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Having spent more than 25 years in a male-dominated industry and earning her reputation as a knowledgeable professional with insight and experience, Anne Ficeli, president of PURE Real Estate Management, says she understands the struggles many women face in the real estate industry.

Directly after graduation from college in 2011, Kendra Pfaff, who grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, opened a cash-for-gold store.

Yuanbin Chen, Board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology and fellow of the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, Dr. Yuanbin Chen specializes in lung cancer and melanoma care, and development of new treatments though clinical trials.

Dr. Scott Westhouse's areas of focus are age-related macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, and advancing vitreoretinal surgical techniques.

With a background in childcare and preschool teaching and a passion for educating young children, Kelly Russell founded Milestones Child Development Center in 2005. Since then, Milestones has grown into an institution that now serves more than 1,000 families at five program locations across West Michigan.

John F. Keller, president of Great Lakes Neurosurgery and Division Chief Neurosurgery at Metro Health University of Michigan Health System, says the world doesn’t stand still and neither does the study and advancement of neurological surgery.

West Michigan Rheumatology is an academically oriented specialty group that has provided consultative care for more than 100,000 patients for over 30 years. They understand and embrace the multiple roles that specialists provide, including managing complex and life-threatening diseases, prescribing powerful medications, and ‘solving the riddle.’

Dr. Nehal Lakhani is board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, and Hematology and the director of clinical research at START Midwest—a global research group that helps cancer patients get access to experimental treatments and therapies.