November 19, 2012
J.K. WallAccording to one Wall Street analyst, the search for a new CEO for Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint Inc. is down
to two candidates: former Aetna Inc. CEO Ron Williams and Amerigroup Corp. CEO Jim Carlson.
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November 19, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Children’s Bureau Inc. on Monday named a president and CEO to replace Ron Carpenter, who left the Indianapolis not-for-profit
in August after 16 years as president.
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November 15, 2012
Chris O'MalleyLeaders for TechPoint, the statewide technology business initiative, have tapped a new president who they think is a veritable
poster child for successful entrepreneurship.
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October 28, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressJeff Belskus, the president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the president and CEO of Hulman & Co., will step in as
interim CEO of the IndyCar Series, replacing Randy Bernard.
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October 18, 2012
James Vento, president and CEO of Easter Seals Crossroads, is retiring after 32 years at the helm of the Indianapolis-based
agency, the not-for-profit said Wednesday.
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October 15, 2012
IBJ StaffRon Thieme, who took over as president and CEO of AIT Laboratories during a management shakeup earlier this year, is leaving
the company, the Indianapolis-based firm announced Monday morning.
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October 11, 2012
Bloomberg NewsSeparate Medicare and Medicaid divisions each will sell plans for those government-backed insurance programs. Another will
handle commercial and individual business, and a specialty unit will provide dental, vision and disability coverage.
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October 1, 2012
J.K. WallThe departure of Dr. George Sledge likely will sap the breast cancer research program at the Indiana University Melvin and
Bren Simon Cancer Center of about $500,000 in annual funding. But the program Sledge built over the past three decades mostly
will remain intact.
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September 29, 2012
J.K. WallWhile WellPoint Inc. and its predecessors have a history of grooming new CEOs in-house, the next leader of the health insurance
giant is likely to be an outsider, according to interviews with more than a half dozen former directors and officers of the
company.
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September 6, 2012
Associated PressVera Bradley Inc. co-founder Patricia Miller says she will retire from the Indiana-based handbag and luggage maker she helped
start in 1982.
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September 4, 2012
J.K. WallInvestors who called strongly for the head of WellPoint Inc. CEO Angela Braly got what they wanted last week. In response,
they bid up WellPoint's share price by $1.4 billion on the day after she resigned.
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August 16, 2012
Jill S. Lacy succeeds Margo Lacy Eccles, who served in that role for more than 30 years before her death June 25. She is married
to Peter Lacy, Andre Lacy's youngest son and nephew of Margot Eccles.
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August 11, 2012
Dan HumanStartup ViewYou, which launched in October 2011, provides matchmaking services for job-seeking college students and companies
with open positions.
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July 10, 2012
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Parks Foundation has selected Tanya Husain as its new president, the group announced Monday. Husain will
replace retiring parks foundation president Cindy Porteous.
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July 9, 2012
J.K. WallWith spending running well ahead of revenue, West Lafayette-based Bioanalytical Systems Inc. ousts its CEO in favor of its
CFO.
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June 30, 2012
Dan HumanTania Castroverde Moskalenko, incoming CEO of The Center for the Performing Arts, turned a $500,000 deficit into a $300,000
surplus at her current organization in Tennessee. The 18-month-old Carmel center’s budget is almost seven times larger.
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June 15, 2012
J.K. WallSam Odle, one of Indianapolis' most prominent black business leaders, will be replaced on an interim basis by Jim Terwilliger
while the hospital system conducts a national search for his successor.
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April 30, 2012
Associated PressCeladon Group Inc. announced Monday that it has named Eric Meek as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer,
effective immediately, as part of a succession-planning process.
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April 5, 2012
Defender, which sells and installs home-security and satellite systems, said company President Marcia Barnes has replaced
David P. Lindsey as CEO. Lindsey will retain majority ownership of the company he founded in 1998.
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March 3, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinSuccession planning is critical for any organization but even more so when the person making the hand-off is the creator and
driving force, and several local arts groups are still led by their founders.
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February 22, 2012
IBJ StaffVeteran Indianapolis Monthly chief Deborah Paul is easing into retirement, leaving her full-time gig as editorial
director of Emmis Publishing to work as a consultant.
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February 20, 2012
George E. Miller III, a former astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, is the Indianapolis school's third
president.
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December 20, 2011
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced Tuesday morning that Jacob Schpok officially has been named director of the
agency. He was appointed interim director earlier in the month.
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December 19, 2011
Scott OlsonExecutive Director Scott Fulford said he is retiring and handing over leadership to Troy Whittington, who currently is director
of business development. He officially becomes interim director on Jan. 1.
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November 12, 2011
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis Power & Light chief Ann Murtlow left the utility this spring under terms of a separation agreement that would
have entitled her to at least $404,410, according to documents the utility filed Nov. 3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.