Female Strong

After her husband was gunned down in his Loop office, a Chicago woman set out to try to influence a new generation of entrepreneurs. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has the story.

This story starts with an unimaginable tragedy. In July 2014, Steven LaVoie, CEO of ArrowStream, was shot in his Loop office. He died three months later. His wife Jody was left to run the multi-million dollar family business alone. “Just coming back to the space every day was hard,” said Jody LaVoie.   Without her husband, Jody LaVoie no longer...