Women Of Influence

Jonathan Moody is set for a new phase in life. As a child, he watched his Curt Moody found architecture firm Moody Nolan Inc., which has subsequently grown to become Columbus' busiest architectural firm, according to Columbus Business First research, with almost $66 million in architectural billings in 2018. Two-thirds of those billings came from Central Ohio, where the firm has 143 employees...

There aren't many power centers in Columbus that Trudy Bartley isn't somehow connected to. Now the associate vice president of local government and community relations at Ohio State University, Bartley's resume includes time spent with both city and state government, in the nonprofit world and in the private development community. She's been closely involved with Franklin County's Rise Together anti-poverty initiative and serves on several boards across the region...

In 2007, Trudy Bartley was recruited to become the president of Diversified Development Group, a minority-owned real estate firm. It didn't go exactly as planned. "When I started with Diversified Development, that is when the recession hit,” Bartley, now a vice president with Ohio State University, said during a recent taping of our Women of Influence podcast. “At that point in time the banks were not lending to anyone who didn’t really have a portfolio...

Wayne Harer is something of a local legend in the real estate world. But before the executive managing director at Newmark Knight Frank was a commercial real estate broker, he came to the city as a Columbus Clipper. This week's Newsmaker focuses on Harer's baseball career which brought him to Columbus for three seasons, including with the 1980 and 1981 championship teams...

For Angie Lloyd, her first impulse when presented with a career opportunity that seems "fun and interesting" is to say yes. That, in a nutshell, is how she decided to become executive director of the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation (previously the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation) in 2011. And it changed many things about her daily life – including how people reacted to her when she approached...

Jackie O’s is making one of its most revered beers more accessible. So News & Brews accessed it. The Athens brewery, for the first time ever, is canning Dark Apparition, it’s big and bold Russian imperial stout. If you’re a regular listener to News & Brews, you can guess how this news was received. The big, boozy beer news doesn’t stop there though. Zaftig Brewing Co., which also prides itself on high-test craft beer is on the verge of opening its Italian Village brewpub...

Angie Lloyd didn't think she would grow up to be a lawyer. She knew she wanted to help people, which is why she decided to join the Peace Corps. One day, while teaching English in Kenya, she found herself and her fellow faculty members detained by armed military personnel for 24 hours following the publication of banned content in her students' makeshift newspaper. "It was discussed how you were not allowed to say things that were critical of the government," Lloyd recalled...

The number of women not just buying craft beer, but taking roles in the industry is on the rise. With that increased inclusivity of customers and employees, it’s put a spotlight on the practices and behavior of some in the male-dominated craft brewing industry in recent years...

Too early to decorate for Christmas? Maybe. Too early to drink Christmas beer? Nope! News & Brews grabbed a growler of the Christmas Ale from Barley’s Brewing Co. It’s the oldest annually produced festive season beer in Central Ohio, having now been brewed 26 straight years, from the second oldest local brewery...

Heather Brilliant has had plenty of mentors. She's been a mentor herself. But there's a different type of relationship she thinks can be even more beneficial to women looking to rise in the workplace. "The thing we need to focus on setting up for ourselves as much as mentorship is sponsorship," said Brilliant, who earlier this year became CEO of Columbus-based Diamond Hill Capital Management...