2024 Women of Influence: Mary Beth Oakes
Mary Beth Oakes has more than 30 years of experience in the change-management consulting and office furniture industries.
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Mary Beth Oakes has more than 30 years of experience in the change-management consulting and office furniture industries.
In her 2-1/2 years at Indiana University, Nancy Paton has established and launched the first university-wide marketing and communications strategy; modernized and restructured marketing/communications; launched an internationally award-winning brand strategy and national campaign that has resulted in strengthened awareness and reputation for IU; and helped drive increased student applications across all IU campuses and IU Online.
Marci Reddick was a practicing attorney for 39 years, the last 21 of those at Taft, where she is now senior counsel after retiring from full-time practice at the end of 2021.
Julie Sharp leads the tax credit equity division at Merchants Capital, the real estate financing division of Merchants Bank.
Tanuja Singh became the 10th president of the University of Indianapolis in July 2023.
Veteran broadcaster Anne Marie Tiernon anchors the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts on WTHR-TV Channel 13. Her job includes presenting enterprise special reports and covering Indiana newsmakers, Olympians and Olympic hopefuls.
Donna Walker leads Hoosier Energy, a not-for-profit electric generation and transmission cooperative that provides wholesale service to 18 member distribution cooperatives in central and southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois.
As CEO of Purdue Polytechnic High Schools, which opened in 2017, Keeanna Warren oversees the school system’s overall administration, educational programs, financial management and strategic direction.
As president of DePauw University, Lori White oversees a campus of more than 1,900 students and 600 faculty and staff and a total annual budget of $115 million.
Tamara Winfrey-Harris has been president of the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana for almost two years. In 2023, she oversaw an organizational assessment to develop a bold new strategy.
Multiple retailers, restaurants and other businesses have recently opened or are planning new locations in the north suburbs of Indianapolis.
Eilenberg, currently vice president of life sciences and health care at Elevate Ventures, starts her new position next Wednesday, Heartland Bioworks announced Thursday morning.
The city had planned to purchase the property from IPS for $725,000 as part of a project to transform the campus into an “Opportunity Hub” of social, community, and health services.
Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state officials on Wednesday cut the ribbon for part of a new, $70 million addition to the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.
Local fans waited in line Wednesday at the Indiana Convention Center to secure limited-edition Taylor Swift T-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, friendship bracelets and other bracelets.
The Speakeasy was a pioneer in co-working when it opened more than a dozen years ago with backing of several local entrepreneurs. Several well-known local companies got their start at the organization.
Starbucks reported a disappointing end to its 2024 fiscal year, with revenue falling 3% in the July-September period as customer traffic slowed in the United States and China.
Two Indianapolis-based orthopedic medical practices are joining forces, creating a combined operation of more than 100 physicians and 1,200 employees with 22 locations across central Indiana.
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker missed expectations on sales of two popular drugs, diabetes treatment Mounjaro and weight-loss treatment Zepbound, which it attributed to inventory decreases in the wholesaler channel.