Author: Vanessa Edmonds   Description: When disaster strikes or infrastructure fails, the systems that sustain modern life suddenly move into the spotlight. Behind those moments are leaders making critical decisions under intense pressure.   Women Holding the Line  explores the experiences of women leading electric, gas, and water utilities through crisis and transformation - revealing the courage, judgment, and resilience required to guide the systems our communities depend on every day.  ...

Introduction Modern life depends on systems most people rarely think about. Electricity flows across mountains and cities. Water moves through pipes beneath our streets. Hospitals, traffic systems, communications networks, and entire economies rely on infrastructure designed to remain invisible when it works. But when storms hit, fires spread, infrastructure fails, or water becomes unsafe, these systems suddenly move to center stage. And behind those moments are leaders holding the line. Book...

A Personal & Professional Reset The Camino de Santiago is a network of ancient pilgrimage routes leading to the Cathedral de Santiago in northern Spain, where some historians believe followers of Jesus’s apostle, St. James, buried him. Since medieval times, “pilgrims” (referred to as “peregrinos” in Spanish) - kings, farmers, monks, soldiers, and ordinary travelers – began the journey from their homes, crossing Europe and walking through Spain in search of faith, reflection, healing,...