Women's Career Paths Expanding

By Mike Switzer

Published November 8, 2018 at 5:49 AM EST

Career choices for women in our state continue to expand, whether through entrepreneurship or corporate advancement. And there’s no doubt that the efforts from our next guest’s organization are helping that statistic.

Mike Switzer interviews Lisa Dabney, executive director for the Center for Women in Charleston, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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