GHWCC Blog

By: Astoundz  Thanks to COVID-19, the volume and trends in search this year have been unlike any other. The momentum of local search & maps going into 2020 completely stalled, with an immediate shift to online services. In other words, it’s more important to have...

By Evelin De La Rosa/ AARP   One in six Americans who have a full-time job provides unpaid care to a family member or friend. That equates to about 2.9 billion hours of unpaid family care. Family and friends are the backbones of America's care system, providing...

By Loretta McCarthy, Managing Partner of Golden Seeds The retail and fashion industries are experiencing massive upheaval in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Deirdre Quinn, co-founder and CEO of Lafayette 148, a global fashion brand led by women for women, recently...

Rhonda Smith, Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer at Houston Police Department (HPD) has been elected by her peers to serve a four-year term on the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System (HMEPS) Board of Trustees. Rhonda brings more than 30 years of...

By: Maya Fasthoff As we try every day to have some sort of a routine in our personal lives and in our business lives while dealing with a pandemic, these challenging times have made very clear that it is more important now than ever before to keep connected and help...

By: Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith What Do I Stand For?   With just a little more than a month until the general election I have been reflecting on some questions that don’t always have easy answers. This will be the first time that I have been allowed to vote in a...

What does it take to thrive in 2020? We hear a lot of buzz words like Imagineering and pivoting. And while that’s true, many businesses continue to overlook one simple asset that can be a game changer. Every business needs a quality website, especially amidst a global...

The ongoing spread of the coronavirus has become one of the biggest threats to the global economy. To make matters worse, widespread lockdowns and unemployment have induced nationwide panic. People are frightened and scrambling for ways to move forward. With the...

Families, couples, and groups are all looking to get together with the least stress and health concerns.  It is time for out-of-box ideas that you may have not considered in the past.  Here are 10 ideas to achieve a MAXIMUM vacation with minimal travel.  All these...

Stephanie Harris Forbes Councils Member Forbes Agency Council As a creator of Control Suite to propel the affiliate space, Stephanie Harris is a 16-year industry veteran and PartnerCentric's owner/CEO. GETTY The 2019 Women in the Workplace report by the Lean In...

House of Cards presented by Bracewell LLP is a public-art piece by Israel-based design studio OGE Group consisting of 126 oversized playing cards, each of which features a unique piece of artwork. During the day, the cards’ crisp white lines and colorful images will...

  October kicks off the 17th year of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). This year, Americans are spending more time than ever online as the pandemic has changed our virtual habits. While protecting yourself against cybersecurity crimes might not be top of...

2020 Conference for Women Timeline for Website 9:00 AM Welcome & Introductions 9:05 AM Kathryn S. Stream Finalists Panel 9:20 AM KSS Award & Lifetime Achievement Award 9:25 AM Fireside Chat with Dr. Seun Adigun & Ashley Small 9:45 AM Innovation/Investment...

"We were home all day, every day." Stay at home orders meant to protect people from COVID-19 further isolated and escalated tension between Jamie Wright and her husband of just a few months. The escalating tension and pressure in their house turned violent in April. ...

Two relationship-driven banks, both leaders in the industry, have joined forces.  The combination of First Horizon and IBERIABANK, which will soon operate under the First Horizon name in Houston, creates a leading financial services company dedicated to enriching the...

Help for Employees Who Are Family Caregivers Nearly 1 in 6 employees in the US are caregivers, and failure to support them can cost employers $3000 per working caregiver. These selfless individuals sometimes don’t self-identify as family caregivers, said Tricia...

Tiffany Pham ENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR CEO of Mogul 5 min read Originally published by Entrepreneur  More than ever, we need leaders. Because of the current health crisis that has fast-forwarded our lives into the digital future, and the veil being...

By: Judy Nyquist and Laura Worth Since coming to Texas from Israel in 2006, Anat Ronen and her husband have considered Houston a land of opportunity.  A fresh start, and for her as a self-trained artist - that opportunity came in the form of public art commissions...

Next Level Presents…. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact can be seen across every socio-economic class, demographic group, and industry.  Perhaps, most unsettling though, is its effect on mental health.  Social isolation, job instability, and increased stress have all...

  Michelle Garrison is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a privately held, multimillion-dollar international healthcare revenue cycle company called GetixHealth, LLC. GetixHealth provides end-to-end revenue cycle services, custom-built to mitigate risk and...

Women inform trillions of spending decisions in the US and make 80% of healthcare decisions for themselves and their families, yet less than 1% invest in entrepreneurial companies. According to the respected Diana Research Project, only 15% of companies receiving...

By: Dr. Susan What if someone told you that you could have the best sex of your life after 40? After 50?  What about after 60?  What about after that?!  Having researched a group of over 1,000 women between the ages of 45 and 65, in my book, Sexually Woke, I tell you...

By: Janette Marx, CEO, Airswift   The last six months have been some of the most difficult in living memory. With COVID-19 set to cast a shadow for some time yet, many firms will be taking a more cautious approach to recruitment – focusing on hiring those able to help...

Marie, Thanks so very much.  I thought the program this weekend was exceptional!  I loved the diversity and shared experiences of the board members (and so thankful all 3 were women).  Also appreciated their personal approaches to how they positioned themselves for...

Texas Economic Snapshot The Texas economy continues to recover from the impacts of the global pandemic. Below is a snapshot of the state's economic status: In July, Texas added 31,400 nonfarm jobs and continues to be the leader in the most private sector jobs added...

Jan Bruce Contributor Leadership Strategy I write about stress and being agile and adaptable in the workplace. Like so many of today’s CEO’s, I never imagined a storm of circumstances so demanding of resilience as we’ve seen in 2020. Overnight leaders have had to ...

Media Contact Kim Padgett The Padgett Group 713-588-4130 kim@thepadgettgroup.com Mayor Sylvester Turner Joins the Bayou City Art Festival to Launch the “Save Our Art” Campaign   HOUSTON (August 10, 2020) – The Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA), the producer of Bayou...

By Aimee Knight, AARP HOUSTON Before Pat Smith fell, she was a relatively active and self-sufficient 82-year-old. She cleaned the house, she did the laundry and she cooked meals for herself and her husband. But an unfortunate injury and a dementia diagnosis prompted...

By: Valerie Bahar, M.D., M.B.A. Community Health Choice The COVID 19 pandemic is wreaking havoc across the world but especially crippling us in the United States.  Most of our lives have been confined to our homes. Who would have thought that staying at home would be...