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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Lori Miser

The executive director of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization has literally changed the face of Marion County. Miser had a hand in developing such projects as the Monon Trail, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, and most recently IndyConnect: Central Indiana’s Transportation Initiative Process.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Sue Mahony

As senior vice president of human resources for Eli Lilly and Co., Mahony is the company’s senior-most leader responsible for the firm’s efforts to expand diversity.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson

Magnus-Stinson is only the fourth female federal district judge in Indiana history (or third, depending on where one places her in relation to Tanya Walton Pratt, who was appointed to a similar position at the same time).

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Dijuana Lewis

Lewis has been responsible for health insurance giant WellPoint’s provider relations, care and disease management, information management, personal health guidance companies, and its pharmacy solutions group.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Dr. Robin H. Ledyard

The president of Community Hospital East brings a lifelong interest in helping the needy to her duties as administrator. During her career she’s done everything from oversee the opening of the Jane Pauley Community Health Center to working as a staff physician in a Michigan homeless shelter.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Barbara Holder

In her role as diversity manager for Smoot Construction, Holder has monitored the participation levels of minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses in some of the state’s biggest development efforts.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Dr. Lauren Dungy-Poythress

As one of the nation’s leading perinatologists (caring for both the mother and fetus during pregnancies with a higher-than-normal risk of complications), Dungy-Poythress has “put Community on the map” as a leader in this highly specialized but critical field.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Traci Dolan

Dolan transformed ExactTarget’s financial operations, oversaw its 2007 IPO filing—later withdrawn—and spearheaded two of 2009’s biggest, most successful venture capital procurements, all in the midst of a precipitous economic downturn.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Annette W. Cyr

Since joining the global communications technology firm in 2003, Brightpoint’s senior vice president, global human resources, has established a world-spanning HR team and rationalized the company’s practices across timelines, continents and cultures.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Moira Carlstedt

As president of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership, Carlstedt is charged with finding ways not just to place low- and moderate-income families in their own homes, but also to keep them there.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Susan Baughman

As senior vice president of event management for the Indiana Sports Corp., Baughman is regularly called upon to put Indianapolis’ best foot forward in extravaganzas ranging from the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships to the 2010 NCAA Men’s Final Four.

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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Jennifer Pope Baker

As executive director of the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana (a special interest fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation), Baker has awarded grants to dozens of innovative central Indiana programs supporting women and girls.

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Anticipated development near stadium isn’t materializing

Not long ago, developers seemed to vie for every square inch of open ground in the vicinity of the just-completed Lucas Oil
Stadium. These days, the entire neighborhood has been pushed, if not into a financial deep freeze, then at the very least
to the back of the crisper drawer.

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Debt agencies turn up heat-WEB ONLY

A lot of people owe money these days, and some of the agencies hired to pursue them are resorting to old- school tactics to collect. Things like calling at all hours, threatening to have debtors jailed or fired, or employing abusive language. “They’re turning up the pressure,” said Indianapolis attorney Steve Halbert, who defends collection […]

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Ritter’s buyer retools custard chain

Indianapolis residents have been passionate about Ritter’s handmade frozen custard ever since it debuted almost two decades
ago. But while the ice cream is sweet, the story of the former mom-and-pop company’s attempts to morph into something grander
is decidedly bitter. Now, New York-based TruFoods, which bought the company in May 2008, is trying to get the formula
right.

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Ritter’s buyer retools chain-WEB ONLY

This St. Patrick’s Day, Tru-Foods LLC executive Gary Occhiogrosso got an object lesson in why his company’s acquisition of Ritter’s Frozen Custard either could be a great opportunity or a royal pain-or both. He visited the chain’s ill-starred 10450 Allisonville Road location on a blustery March day. The shop, which sits in the middle of […]

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