D CEO June 2019
Cover Story
The Women Who Built Dallas
How Ebby Halliday, Mary Kay Ash, Caroline Rose Hunt, and other powerful leaders shaped our city.
Features
Business
Four Women Leaders Breaking Barriers in Their Industries
Meet four female innovators who are forging ahead in industries predominantly run by men.
Business
Suzy Batiz Is the Ethereal CEO
She followed up Poo-Pourri with Supernatural, a wildly successful natural cleaner. And she’s proving that personal and professional success can be one and the same.
Business
Meet the Woman Leading Change at Yum! Brands
Chief Transformation and People Officer Tracy Skeans has the Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell parent hurtling forward.
Business
Lunch With D CEO: Ashlee Hunt Kleinert
Through the hands-on leadership of her food truck business and nonprofit activities, Kleinert aims to have a multiplier effect.
Law
The Dallas Law Firm That Proved Timing Isn’t Everything
They launched their firm on the eve of the Great Recession, but the partners behind Estes Thorne & Carr have come out on top.
Business
My Toughest Challenge: Merrilee Kick
The CEO of Southern Champion/BuzzBallz on keeping up with rapid growth.
Business
Texans Still Make Things
A lot of things, in fact. Let’s dive into the state’s manufacturing industry, where output went up by 80 percent over the last 20 years.
Business
Sharon Morrison Forges Her Own Way at ESRP
Two years since her partnership with Emmitt Smith ended, Morrison has refocused—and inked deals with several large corporate clients.
Business
A Look at the Future of Drone Delivery in North Texas
We’re still years away from moving people and freight with unmanned aircraft. Still, companies from Uber and Amazon to Bell Helicopter have local projects in the works.
Business
Nina Vaca Is on Her Way to an Ironman
Away from the office, the Pinnacle Group founder has a thing for triathlons.
Personalities
My Style: Charlotte Jones Anderson
The Dallas Cowboys Chief Brand Officer loves to accessorize and looks to her mother for inspiration.
Business
My Roots: Chi-Yeh (Angela) Han Boone
The Fort Worth Gasket & Supply president worked for Texas Instruments in Taiwan in the 1980s.
Dallas 500
Meet the Dallas 500: Kalita Blessing, President of Quest Capital
Blessing discusses her former life at Bloomingdale’s and the time she asked Barry Switzer about Jimmy Johnson.
Business
How To Negotiate for Big Money and Great Respect
Robin Pinkley and Lauren Hasson present the blueprint.
