Maren Roth, owner of Rowe WOMEN WE LOVE: Q&A with Maren Roth In 2007, when the Short North was a neighborhood on the cusp, Maren Roth opened the doors of a boutique she hoped Columbus would love. Nearly a decade later, Rowe is a longtime anchor in an area now celebrated as a shopping mecca. The store has doubled in size. Maren has raised more than $1 million for charity ...

  WT Team Insider: Meet Michelle Kerr Michelle Kerr, 43, immigrated to America as a child, founded her consulting firm at 25 and now oversees 200 employees throughout the United States and Europe. A longtime Wardrobe Therapy client, she eventually joined the team as a business partner. As Wardrobe Therapy celebrates its 10th birthday this year, Kristy Eckert talks with Kerr about business, parenting, Paris, and leather pants. Michelle's first ...

Mimi Dane Mimi Dane was a successful law partner who gave up her practice to lead Flying Horse Farms, a Central Ohio camp that provides magical, transforming experiences to children with serious illnesses and their families—free of charge. This week, Kristy Eckert talks with the camp CEO about passion, purpose, good shoes and more.   Q: Like far too many people, cancer affected your family, making camp’s mission very personal ...

Connie Leal Ballenger at Leal Two decades ago, Columbus had little high-end fashion. Saks and Nordstrom were years away from opening, and boutiques were almost nonexistent. Connie Leal Ballenger was sure that women wanted more. So she gave up her lucrative career at Arthur Anderson and opened Leal in Upper Arlington in 1993. This week, Kristy Eckert talks with Connie about inspiration, stress relief and the one woman Connie would ...

Christy Walsh Christy Walsh dreamed of being a stylist. But even with two degrees and corporate experience at both Tween Brands and A&F, she wasn’t sure she could ever leave her tight-knit family for Los Angeles or New York. When she discovered Wardrobe Therapy, she asked Elizabeth if they could meet. Little did she know that sit-down would change her life. Here, Kristy Eckert talks with Wardrobe Therapy Style Director ...

Vicki Bowen Hewes Vicki Bowen Hewes left a lucrative career in corporate real estate to launch Dress for Success Columbus. Her mission? To empower women. And she’s doing it with everything from interview suits to resume help to mentoring. In today’s “Women We Love” feature, Kristy Eckert talks with Vicki, 50, about how one woman changed her life’s course, about what she learned as a single mom and about why ...