ERC president Kelly Keefe was recently invited to iHeartMedia's radio studios in Independence for an interview on the network's Cleveland CEOs You Should Know program. This segment features high-impact Northeast Ohio business leaders who are making a difference at their companies and in the community. A portion of this broadcast will air until March 3 on various regional iHeart stations, including WMJI, WMMS, WGAR, and WTAM. Listen to Kelly's full-length podcast here!

In March of 2015, the U.S. military’s oldest living female veteran, Lucy Coffey, passed away at age 108. At the time, 1943 to be exact, it took Coffey three attempts to successfully enlist in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps. She was one of only about 400,000 women who served in uniform during World War II. With its iconic “Rosie the Riveter” image, World War II became a major turning point both in terms of women’s enlistment in the armed services as well as in stateside employment to fill the manufacturing jobs left open by the young men off at war.