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.
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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.
As president and CEO of the International Center, she has been a driving force in making Indiana more global.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Against all odds, the president of Patachou Inc. has built a thriving group of restaurants that have transformed the local dining landscape by emphasizing fresh, local ingredients and careful preparation.
She has been a philanthropist and high-level volunteer par excellence, helping to lead more than 20 local organizations. She has focused particularly on organizations benefiting women.
Now a partner at Krieg DeVault LLP, herwork in homeland security led to her involvement in the nation’s response to 9/11. She also has helped lead many of the city’s most important charities.
She founded the city’s largest public relations agency and has become a force in the not-for-profit world.
The Indiana Fever forward founded the Catch the Stars Foundation, which serves 1,500 underprivileged youth in central Indiana every year, and has a leadership role in a number of other charities that benefit children.
The dean of Indiana University’s School of Nursing, she is a leader in nursing research, service and education. She helped pioneer the treatment of pain in children and founded the Society of Pediatric Nurses.
The legal director of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, she created programs to offer victims immediate protection from the time they enter a hospital and founded the state’s first domestic-violence education program for attorneys.
As one of the few women practicing real estate law, she is determined to make life easier for women who follow in her footsteps. She founded IndyCREW, an organization that promotes and supports women in commercial real estate.
The head of the state’s newest public university brings years of White House and Pentagon experience to her position. She hopes to revolutionize our state’s approach to higher education by championing distance learning as key to closing the Hoosier degree gap.
This Hamilton County commissioner is a leader in the drive to improve public transportation in central Indiana and promotes regional cooperation among the diverse communities of central Indiana.
As one of the city’s top immigration attorneys, Angela D. Adams is at the center of the debate on reform.
As an Eli Lilly and Co. lobbyist in Washington, D.C., Jay Bonitt is hoping the Congressional “super committee” charged with trimming the federal budget doesn’t turn to the Medicare prescription drug program, known as Part D, to do so. Bonitt, Lilly's vice president of federal affairs, said the program is under budget and helps spur drugmakers to further innovation.
Parts shortages from three months of catastrophic flooding in Thailand have forced Honda to cut U.S. and Canadian factory production by 50 percent for the second time this year. Honda, which employs 2,000 in Greensburg, said it will not lay off any workers.
Mary Ann Conroy will become CEO of Terre Haute Regional Hospital, effective Dec. 1, according to the Tribune-Star of Terre Haute. She replaces Brian Bauer, who left earlier this year to head up Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Conroy was most recently CEO of Englewood Community Hospital, a 100-bed facility in Florida owned by Tennessee-based hospital chain HCA.
Dr. Joan Chung and Dr. Brian McVay have joined Anesthesia Consultants of Indianapolis. Chung earned her medical degree at Yonsei University School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea. McVay did his medical training at Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Both Chung and McVay completed anesthesia residencies at the Indiana University School of Medicine this year.