In this issue, we showcase our third annual “Women in Business” profile feature, a special sponsored content section that highlights leading women in our community, many of whom are truly doing it all by raising families alongside their career success. At CMM, I am inspired by the incredible legacy of leadership from the women in this office.
Mary Green Brush, the ultimate AP style authority who assists with our editing and proofing, was actually my parents’ first choice to be editor when they founded the magazine in 1990. Oddly, she didn’t want to leave her nice job at SCANA for a fledgling startup — so weird! She has, however, been an indispensable resource over the years, and we are so lucky to have her on the editorial team now on the retirement side of her successful career.
Shawn Coward Howell, our director of advertising, has worked full time with CMM for nearly 30 years. I actually remember babysitting her children when we were all quite young. Her career experience includes working for Alan Alda, so she is our very own in-office movie star and looks every bit the part…