Linda Griffith

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Title: Senior Accountant
Company: Cave Hill School of Business, University of the West Indies
Location: St. John, Barbados

Noted amongst her peers for her excellence in public speaking, budgeting and financial analysis, Linda Griffith has spent the past 7 years as the senior accountant at Cave Hill School of Business, which is part of the University of the West Indies. Her strong critical thinking skills, coupled with her commitment, dedication and love for what she does, have led to her continued success in the financial industry.

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Cheri K. Gigliotti

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Gigliotti, CheriTitle: Senior Manager
Company: KPMG LLP
Location: Arlington, TX United States

Noted amongst her peers as an excellent project manager and a strong communicator, Cheri Gigliotti is thriving at KPMG LLP. The audit, tax and advisory services firm operates with the purpose of helping organizations negotiate risks and perform in today’s dynamic and challenging environments. Their main mission is to turn knowledge into value from the benefit of their clients, people, and the capital markets.

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Nicole Eslinger-Patel

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Title: President
Company: M.L. Eslinger & Associates
Location: Shingle Springs, CA United States

With 14 years of professional experience under her belt, Nicole Eslinger-Patel is a masterful business development coach with exemplary organizational skills. She currently utilizes those strengths as the president of M.L. Eslinger & Associates, a professional training company for Fortune 500 companies and governments. The family business was founded on the belief that knowledge is the foundation upon which strong individuals, teams and corporations are built, and thus strives to deliver relevant information and solutions using an ethical and innovative approach. They offer a variety of courses that fall under the umbrella of anger management, cultural diversity, identity theft, professional boundaries, handling stress and violence in the workplace, and dealing with difficult people.

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Robin L. Biggs

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Biggs, RobinTitle: Executive Administrator
Company: NiSource Inc.
Location: Merrillville, IN United States

As a woman in today’s world, Robin L. Biggs feels that the support of her parents contributed to her success; they raised her to be independent and well-rounded, which is important in the real world. She started her professional life at a local meatpacking house as a young, divorced single parent. Driven by the extra mouth she had to feed and keep safe, Ms. Biggs had to quickly adapt to survive in a man’s world. Through this job, she learned how to conduct herself, how to negotiate, and to treat everyone with the same dignity and respect she expected to receive. Once her daughter got closer to school age, Ms. Biggs took an eight month course so that she could advance her career and become a legal secretary. She discovered that she loved this different work life, and that learning new things just made her want more.

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Ruth J. Bichsel, Ph.D.

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Top Female Executives

Bischel, RuthTitle: Director of the Substance Abuse Prevention Program
Company: University of Oregon
Location: Eugene, OR United States

Ruth Bichsel’s only goal in life is to help make the world a better place. That’s why she joined the University of Oregon; her positions there have enabled her to give back to the community, students, and other instructors. Dr. Bichsel was promoted to her current role as the director of the substance abuse prevention program in 2013, which allows her to utilize her more than three decades of experience in teaching, clinical care, and research in the areas of substance abuse, mental health, and integrated health care. She is noted among her peers for designing curricula that is informative, meaningful and practical, and proud of her ability to help those others in her field can’t reach, such as the homeless population. In recognition of her achievements, Dr. Bichsel was honored with the Diversity Award by the Oregon Psychological Association in 2014. She hopes to continue with her work moving forward, and find a way to get more non-credited classes offered so that people who normally wouldn’t be able to attend, can.

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