By EMMA DELK WHEELING — A sports injury in high school turned into a nearly 24-year-long career in pediatric physical therapy for Nikki Kiger. Always harboring an interest in the body, the injury and subsequent physical therapy taught Kiger that she wanted to spend her career “helping ...
By SHELLEY HANSON WHEELING — Jill Spangler, director of Clinical Nutrition for WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial and Wheeling hospitals, enjoys helping others live a more healthy lifestyle via good nutrition and education. Spangler said in her role as director of clinical nutrition she ...
WHEELING — It takes an entire team to publish a daily newspaper, and three women are key players when it comes to producing The Intelligencer, The Times Leader and the Wheeling News-Register. Working together with their male counterparts, these women — Pam Bennett and Shellie Higgins, ...
By SHELLEY HANSON PADEN CITY — For the past 40 years Beri Fox has served as president and CEO of the family business — Marble King in Paden City. While some people may think of marbles as just a toy, over the decades Fox has marketed the colorful glass balls for a variety of industrial ...
By Emma Delk NEWELL — Elizabeth “Liz” McIlvain is keeping business in the family as the first female CEO and president of the Fiesta Tableware Co. after four generations of male leadership. McIlvain’s roots with the company stretch back to the late 1890s, when her great-grandfather ...
By KAILEY CARPINO ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Kathy West, manager of Sew Biz custom embroidery shop, believes it’s important to start at the bottom and work your way up in any business. West said she would advise young women looking to start a career in business to “learn from the ground ...
