2026 Excellence in Health Care: Nurse finds her calling in educating others
Bringing the simulator to Franciscan is another in a long line of achievements Harrell has racked up during more than 20 years in the medical field.
Bringing the simulator to Franciscan is another in a long line of achievements Harrell has racked up during more than 20 years in the medical field.
Elaine Gilbert leads the eight-week Mental Resiliency Training Program, which teaches skills such as coping and emotional regulation to help athletes manage stress, build resilience and enhance their focus.
Hancock County’s Mobile Response Team was founded in 2022 as a collaboration between Community Health Network, Hancock Health and local law enforcement.
Licensed behavioral health consultants—psychologists, social workers, etc.—at The Jane Pauley Community Health Center provide support for patients experiencing mental-health challenges that are affecting their physical health.
Michelle Brown is the health care system’s first pharmacy specialist with a concentration in pain and opioid stewardship.
Shannon Trump, chief of police for IU Health’s Department of Public Safety, helped bring K9 Elliott to the hospital system.
Madeline Zieger, a physician assistant, has been working for IU Health Medical Group in the burn centers at both Riley Hospital for Children and Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital for more than 30 years.
Dr. Andrew DeNardo’s goals are to “provide compassionate and cutting-edge care and bring innovative products to advance that care.”
Riley Children Health’s Dr. Riad Lutfi is credited with transforming the way the hospital cares for its most complex and vulnerable patients.
Dr. Claire Willard is the medical director of Eskenazi Health Palliative Care. She sees patients with serious illness during hospitalizations, as well as follow-ups in outpatient settings.
This year, Authenticx will surpass more than 500 million voices heard.
He was 45, new to the industry—which provides building products such as doors, frames, access-control systems and fireplaces for construction—and a first-time CEO for a company that was profitable but no longer growing.
Today, Jack Laurie Group has about 800 full-time equivalents, with offices in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis and satellite locations in Bloomington/Columbus, Lafayette, Merrillville, South Bend and Van Wert, Ohio.
Kirschner joined the company straight from college in 1982 as an accounting manager with three or four direct reports and worked his way up to a vice presidency at age 32.
Chuck Goodrich started with Gaylor as an intern in 1991 and returned to the company in 1996, where he “worked in every position in the organization, pretty much” before being named president in 2014 and president/CEO in 2018.
Through the best moments and the worst, Ryan’s goal has been “to come out on the better side,” he said. “Come out better as an organization with an even stronger culture.”
Since Chad Ashcraft assumed the role of chief growth officer of Marathon Health in 2017, the company’s annual revenue has increased from $25 million to $550 million.
As a member of Remodel Health’s executive team, Johnna Barnard has helped lead the organization through rapid, strategic expansion.
Since Chris Cotterill joined Goelzer Investment Management, the firm has doubled its assets, from $1.8 billion in the first quarter of 2020 to more than $4 billion today.
Dr. Ray Dusman has helped develop Parkview Health into a system that now comprises 15 hospitals across 22 counties.