Inspiring Women

Jiha Moon, artist and recipient of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant and her work resides in major collections throughout the country.

Tuliza Fleming, Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts at the National Museum of African , American History and Culture (NMAAHC) of the Smithsonian Institution,

Professor at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Former Community Developer at the Federal Reserve Bank Milliken is your maiden name, a name rich with Southern and textile history. Where did the…

Former Co-Host on Entertainment Tonight, Television Host, Author, Journalist, Producer and Entertainer What were your parents’ professions? My father owned a construction company. My mother was a stay-at-home mom for…

Founder of Fuzzy Friends Rescue You are a supporter of higher education in Texas. Why McLennan Community College? McLennan Community College is a local two-year college here in Waco, Texas.…

Growing up in Poland during the communist revolution profoundly impacted Martynka Wawrzyniak’s life and career as a conceptual artist. Necessities were scarce, and this minimalist way of life is reflected in her work today.

Inspired by her father, a career diplomat and later president of India, and her mother who was Burmese, Chitra Narayanan was bound for a global career. Numbered among her many roles are a mother, journalist, editor and publisher, Foreign Service Officer and Ambassador of India to six countries.

Before becoming an award-winning interior designer, Barbara Martinuzzi had a career as a model, being crowned Miss Italy at the age of 17. Though challenging, for ten years, modeling afforded her independence.

A native-born Washingtonian, Grace Bender’s professional life took her into the world of politics. But, she is many things: Morty’s wife, Jack’s mother and a philanthropist of some repute in the nation’s capital.

On the cusp of her architecture firm’s 40th birthday, we look back on the project that earned Zaha Hadid the name “Queen of the Curve.”