lawyer can’t deny she was encouraged by their courage — to give up everything, to face violence, to leave family,.....»»
Business of Pride: Imani Woody
Imani Woody knows the cost of discrimination and isolation. When her father rushed her sick mother, Mary, to the hospital closest to their D.C. home, they refused to admit her because she was black. He then drove his five children and wife to a hosp.....»»
Business of Pride Small Business Award: Freddie"s Beach Bar
When Freddie Lutz first opened Freddie’s Beach Bar and Restaurant on 23rd Street in Crystal City in 2001, he wasn’t looking to make a big splash. This was the neighborhood he grew up in, the neighborhood where he was known as maître d’ and .....»»
2019 Business of Pride: Manish Kalra, HealthPartners Inc.
After immigrating to the United States from India in 2006, Manish Kalra found support in his new community while dealing with his own coming out process......»»
2019 Business of Pride: Alissa Light, Family Tree Clinic
During her tenure at the cl.....»»
2019 Business of Pride: Nancy Lyons, Clockwork
Outspoken, passionate and motivating, Nancy Lyons proudly uses her successful company as a platform for social impact......»»
2019 Business of Pride: Beth Mejia, North Memorial Health
While logging hundreds of volunteer hours, community leader Beth Mejia has maintained a simple but powerful vision: Leave the world a better place than you found it......»»
2019 Business of Pride: Maggie Henjum, Motion
In 2016, Henjum founded Motion, a physical therapy clinic in St. Paul that expanded to a second location in Minnetonka last year......»»
2019 Business of Pride: Matt Hudson, U.S. Bancorp
Hudson serves as president of U.S. Bank’s local Spectrum LGBTQ Business Resource Group where he helps develop an annual strategic plan for LGBTQ-related programs that directly and positively affect employee recruitment and engagement......»»
From the Editor-in-Chief: Honoring OUTstanding business leaders
I recently spoke to a colleague about our 2nd annual Business of Pride Awards section and how moved I was by our honorees’ stories, when she uttered, “Every important cause has its trailblazers.â€.....»»
Need to know: Seattle continues historic growth, Pride takes center stage and a cruise ship embraces tech
Grow, grow, grow. You will notice a theme this week, as examine everything from Seattle's still increasing population, to burgeoning industries and the region's leaders attempt to manage that growth. Business has a part in determining how the Pu.....»»
Startup to monitor COPD gets boost in UC Davis competition
The University of California Davis wrapped up its 19th annual Big Bang Business Competition Thursday, and a Bay Area medical device company took the top prize. The university’s Graduate School of Management hosts the annual competition to help entr.....»»
After contest win, Davis company will start pilot program to produce animal feed from insects
A Davis company is buzzing after winning big at University of California Davis’ annual innovation and business competition. BioMilitus, which studies the use of insects in reducing agricultural waste and creating animal feed, took home a total .....»»
2019 Business of Pride awards: Slideshow
It was a standing-room-only crowd for PBN's 2019 Business of Pride recognition event held Thursday night at the Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach. Click on the i.....»»
2019 Business of Pride: Individual honorees
Kunane Dreier (left), LGBT Program & Training Manager, Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center Making his start as an outreach worker, he’s worked more than two decades in the LGBT community, experienced in prevention and intervention strategies for th.....»»