In her previous career, Beth Noymer Levine worked in a high-powered, high-pressure job as an executive vice-president in charge of corporate communications at a large US bank. She oversaw staff dispersed across nine US states and travelled frequently.
When she had her first child in 1992, she left it all behind. "I don't regret the decision but I was never comfortable with it," says the Bostonian, adding that she "always tried to keep her hand in" in the corporate world.
