2025 CEO of the Year & C-Suite Awards: Dana More
Dana More has helped lead Luke Family of Brands—which owns convenience stores and hospitality companies—through a period of tremendous growth and transformation
Dana More has helped lead Luke Family of Brands—which owns convenience stores and hospitality companies—through a period of tremendous growth and transformation
Josh Purvis has helped lead several projects that have shaped Thompson Thrift’s growth and national standing.
C.W. Raines III rejoined law firm Bingham Greenebaum Doll in 2017 after 11 years away and led the board through a series of strategic planning exercises that ultimately led to the firm’s combination with the largest law firm in the world—Dentons—in 2020.
During William Retherford’s tenure, both companies have received recognition from outside organizations, including the 2023 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administration Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.
Crew has achieved consistent, profitable growth for the last decade, Schaming said, expanding from 26 to 56 locations across Indiana and Minnesota, with plans to enter Wisconsin and Illinois next year.
Over the past decade, Vaibhav Srivastava has helped shape Salud Revenue Partners from startup to a nationally recognized leader in health care revenue cycle management.
When Cody Tyler joined the cybersecurity firm Exos in 2020, the company supported just two clients. Today, Exos provides protection for more than 50 organizations in numerous industries.
Jim Wagoner oversaw the merger of Indianapolis-based Greenwalt CPAs Inc. and Cincinnati-based CPA firm Barnes Dennig & Co. on Jan. 1 this year and became managing director of Barnes Dennig’s two Indianapolis offices.
As chief medical officer of CareSource Indiana from 2017 to 2024, Dr. Cameual Wright led the organization’s rural health initiatives.
Janmarie Connor joined her family’s business 28 years ago and for the last nine has been president and CEO.
Molly Deuberry Craft leads the communications strategy for Gov. Mike Braun and the state agencies in the executive branch.
Lee Ernst became CEO of Johnson Grossnickle and Associates in July 2024, transitioning from the role of chief operating officer.
When Jamie Ford-Bowers started at HWC (then Hannum Wagle & Cline) in 2009, the firm was providing services only to public-sector clients, most of which were outside Indianapolis’ doughnut counties.
Brenda Freije began working with Rethink Coalition in 2020 and the next year accepted the role of president and CEO.
Jasmin French leads a global team that is responsible for developing strategies and executing initiatives that strengthen the ethical culture for Cummins’ nearly 80,000 employees.
Christina Fugate joined Ice Miller 18 years ago and became partner in 2016.
Rachelle Gardner has worked in the field of adolescent substance-use-disorder treatment and recovery for 35 years—the past 20 as co-founder and executive director of Hope Academy High School.
Kristin Glazner has guided initiatives at Wabash that helped the company increase workforce diversity, with 66% of hourly hires and 47% of salaried hires in 2023 being women and/or minorities.
As race engineer at Arrow McLaren, Kate Gundlach oversees race cars’ performance, with the goal of being the fastest car in the field in qualifying and finishing first.
Heather Harris has practiced law since 2004 and with Barnes & Thornburg LLP for almost 19 years.