PARENT: Trading a keyboard for a chalkboard
I decided that perhaps the most important thing I could do as a teacher was to make my classroom “a land of hope,” where the possibility of a better future seems very real indeed.
Tawn Parent
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Super Bowl week events & happenings
The 150,000 visitors expected to descend on the city for the Super Bowl in February aren’t the only ones who can take advantage of the special events—and the extra shine organizers are putting on downtown.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Marvin L. White
Marvin White, system vice president and CFO of St. Vincent Health, is a finalist in the not-for-profit category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Nancy Carlson
Nancy Carlson, vice president and CFO of Music for All Inc., is a finalist in the not-for-profit category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: John Brehm
John Brehm, senior vice president and CFO of Citizens Energy Group, is the top honoree in the not-for-profit category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: G. Patrick Corydon
Patrick Corydon, executive vice president and CFO of Baldwin & Lyons Inc., is a finalist in the public companies category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Jeffrey A. Blade
Jeffrey Blade, executive vice president, CFO and chief administrative officer of Vera Bradley Inc., is a finalist in the public companies category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Wayne DeVeydt
Wayne DeVeydt, executive vice president and CFO of WellPoint Inc., is the top honoree in the public companies category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Bart Shroyer
Bart Shroyer, CFO of Defender Direct Inc.,is a finalist in the private companies (revenue over $100 million) category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Michael S. Parrett
Michael Parrett, vice president and CFO of Herff Jones Inc., is a finalist in the private companies (revenue over $100 million) category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: John P. Menne
John Menne, CFO of Harlan Bakeries LLC, is the top honoree in the private companies (revenue over $100 million) category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Jim Zaloudek
Jim Zaloudek, executive vice president and CFO of T2 Systems Inc., is a finalist in the private companies (revenue $100 million or less) category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Linda Wilgus
Linda Wilgus, executive director and CFO of Northwest Radiology Network, is a finalist in the private companies (revenue $100 million or less) category.
2011 CFO OF THE YEAR: Mike Reffeitt
Mike Reffeitt, CFO at BioStorage Technologies Inc., is the top honoree in the private companies (revenue $100 million or less) category.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Patricia A. Wachtel
She put three decades of corporate experience to work at Girls Inc., which has quintupled the number of girls it serves at a fraction of the cost.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Diane Thomas
As president and CEO of the International Center, she has been a driving force in making Indiana more global.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Marsha Stone
As CFO of the Indianapolis Airport Authority, she led the financing for the new terminal and is shaping local economic development by attempting to increase nonstop flights into Indianapolis.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: JoEllen Florio Rossebo
This outspoken advocate for arts education has expanded programs in spite of the recession and built an organization that now brings music, dance, visual arts and theater to nearly 200,000 Indiana children each year.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Lauren K. Robel
The first female dean in the 169-year history of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has raised tens of millions of dollars, improved the caliber of students and moved the school into the top 25 in the nation.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Ann Lathrop
The first woman head of the Capital Improvement Board took over at a critical juncture. Nearly two years into the job, she has succeeded in avoiding a potential $47 million deficit and signing a three-year deal with the Pacers to remain at Conseco Fieldhouse. Next up: Super Bowl XLVI.