Purse Strings

Mary Van Note and Beth Perro-Jarvis, the womenbehind Ginger Consulting LLC, are back to talk to Maria Reitanaboutthe latest insights from their Alpha Panelon a slew of timely topics.

Purse Strings hostMaria Reitan talks with Barbara Ortiz Howard and Susan Ades Stone, Co-directors of the push for the Women on 20s, putting a woman on the revised $20 bill and how you can get involved.

New House Expert and Nationally Syndicated Columnist Katherine Salant speaks with Maria Reitan about how she encourages consumers to think in fresh ways about home planning, design, building and remodeling.

The Marketing to Women 2015 Conference is Previewed as Maria Retian welcomesCaroline Dakin?, theDirector of Women's Initiatives? for PME Enterprises, LLC. Caroline is hereto tell us about the great line up of speakers, panelistsand of course, participants!

Discussion on Women and The Military when Maria Reitan speaks with the author, Battling the Storm Within, Sgt. Stephanie Shannon. Stephanie discusses her battle with PSTD and how she lived with PSTD for 20 years without knowing she had. She also discussed what needs to change for America to make actual progress in providing assistance for our veterans so they can recover from emotional, physical and psychological trauma.

Driving Breast Cancer Awareness with Susan G Komen as Maria Reitan speaks withLaura Mintz, CEO ofElevate My Brand. Laurie how her agency got to build an event with the help of the Komen organization and how celebrity fashion designer and author Lauren Conrad got involved.

Talking about Aerieand theirUnretouched Selfie Campaign for Real Young Women as Maria Retian speaks with Jenny Altman, Aeries Fit and StyleExpert.

We learn about The Big Fat Surprise, asAuthor and investigative journalistNina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that everything we thought we knew about dietary fats is wrong. She documents how the past sixty years of low-fat nutrition advice has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population, with disastrous consequences for our health.

Maria Reitan discusses Millennial Home Trends,  based on the latest results of Better Homes and Gardens annual survey on the attitudes and behaviors of home buyers in the United States, with Jill Waage Executive Editor, Better Homes and Garden Brand.

Maria Reitan discusses Women and Financial Security with Joann (Jo) Eisenhart, Ph.D., the senior vice president of human resources, facilities and philanthropy for Northwestern Mutual. Joann also shares with us some details from their Elements of Success Study, commissioned by Northwestern Mutual to discover how women define success and achievement in their lives.