Eco-Educating: Janice Vedder
As Delta Township Clerk, Janice Vedder is responsible for maintaining registration for elections, training election inspectors, putting together board minutes and keeping records. However, one of the greatest contributions to her community is The Greener Delta Program, which she pioneered in 1990 in order to help protect the environment. Vedder was first...
Continue ReadingLifelong Learner: Joanne Bridgford
Joanne Bridgford loves a good challenge. For the mother of three who refuses to sit at home, multitasking isn’t intimidating — it’s exhilarating. Bridgford manages to remain family-oriented while driving herself to stay constantly active — physically and mentally. Her current goals are to run five races this year and eventually do something with the...
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Fashion Forward: Krista Myles
With her knowledge, the proud owner of K2 Boutique is on a quest to make sure that the women who come into her store are confident and comfortable in the outfits that they walk out with, fixing one fashion faux pas at a time. “You have to dress the part if you want people to pay attention to you and respect you,” Myles said. A native of Lansing and mother...
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Built on Friendships: Diana Folleth
To have a friend, you have to be a friend. These are words that Diana Folleth believes in. Friends have been family for Folleth, who lost her husband Tom five years ago to brain and lung cancer, and is a breast cancer survivor of 13 years herself. “I feel truly blessed with the friends I have,” Folleth said. “When you lose a spouse of 43 years, you...
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Michigan’s Mighty Women Leaders
Throughout history, women have overcome enormous obstacles and discrimination to achieve the success, respect and recognition that they deserve. From gaining the right to vote in 1920, to almost 60 percent of women in America participating in the workforce as of 2008, women definitely have a reason to celebrate their triumphs this month. Michiganians have...
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