2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Seema Verma
With experience at the state level, Seema Verma is now positioned to shape federal health policy.
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2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Marti Starkey
In more than 36 years of practice, Marti Starkey has racked up a shelf of awards, including being named 2017’s Distinguished Barrister by Indiana Lawyer.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber
Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber leads centers of excellence at IU Health and Eskenazi that develop programs to improve health, provide access for services, and advocate for funding and programs.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Andrea Pierson
Andrea Pierson achieved victories for Faegre’s product liability mass tort clients in trials and pretrial proceedings while helping grow the firm’s Product Liability & Environmental team to more than 100.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Melanie D. Margolin
Melanie D. Margolin manages global litigation and serves as lead legal adviser on product safety issues for Cummins, and champions legal equality for the LGBT community.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Nicole Lorch
Nicole Lorch joined First Internet Bank a week before it launched in 1999, and has grown with the company as it rose from $1.2 million in deposits to $2.3 billion.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Angela Smith Jones
Angela Smith Jones has played leadership roles in the Salesforce Tower expansion project, the Infosys project with its approximately 2,000 jobs, and others.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Yolanda Johnson-Moton
Since joining Eli Lilly and Co., Yolanda Johnson-Moton has launched education and engagement platforms, including the Lilly for Better Health website, and brought the company to YouTube via Lilly Health Channel.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Joyce Irwin
Joyce Irwin directs the Community Health Network Foundation, which is dedicated to serving the needs of both patients and caregivers with funding for programs such as an Oncology Assistance Fund.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Kelley Gay
Under the guidance of Kelley Gay, who leads seven business units at OneAmerica, the creative design team experienced a 25 percent reduction in project completion time, which adds up considering the group produces more than 5,000 print and digital projects annually.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Dr. Joan Duwve
Opioid prescribing decreased 16 percent in Indiana recently, thanks in part to Dr. Joan Duwve, whose Peace Corps experience led her to become a champion for public health.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Susana Duarte de Suarez
For Gov. Holcomb, she develops marketing and communications material, creates and executes communications plans, and engages with the community in and out of legislative and business arenas. But that’s just part of the picture for this Zionsville councilwoman. Rising up: While growing up in Mexico City, Duarte de Suarez read The Wall Street Journal with […]
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Melissa Davis
Melissa Davis in 2016 became the first woman president of BSA Lifestructures, a $50 million architecture, interior design and engineering firm with a specialty in health care facilities.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Deborah J. Caruso
As bankruptcy trustee for ITT Educational Services Inc., Deborah Caruso has had to make sense of what was left of 137 campuses, where 8,000 people were laid off and 40,000 students left to fend for themselves.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Jennifer Bott
Jennifer Bott developed a comprehensive, university-wide strategy for online education that resulted in growth in students, programs and revenue.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Melissa Stapleton Barnes
At Eli Lilly and Co., Melissa Stapleton Barnes leads an organization responsible for ethics and compliance in nearly 90 countries around the world.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Jennifer M. Alvey
Jennifer Alvey, who worked in state government before becoming chief financial officer at IU Health, says mentors have played a big role in her professional development.
2017 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Erin L. Albert
Erin Albert is a leading podcaster on pharmaceutical subjects, a prolific writer of books and a full-time consultant.
2016 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Angie Wethington
Angie Wethington was recently inducted into the Midwest Real Estate News Hall of Fame, thanks in part to more than 33.6 million square feet of property deals with an estimated $1.5 billion value.
2016 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Susanne Wasson
The top woman in a commercial role in the 9,000-employee agricultural chemical giant, Wasson sits on the president/CEO’s Global Leadership Team and has served as treasurer and chairwoman of the finance committee of the Indiana Humanities board of directors.