Vickie Elmer

Vickie Elmer regularly contributes articles on careers and small business to the Washington Post and to its sister publication, Capital Business. She also writes about work, business, and life’s crazy and joyful moments for Fortune, AARP Bulletin, and the Ann Arbor Observer. A former editor, her work has appeared in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Parents, the Financial Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and many other major media. She’s been called “prolific and feisty” and incredibly competitive and creative by her colleagues. Last year, she and a partner established Mity Nice, a start-up that employs teens to sell Italian ice from a shiny silver cart in Ann Arbor, Mich. She’s an active volunteer and the mother of three.