We Salute Our Women Around Town 2025

Woman Around Town is all about women and so many of our interviews are with women making news in theater, business, sports, and philanthropy. Know someone we should write about in 2026? Let us know!

Once again we have the pleasure of spotlighting the outstanding women we have had the honor to write about in 2025. They are a diverse group representing a wide variety of careers. Each one took the time to sit down for an interview or to answer our My Career Choice questionnaire. If you missed their stories the first time around, you can now read all about them. Click on a woman’s name to view her story and photo credit.

Annie Johnson – American Repertory Ballet

Chitra Agrawal – Brooklyn Delhi

Claire Holt – Photographer

Dale Pollekoff – Finding Female Friends Over 50

Dana Zell – Children’s Musical Theater, San Jose

Darla Hastings – Women’s Connection

Donna Weng Friedman – Award-Winning Pianist

Gracie Cashman – YES’s “The Story of My Number”

Ilaria Mariani – Italian Hat Maker

Jacqueline Quattrone – Supermarket Italy

Karen La Rosa – La RosaWorks Sicily Tours and Travel

Linda Zimmerman – Ghost Investigator

Marissa Mulder – Vocalist, Advocate

Masha Pearl – The Blue Card

Paula Prestini – Composer

Rachel Samani – The Honest Jeweler

Renée Fleming – Opera Superstar

Rhina Valentin – BronxNet’s OPEN

Robin Keuneke – Book Author and Natural Foods Chef

Sandra Fava – Fava Law Group

Sandy Safi – Dîner en Blanc

Shani Seidman – Kayco Kosher

Stacey Bender – The Bender Group

Vicki Weiner – Women’s Enterprise Action Loan Fund

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