Elysian Magazine - Women Inspiring Women

Elysian Magazine’s Women Inspiring Women

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ELYSIAN was the result of Karen Floyd’s personal quest to tell and listen to stories about exceptional women. From her early twenties as a young prosecutor . . . to the women she has interviewed over the past eight years as ELYSIAN’s publisher and editor, Floyd shares insights that are intended to encourage and move our readers. On the surface, Floyd’s interviews are about women succeeding, overcoming, persevering, and enduring. As the number of years and interviews have grown, Floyd no longer asks, “Is it timing, virtue, luck, funding, perseverance, faith, endurance or passion?” Over the last...

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Elysian Magazine - Women Inspiring Women

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Fern Mallis 04.09.2025 51:13

Fern was well along her path to a career in fashion when she was chosen as one of 20 college guest editors for the Conde Nast publication geared to young fashionistas, Mademoiselle. After graduating with a BFA from the University of Buffalo, she took a job as the magazine’s merchandising editor and seven years later, moved crosstown to Gimbels East department store, as fashion director. After a br...

Tara Sherbert 04.09.2025 44:51

What is your current position and the entities you oversee? President and owner of a development firm, an asset management firm, and an investment firm, all of which I head up. We focus primarily on historic renovations nationwide. My husband owns and runs and operates a CPA firm. Is your sweet spot the Southeast or nationwide? We really focus on states that have state subsidies in addition to the...

Consuelo Vanderbilt 04.09.2025 42:30

“What hasn’t Consuelo done?” You could say the singer, composer, songwriter, designer, actress, philanthropist, and entrepreneur has built her success on not only finding her voice, but in helping others find theirs. Despite the pedigree attached to her family name—she is a seventh- generation descendent of shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt—Consuelo found success through anonymity...