n CONTENTS
March 2019
DEPARTMENTS
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EVIL HR LADY
Can I quit while on maternity leave to take a
new job?
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LEADERSHIP
Overt sexism still happens in the workplace,
and male colleagues can help combat it
by Allison Joy
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by Jessica Kriegel
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DISCOURSE
Sacramento Metro Chamber CEO Amanda
Blackwood on new strategies for the
longstanding organization
TASTE
Sacramento’s first woman to become Advanced
Sommelier aims to elevate the local wine scene
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SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL SECTION
Marketing and communication tips for
managing a PR crisis
CAPITAL REGION CARES
This month's installment of our 23rd annual
salute to nonprofits
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Here’s how your organization can encourage greater
diversity in the C-suite
26 rsvp
34 worth noting
110 in the making
114 seed round
by Daniel Barnes
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opinion
by Allyson Hill
interview by Sena Christian
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letter from the editor
We need to think of diversity not as pushing forward,
but as lifting up
by Suzanne Lucas
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THE USUAL
Woodland Chamber of Commerce Installation &
Member Ceremony | Comstock’s Client Appreciation
| CREW Sacramento Women of Influence Awards
| Sacramento Metro Chamber Dinner and Business
Awards
Buzzword of the Month: lean in / Readers sound off on
social / ICYMI: Last month’s hottest web exclusives
Cru Chocolate’s Karla McNeil-Rueda takes beans to
bars from her Roseville home
Meet the founder of Pheronym, our March Startup of
the Month