EDI: CHICAGO: Engineer, CEO and beloved Windy City mentor dies at 60

CHICAGO - Deborah Sawyer, a longtime mentor to many women in business and the founder and CEO of Environmental Design International in Chicago, has died after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Sawyer, 60, began her career as an environmental scientist for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency before entering the private sector to work for a large national engineering consulting firm. She eventually left to follow her dream and open Environmental Design International. Over the years as EDI...