![Karen Bond founded Cedaron with her husband, Malcolm Bond, in 1990. (Photo by Rachel Valley)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0320_feat_leadership_bond_rachelvalley_lead_1.jpg?1582846212)
Follow Her Lead: Karen Bond
As the country celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we profile 19 leaders in the Capital Region
“If customers believe that you’re passionate about what you’re doing, they feel it,” says Karen Bond, CEO and cofounder of the medical technology company Cedaron.
![Margaret Wong founded the Sacramento-based California Center in 2012 to facilitate business opportunities between California and China. (Photo by Ryan Angel Meza)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0320_dept_discourse_ryan-angel-meza.jpg?1582571121)
Wealth of Wisdom
California Center President and CEO Margaret Wong on the importance of the China market
Margaret Wong founded the Sacramento-based California Center in 2012 to facilitate business opportunities between California and China. Comstock’s spoke with Wong about expanding to the China market.
![California Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, here shown with the flag of the women's suffrage movement, has authored or co-authored 49 bills. (Photo by Rachel Valley)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0320_feat_leadership_aguiar-curry_rachelvalley_lead_0.jpg?1582856687)
Follow Her Lead: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
As the country celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we profile 19 leaders in the Capital Region
“I do bills that are tough, and I’m not doing the ones that you see on the front page of the papers,” says California Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, who has authored or co-authored 49 bills.
![Photographer Rachel Valley (left) sets up a shoot with Tina Reynolds, Allison Otto and Karen Bond, three of the women profiled in this year's Women in Leadership issue. (Photo by Marissa Lewis)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0320_dept_letter_marissalewis_lead.jpg?1582573366)
Unfinished Business, 100 Years Later
In celebration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, Comstock’s is honoring 19 regional leaders for our annual tribute to women in leadership. Our managing editor shares her thoughts on the occasion.
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Women in Leadership: Joelle Terry, Sacramento Kings
As part of our 2019 salute to women in leadership, we feature seven of the Capital Region’s most relevant and successful women leaders — here’s one of them.
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Women in Leadership: Selvi Stanislaus, Franchise Tax Board of California
As part of our 2019 salute to women in leadership, we feature seven of the Capital Region’s most relevant and successful women leaders — here’s one of them.
![Cassandra Walker-Pye, GOP consultant and founder of 3.14 Communications.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0319_feat_politics_lead_mikegraff.jpg?1577874530)
Can Women Save California’s GOP?
Soon after beginning her career in California politics, Cassandra Walker-Pye issued a warning for her fellow Republicans: The GOP needed to be doing more to elect women into office, stat.
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Women in Leadership: Angela DePaoli, Bargas Environmental Consulting
As part of our 2019 salute to women in leadership, we feature seven of the Capital Region’s most relevant and successful women leaders — here’s one of them.
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For Women Seeking Corporate Board Positions, It’s Still an Uphill Climb
A new California law is forcing publicly-traded for-profit businesses to get women on their boards. Yet getting tapped for a directorship is no easy feat.
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The Voice of Capital Region Chambers Is Decidedly Female — Here’s What They Have to Say
There are roughly 50 chambers in the Capital Region, and we counted over 30 led by women. We asked a dozen of these leaders (doing our best to bring in a mix of voices) to tell us where they see the region headed.