Anchorage, Alaska – Christine Hopkins, President, CEO, and Managing Owner of the ASCI Family of  Companies, has been named the 2026 Lewis Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year by the  National Small Business Association (NSBA).  Hopkins was announced as the overall award winner during the opening luncheon of NSBA’s annual  Washington Presentation in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes small-business leaders who demons...

President, CEO, and Managing OwnerAdvanced Supply Chain International (ASCI) and ASCI Federal ServicesAnchorage, Alaska Christine Hopkins is a supply chain and logistics executive and the President, CEO, and Managing Owner of both Advanced Supply Chain International (ASCI) and ASCI Federal Services, woman-owned companies based in Anchorage, Alaska. Since 1999, ASCI has provided procurement, warehousing, inventory management, transportation coordi...

A Personal Reflection and Analysis of Five Years of Economic and Human Loss Manizha Wafeq August 15th, 2026  It was early morning in Virginia on August 14, 2021. I woke up and rushed to my phone and computer to see what was happening in Afghanistan, to check on my colleagues and the women business owners I worked with as the leader of the Afghanistan Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry. I had returned from Afghanistan only two week...

Cary, NC -- Monica Smiley, CEO and publisher of Enterprising Women magazine, has appointed Erika Baez-Grimes, Erin Phillips Cukor and Michelle Ray to the Enterprising Women Advisory Board.  “Erika, Erin and Michelle are phenomenal business builders who each in their own fields are renowned for their accomplishments and generosity to their fellow entrepreneurs and their communities. We are enormously proud to name them as part of th...

Adi Klevit is a systems and process expert and the Founder and CEO of Business Success Consulting Group. With nearly three decades of experience, she and her team help fast-growing companies bring structure to their operations, increase profitability, and scale effectively. Known as the “Process Guru,” Adi specializes in translating complex and often undocumented workflows into clear, actionable systems that drive consistency, accountability, and...

By Manishi Sagar The Spiritual Renaissance of Capitalism The term “Karma Capitalism” was prominently coined by BusinessWeek in a 2006 feature exploring how principles from the Bhagavad Gita were influencing corporate America, heralding a shift toward a more empathetic, purpose-driven business ethos. Following that initial usage, it gained traction in India too; for example, Forbes Asia’s editor Tim Ferguson referred to India’s cultural approach t...

Cary, NC -- Monica Smiley, CEO and publisher of Enterprising Women magazine, announced that Sharon W. Reynolds, CEO of DevMar Manufacturing, has been inducted into the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame. The honor is dedicated to women entrepreneurs and business leaders who have achieved remarkable success in business and have given back to their communities in significant ways over their lifetime.   Smiley bestowed the...

Cary, NC -- Monica Smiley, CEO and publisher of Enterprising Women magazine, announced that Pamela Chambers O’Rourke, CEO of ICON Consultants, LP, has been inducted into the Enterprising Women Hall of Fame. The honor is dedicated to women entrepreneurs and business leaders who have achieved remarkable success in business and have given back to their communities in significant ways over their lifetime.   Smiley bestow...

Sharita E. Warfield, MD, MS, DipABLM, is a board-certified Emergency and Lifestyle Medicine physician, executive health strategist, and nationally recognized voice on menopause, leadership, and high performance. With over 30 years of frontline medical experience and as a certified life coach, she helps high-achieving women leaders navigate perimenopause, menopause, and midlife transitions without sacrificing their health, productivity, or profess...

Enterprising Women celebrated its 25th Anniversary with the panel Looking Back and Looking Forward, highlighting the progress women business leaders have made and the work that remains. Soon after the video was finished, our community experienced a great loss with the sudden passing of Pamela Prince-Eason, President and CEO of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Pam played a key role in this important conversation, so we too...

Titan CEO and headline sponsor Wipfli LLP are pleased to announce Sharon Hulce, CEO, Employment Resource Group, Inc. as a 2025 Wisconsin Titan 100. The Titan 100 program recognizes Wisconsin’s Top 100 CEOs & C-level executives. They are the area’s most accomplished business leaders in their industry using criteria that include demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision, and passion. Collectively, the 2025 Wisconsin Titan 100 and their compa...

By Gayle Jennings-O'Byrne   It's unusual for me to be motivated by a politician's speech, still when Vice President Kamala Harris talked about breaking through barriers during a live-streamed event at the 2024 APAICS Legislative Leadership Summit in May, she galvanized a renewed sense of purpose and urgency within me to spread the word about the importance of diversity in entrepreneurship and investing.  Drawing on her mother's experien...