Firestarters: 100 job profiles to inspire young women

Job Profiles

Alisa Salvaggio : natural light photographer

Alyson Rhodes-Murphy : assistant museum curator

Ami Vitale : independent photojournalist

Andrea Lekberg : pastry chef/artist

Angela M. Brown : opera singer

Angela Carr : massage therapist

Angela Kilpatrick : commercial airline pilot

Ann Person : chief operating officer (COO)

Ann B. Ross : writer

Anna Barbrey Joiner : performing violist and professor of music

Annette Simon : advertising creative director/art director

Anne Valentine : landscape architect

Annie Harvey : correctional warden of the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women

Annie Meadows : sales consultant for a hair products distributor

Barbara Whitecross : certified wedding consultant

Beth Hockman : organic blueberry farmer and future importer/exporter of African arts and crafts

Beth Llewelyn : public relations for Nintendo

Beth Satterfield : web strategist

Betty Webb : director of international studies and professor of English

Beverly D. Setzer : school principal

Carol Boyers Givens : museum objects conservator

Caroline Palmer : ballet choreologist.

Cathy Jenkins Wilson : advertising broadcast producer

Cecily Steppe : marine biologist

Charlotte Michie : licensed clinical social worker (LCSW)

Charlotte Thomas Riddle : pediatrician

Claire Moss : pediatric occupational therapist

Claudia Brown : architectural survey coordinator for the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office

Connie McNab : children's book illustrator/artist

Dale Scott : director of child services for a community mental-health center

Dean Thompson : marketing director

Deb Sweeney Whitmore : outdoor educator

Debby Plexico : surgery/medical floor nurse

Debra Sasser : North Carolina District Court Judge

Diane Jacober : product support engineer (mechanical engineer)

Donna Helms : PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) teaching professional

Doris Sargent : nutrition consultant and registered dietician (R.D.)

Elaine Marshall : North Carolina Secretary of State

Erin Pawlus : district manager-retail fashion industry

Erinn Qualter Kelly : equity research, managing director

Gena Farris : speech therapist (speech and language pathologist)

Ginger Poole : actor

Gwen Beatty : geologist

Holly K. Dressman : assistant research professor and director of the Duke DNA Microarray Core facility

Jane Perlov : chief of police for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina

Janet Green Jacobson : professional artist

Janet Jarriel : classical musician agent

Joan Lamson : mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. Jodi Schwartz : multimedia production company owner/executive producer

Johnna Watson : associate dean of enrollment management and information systems for a graduate school

Joyce Beatty : director of counseling, testing, and career placement center for a community college (retired)

Juli Kim : research and policy associate

Julia Brooks : interior designer, IIDA, business owner

Kathleen Boykin : family nurse practitioner

Kathryn Millican : manager of public policy department for a health insurance company.

Kayla Holden : tax accounting manager and accounting software advisor

Kelly Carew : camp program director

Kelly Hopkin : technical support for Fabric-Design Software

Kirstie Tice Spadie : artistic director, owner, and dance teacher for the North Carolina Dance Institute

Kristi Creamer : office manager for a multimedia production company

Kristie Weisner-Thompson : editor for the North Carolina Medical journal and assistant vice-president for the North Carolina Institute of Medicine

Kristin Wolverton : high school Spanish teacher

Laura Bromhal : realtor

Lea Daughtridge : director, human resources (HR)

Leonela Muoz-Connolly : information technology (IT) project leader

Li Bradshaw : materials chemist

Lina Sibert : architectural designer

Lisa Carskadden : consulting actuary

Lisa Snyder : chief financial officer (CFO)

Lori Schantz Douglass : freelance advertising copywriter

Lorie Ann Morgan : patent attorney for a pharmaceutical company

Louanne DiBella : jewelry and product designer and product development specialist.

Lynda Heymen : clinical psychologist

Macon Riddle : antiques-shopping consultant and owner of Let's Go Antiquing

Margaret Gamble : elementary school specialist (a.k.a. librarian)

Maria Kelly-Doggett : chemical engineer

Marie Baker : retired field supervisor for nursing assistants for a home-health agency

Mary Thorn : senior computer software quality assurance analyst

Michelle Owen : graphic designer

Molly Rogers : Emmy-award-winning costume designer

Natalie Woods : paramedic

Pam Van Dyk : education research consultant

Paula Stewart : veterinarian

Pegi Follachio : general contractor

Polly Leousis : manager of a corporate foundation

Rebecca Schmorr : dentist

Rebecca V. St. Jean : optometrist and business owner

Richelle Fox : personal trainer and fitness consultant

Ronda Capps : flight attendant

Sandie Salvaggio-Walker : general manager for a community orchestra and voice instructor

Sandra Canfield : international development resource coordinator for nonprofit organization

Shannon Hall : freelance makeup artist, wardrobe stylist, and set designer for photo and film/video shoots and live events

Shelley Chafin : nanny

Shelly Webb : college chaplain

Sujata Narayan Mody : independent organizational development consultant

Susan Dickerson : staff anesthesiologist

Terri Gruca : weekend news anchor and consumer reporter

Theresa Wagoner : physical therapist

Tonya Baker : pharmacist

Tracy Church : director of development (fund-raising) for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Heart Institute, part of the Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine

Wanda Revis : community college instructor

Whitney Corrigan : pediatric oncology nurse.