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letter from the editor by Beverly Purcell-Guerra What better way to welcome the New Year than with the heartwarming story of a woman who experienced a difficult and troubled childhood and who now serves the hearing-impaired with entrepreneurial products and services? Kay Chiodo, our Profile subject, never forgot the kindness shown her by a group of deaf children in the orphanage where they all lived. Inspired by their resourcefulness, and wanting to give something back, she now heads a company that serves as a vital communication link between the hearing-impaired and the rest of society — businesses, health care, law enforcement, governmental entities and more. In this issue you’ll meet several women who are making names for themselves in the worlds of banking and finance. Women are still under-represented in these fields of “green,” but San Antonio can point to several stellar performers in money management and in banks both large and small.
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Subscribe and read more about these and other features in the current issue. January/February 06 Features:
Profile: (On The Cover) *Bread On The Waters – Deaf friends pointed a troubled girl toward a career serving the hearing-impaired.* By Loydean Thomas, photography Liz Garza-Williams. “Almost eveything I learned, I owe to deaf people … ” says Kay Chiodo, president and owner of Services By Vital Signs, Inc., a business that offers American Sign Language (ASL) training to companies with deaf employees and furnishes interpreter services for medical, legal, business and other professionals serving deaf consumers. Chiodo is also president and chief executive officer of DeafLink, a company she established in 2002, which provides one of the most important communication tools for handicapped people since sign language -- the Braille alphabet and teletypwriter (TTY) phone service. The service is also used for internet/video conferencing for real-time communication between businesses and their clients. (Click image to read article)
Up Front: Female money managers are asserting themselves in the world of financial resources. The four San Antonio women we talked to head successful smaller firms that serve our region by offering hands-on, personalized services to their customers. Featured are Jeanie Wyatt, founder of South Texas Money Management (STMM); CEO Sarah Calvert Doerr of San Antonio’s oldest investment adviser firm, Austin, Calvert & Flavin; and Laura Ehrenberg-Chesler and Marilou Long, founders of Crossvault Capital Management. (Click image to read article)
Environments:A Perfect Balance — Family’s home is both elegant and livable. The 8,000-square-foot home of Bianca and Jim Rhodes is resplendent with archetypal French features requiring massive furnishings to fill the high-ceilinged rooms. Myers takes you on a journey through a home high on style and high-sized furnishings.
Women Bankers: *Beyond The Balance Sheet — Banking careers yield high interest.* The women you’ll read about here claim that their softer skills — listening and nurturing — have probably taken them further than their abilitiy to navigate a balance sheet. Women featured in this article include Colleen Dean, who manages client services for J.P. Morgan Chase in San Antonio; Beverly Fortner, president of Wallis’ San Antonio banking center; Laurie Griffith, executive vice president of real estate for Texas Capital Bank; Cyndi Hensley, senior vice president of private client services for Bank of America; and Terry Witte, senior vice president and senior commercial relationship manager for Wachovia Bank. (Click image to read article)
Biz Coach: *Performance Appraisals: 8 Common Mistakes — Make good use of this valuable management tool.* Craig examines the common mistakes that can turn the appraisal process into a management nightmare. (Click image to read article)

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