Janis Smith

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Top Female Executives

22bef8a17b7f4f6c80815157496a2adfTitle: Coroner

Company: County of La Plata, Colorado

Location: Ignacio, Colo.

As a passionate and goal-oriented professional, Janis Smith continues in her 29th year of forensic science as a coroner for County of La Plata, Colorado. In her ninth year as the La Plata coroner, she oversees criminal and suspicious activities, suicides and unintended deaths. She also assists in autopsies, handles the daily operations, investigates and responds to calls. Ms. Smith also manage the followups, does consulting, and lectures occasionally about the topic. Continue reading →

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Susan Yvonne Sandberg

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Top Female Executives

indexTitle: Director of Consulting Services (Retired)

Company: Oracle

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Ms. Sandberg served as a manager, director, vice president and consultant for eight large companies in large systems design, analysis and management in the United States. She works in numerous industries, including oil and gas, manufacturing, electronics, distribution, and wood. She also worked within the telephone, outsourcing, retail and aerospace industries. She was one of five member to start up a company and merge it successfully with a larger company, and it is still in business. Although she has retired from her last position as the director of consulting services at Oracle, where she worked for four years, she still serves as an independent consultant and offers consulting services on an as-needed basis as well as mentoring the younger generation of women entering the workforce. The highlight of Ms. Sandberg’s career was winning the U.S. Presidential Award (1980-1981) for having the most creative design of a large project system. Continue reading →

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Sylvia Rivera-Vecchio

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Top Female Executives

8b8aeb9ef2274542b9a8f39310839fcaTitle: Payroll Principal Secretary (Retired)

Company: New York Board of Education

Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.

Initially, Sylvia Rivera-Vecchio became involved in the educational profession because she was a single parent and decided to choose a career that meshed with her daughter’s school days. She found a job with the principal, who personally asked her to be his assistant. Now retired after 26 years in the profession, Ms. Rivera-Vecchio looks back upon payroll principle secretary at the New York Board of Education. Continue reading →

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Chamie Riley

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Top Female Executives

893dcaf4302c45b481b6443c18f4ebcaTitle: Attorney

Company: Riley Law, PLLC

Location: Hampton, Va.

Ms. Riley has been practicing law for more than eight years. She opened her own firm in 2011, Riley Law Firm. This firm supports the military and its families. Ms. Riley grew up in a military family where her father served in the Navy for 30 years. Continue reading →

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Kristen Perugini

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Top Female Executives

indexTitle: Executive Assistant

Company: New Britain Police Department

Location: New Britain, Conn.

Celebrating her fourth year at New Britain Police Department, Kristen Perugini successfully continues as an executive assistant. As an expert in communication, she provides clear law enforcement services for the police department, thus keeping cases and files moving fluidly and understandably. In five years, Ms. Perugini hopes to remain in her present position. Continue reading →

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