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Lisa P. Jackson, in her job as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, may seem far removed from the everyday concerns of American people. But nothing could be more false, asserts the EPA administrator. “You just have to realize that the environment is the air you breathe and the water that comes out of your tap.â€
Frederick E. Jordan didn’t have many financing options when he started his engineering and construction management company in 1969. For the first six months, he ran the San Francisco-based business part time out of his home. Today, F.E. Jordan Associates Inc. comprises three offices nationally and trumpets an impressive record of more than 1,000 completed projects, including the resurfacing of President Obama’s street in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Clients include the cities of St. Louis and Chicago, Bank of America, Procter & Gamble, the transportation departments of Washington and California, and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Jordan’s work in engineering, urban design, and environmental planning stretches across the United States, Africa, and Central America.
Five years ago Jan Bryant found herself in the sandwich generation—those who are furthering their careers and raising their families while at the same time attending to their elderly parents.
John F. Stelly, CEO of Paramount Nissan was doing something a bit unexpected while the auto industry was busy righting itself—expanding. Amid the industry turmoil, Stelly’s business acquired 171 Nissan and 171 Ford, a pair of dealerships in DeRidder, Louisiana, that lie roughly 50 miles north of Paramount’s home in Lake Charles.
