Janet Gurwitch is CEO and Co-Founder of Gurwitch Bristow Products, the multi-million company that produces, manages and markets Laura Mercier Cosmetics. Ellen talks with her about the risks involved in becoming an entrepreneur, the biggest challenge she has faced in her career, and the difference between working women today and those who started out two decades ago.

Attorney, mother, community activist, and “a bridge between cultures,” Chinese immigrant Ping Sun reveals the reasons she decided to put her legal career aside and move to Houston, TX when her husband accepted the position as President of Rice University. Ellen and Ping also discuss the challenges of a blended marriage, the Houston Chinese community, and shepherding students through the scare of Hurricane Rita.