Women in Business

LEADING QUESTIONS: Gleaners chief gets wake-up call

August 11, 2010
Mason King
Altmeyer
                           watch videoCEO Pamela Altmeyer reevaluated her priorities and decided to step down after a family tragedy and the agency's latest capital campaign.
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JPMorgan's wealth advisory group led from Indianapolis

August 7, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
Elizabeth Schlueter started out in Fort Wayne and rose through a series of promotions that landed her not on Wall Street but in Indianapolis.
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INSIDE DISH: Kelties eyes return to salad days

August 6, 2010
Mason King
Kelties_WatchVideoOwner and chef Keltie Domina is relying on cost-cutting, an uptick in sales and her talent for shifting strategies to dig out of a recession-based deficit.
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LEADING QUESTIONS: Burd Ford flies after tragedy

July 29, 2010
Mason King
Burd_WatchVideoRichard Burd's suicide led to shrewd cost-cutting at the family auto dealership. For Christine Burd, returning to profitability is both heartening and heartbreaking.
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LEADING QUESTIONS Not-for-profit prez: 'Take a breath'

July 14, 2010
Mason King
Amstutz_watchvideoKeira Amstutz of the Indiana Humanities Council has counterintuitive advice for fundraising pitches, plus counsel on finding balance and avoiding overthinking.
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Contract pharmaceutical research firm expands to New JerseyRestricted Content

July 10, 2010
J.K. Wall
Concentrics grows in spite of recession as drug companies look for help to handle patent expirations
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Women leading local food movement

July 10, 2010
Marc D. Allan
Women are leading the movement toward healthful, organic food grown close to home. Farmer's markets, CSAs, food co-ops are sign of growing trend.
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INSIDE DISH: Tulip Noir owner learns as she goes

July 9, 2010
Mason King
TulipNoir Watch VideoDina Romay-Sipe, a designer turned novice restaurateur, cooked up Tulip Noir from scratch. Good advice along the way: Stick to your budget, pay your bills, and get it in writing.
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Health care reform bringing changes to Caregivers

July 3, 2010
Scott Olson
Caregivers anticipates coping with declining Medicare reimbursements while having to offer insurance to its employees.
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Veteran attorneys Pence and Hensel leave Taft to launch own firmRestricted Content

June 5, 2010
Scott Olson
Linda Pence and David Hensel will concentrate on complex civil and business disputes, as well as white-collar criminal defense work.
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In-car spy device could drive sales

May 29, 2010
Chris O'Malley
Carmel-based CarCheckup LLC has created a cell-phone-size device that plugs into a car's "OBD II" diagnostic port to track a plethora of data, such as speed ranges, graphs of RPM, and numbers on how hard the car accelerated and braked. The company is marketing the device to parents of teen drivers, among others.
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LEADING QUESTIONS: Small-biz tips from finance whiz

May 26, 2010
Mason King
Wojtowicz_WatchVideoJean Wojtowicz, whose firm has helped fund more than 1,200 Indiana companies, recommends the "front-page test," looking seriously at expanding, and pulling the trigger quickly on toxic employees.
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LEADING QUESTIONS: Lead-foot Skillman takes tactful route

May 12, 2010
Mason King
LQ_Skillman_WVLt. Gov. Becky Skillman left behind the hot-rod racing of her youth for the hallowed halls of the Statehouse. Polite persuasion is her secret weapon.
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Coffee sales give Christel House a boostRestricted Content

May 8, 2010
J.K. Wall
Indianapolis-based Christel House is brokering sales of in-room coffee to resorts around the country, taking a 10-percent royalty to do so. The coffee is roasted by Indianapolis-based Copper Moon Coffee Co. and packaged in red and green bags decorated with drawings by students at Christel House's schools.
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Women's Fund sets $20 million goal for endowment

April 10, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
The Women's Fund of Central Indiana recently completed an endowment drive that raised $7 million, making the endowment one of the largest of its kind in terms of assets.
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Athletic entrepreneur helps clients build camaraderie, improve leadershipRestricted Content

April 10, 2010
Tawn Parent
Deseri Garcia's Vida Aventura consulting firm uses challenge courses, other unusual techniques to improve teamwork, morale.
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INSIDE DISH: Harried chef at R bistro tries to keep it fresh

April 9, 2010
Mason King
InsideDish_Rbistro_WVIn IBJ's new video feature on front-burner business issues that vex restaurants, Regina Mehallick of downtown's R bistro mulls the financial and personal demands of running a chef-owned eatery with a menu that changes every week.
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Low-profile CIB leader embraces tough financial task

March 6, 2010
Scott Olson
Lathrop Watch VideoAnn Lathrop's interactions with the Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts aren't what she might have envisioned as a young college student pursuing a career in sports medicine. Now president of the city's Capital Improvement Board, her relations with the teams are tied to their financial conditions rather than the health of their players.
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Program offers women entrepreneurs their own experts

January 9, 2010
Tawn Parent
AthenaPowerLink selects Carmel firm Mitsch Design as the first woman-owned business it will assist locally.
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Hiring family, friends can be dicey for business owners

January 9, 2010
Marc D. Allan
Employing relatives or pals can be a godsend or a nightmare for small firms. And anecdotal evidence suggests it could be even rougher on women business owners than it is on men.
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Adversity prepared health exec for new role at helm of SynCare

January 9, 2010
J.K. Wall
Stephanie DeKemper believes everything in her adult life has prepared her to run SynCare LLC. She’s so sure that she’s buying the company.
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Greenfield chain makes gas stations a family affair

December 12, 2009
Marc D. Allan
In high-turnover industry of gas stations and convenience stores, Greenfield-based GasAmerica builds loyalty under the guidance of CEO Stephanie White-Longworth.
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New Community Hospital East president pursues care for all

October 10, 2009
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
The new president of Community Hospital East says her job is all about health—the health of not just patients, but the entire neighborhood.
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MUELLER: Women, Wall Street and financial crises

September 12, 2009
Shirley M. Mueller
Although women now make up 60 percent of the work force, they occupy only 20 percent of executive positions. There are even fewer in finance, especially the high-risk areas like hedge funds. This may be one important reason we are in our economic chaos.
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Orr fellows finding opportunity in male-dominated tech industry

August 10, 2009
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Many young women who have participated in the Governor Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship program have landed at high-flying local technology firms.
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