Women at the Helm 2015
RACHEL EINBUND
Principal Attorney at the Law Office of Rachel Einbund, Esq.
The passage of the Marriage Equality Act in 2011 marked the end of one battle, and the beginning of many others. Rachel Einbund understood that from the start, and it's what led her to create her own legal practice, focusing on marriage-based green cards, work visas, domestic abuse victims and family-based immigration, to name but a few of her many specialties. Einbund, a graduate of NYU and New York Law School, prides herself on taking clients from all over, and on her belief in religious, political, gender and sexual freedom. In addition to running her own firm, she mentors law students; holds free workshops on the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) immigration policy; writes about immigration issues on her firm's blog, The LORE Review; and does pro-bono work for minors and unique cases. (She’s registered as a marriage officiant, too, as if all that weren't enough to keep her busy.) For her dedication to the law and our community, Einbund has received numerous honors: Just this year, the National LGBT Bar Association named her one of America's best LGBT lawyers under 40 and The International Women's Leadership Association called her a Woman of Outstanding Leadership. We here at GO simply call her "amazing."
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ELAINE MARTIN
Founder and Owner, Eastside Cafe and Elaine’s
Nobody could ever accuse Elaine Martin of not paying her dues. “I knew very early on that I wanted to own my own restaurant,” the founder, owner and chef of Austin, Texas’ Eastside Cafe says. “My dad told me: You have to start at the bottom. So I started as a dishwasher. I worked my way up and after years of cooking for other people, I was ready to be the chef of my own kitchen.” Martin opened Eastside in 1988 with Dorsey Barger and James Lance. Today, she is the sole owner, and also owns Elaine’s, which she opened in March 2012, next door. Elaine’s specializes in slow-roasted pulled pork sandwiches and tacos as well as gourmet coffee beverages, while Eastside focuses on American comfort food including French toast and meatloaf; both have classic pies like chocolate silk and buttermilk. Martin enjoys making items from scratch and is, as The Austin Chronicle noted, a pioneer of that city’s garden-to-table movement, using ingredients from Eastside’s backyard garden, such as the edible flowers. She’s also greatly influenced by both her mother and her grandmother when it comes to cooking, and of course, her customers. “I just want them to be comfortable—comfortable and full and happy,” she recently said to Community Impact Newspaper. “I’m not trying to change the world.”
