2025 Women of Influence: Heather D. Harris
Heather Harris has practiced law since 2004 and with Barnes & Thornburg LLP for almost 19 years.
Heather Harris has practiced law since 2004 and with Barnes & Thornburg LLP for almost 19 years.
Lisa Hershman serves as Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
Lee Ann Kwiatkowski is dean and vice president of the Klipsch Educators College at Marian University, and she also oversees the school’s K-12 outreach through the Center for Vibrant Schools.
Katie Lucas oversees Lucas Oil’s operations, long-term strategy and philanthropic initiatives.
Gina Miller joined the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership as CEO in 2022 at a time when construction costs, housing prices and mortgage rates were all skyrocketing.
Nicole Paulk leads strategy, business development, marketing, innovation and patient experience at Indiana University Health.
Dr. Jennifer Satterfield-Siegel, who has been a pediatric dentist for 32 years, specializes in care for infants with cleft lip and cleft palates or with craniofacial conditions.
Vanessa Green Sinders took over as president and CEO of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce in January 2024.
Terry Stigdon has been a nurse volunteer with the Red Cross since September 2005 (because of Hurricane Katrina) and CEO of the Indiana Region for 2-1/2 years.
In eight years with the Madam Walker Legacy Center—four as board member and four as president and CEO—Kristian Stricklen has helped lead the organization into a new era of stability, visibility and cultural impact.
Beth Tharp was promoted to senior vice president, president of hospital services and network chief nurse officer at Community Health Network in February 2022.
Judith Thomas describes herself as “civic leader and cheerleader for Indy’s rich arts and culture community.”
Deborah Tobias is a member of the Indiana University Health Foundation, and she and her husband committed to a $10 million estate gift to help create the Tobias-Lechleiter Institute for Clinical Innovation at IU Health.
Eunice Trotter spent much of her career in journalism, but her role today is to uncover, document, preserve or restore and share Indiana Black history and heritage for Indiana Landmarks.
Since 2010, Alonya Yakovleva has built Indiana Ballet Conservatory from the ground up, establishing it as “an elite and highly respected training ground for both serious-minded ballet students and recreational dancers alike.”
Lee Ernst became CEO of Johnson Grossnickle and Associates in July 2024, transitioning from the role of chief operating officer.
Molly Deuberry Craft leads the communications strategy for Gov. Mike Braun and the state agencies in the executive branch.
Janmarie Connor joined her family’s business 28 years ago and for the last nine has been president and CEO.
Anne Hathaway, who was named to IBJ’s Women of Influence list in 2015, is executive director of the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series, a role she’s held for 16 years.
Over the course of her career, Sue Ellspermann has worked in the corporate world as an engineer, owned her own consulting business, was a state representative and then lieutenant governor, and worked 15 years in higher education.