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Beth Kowitt
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Beth Kowitt is former a senior editor at Fortune, where she wrote features primarily on management and leadership issues, the business of food, consumer behavior, sustainability, and race and gender. Her writing received multiple awards, including several SABEW Best in Business and New York Press Club honors. She also co-edited Fortune's annual Most Powerful Women franchise and was a co-chair of Fortune's's Most Powerful Women Summit, MPW Next Gen, and the Fortune's/U.S. Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership. Beth, who joined Fortune's in 2008, is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in New York City with her children and husband, photographerKarsten Moran.

Greta Van Susteren (left) and Amy Walter at Fortune's Most Powerful Women summit
MPWHillary Clinton’s biggest opponent might now be Hillary Clinton
By Beth KowittOctober 14, 2015
Whole Foods makes big bet on tech
RetailWhole Foods makes big bet on tech
By Beth KowittOctober 14, 2015
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama gestures as she speaks during a visit at the U.S. Army Garrison at Vicenza
MPWMichelle Obama to business: Help us transform girls’ education
By Beth KowittOctober 13, 2015
Frances Townsend, Former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to President George W. Bush at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit
MPWAre we facing another Cuban Missile Crisis?
By Beth KowittOctober 13, 2015
Mondelez CEO Irene Rosenfeld
MPWMondelez CEO: Companies ignore activist investors ‘at their peril’
By Beth KowittOctober 13, 2015
Judith McKenna
MPWWhen it comes to purpose, Walmart returns to its roots
By Beth KowittOctober 12, 2015
Munchery adds culinary chops with former Starbucks and La Boulange exec
RetailMunchery adds culinary chops with former Starbucks and La Boulange exec
By Beth KowittOctober 8, 2015
CA Passes State Law To Force Restaurants Chains To Display Calorie Info
RetailThree reasons McDonald’s all-day breakfast will work (and four reasons it won’t)
By Beth KowittOctober 5, 2015
Key Speakers At The Milken Institute Global Conference
EnergyHere’s how New York’s Energy Czar wants to reform utilities
By Beth KowittSeptember 29, 2015
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EnergyBubble Wrap is losing its pop, all in the name of sustainability
By Beth KowittSeptember 29, 2015
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Arts & EntertainmentThe John Oliver Effect: Why the British comedian’s impact is no joke
By Beth KowittSeptember 29, 2015
Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb at the 2015 Fortune Brainstorm E conference in Austin, Texas.
RetailWhole Foods co-CEO: Food industry experiencing ‘tectonic shift’
By Beth KowittSeptember 28, 2015
Inside A Whole Foods Market Inc. Store As Earnings Figures Are Released
RetailWhy Whole Foods is cutting jobs
By Beth KowittSeptember 28, 2015
The food industry’s $55.5 billion safety problem
HealthThe food industry’s $55.5 billion safety problem
By Beth KowittSeptember 25, 2015
Lawsuit alleges Welch’s Fruit Snacks are more candy than fruit
RetailLawsuit alleges Welch’s Fruit Snacks are more candy than fruit
By Beth KowittSeptember 25, 2015
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