2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Judge Tanya Walton Pratt
In October of last year Tanya Walton Pratt was sworn in as the first African-American federal judge in Indiana history, and only the third woman on the Southern District bench.
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2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Anita W. Sherman
When she was recently named managing partner of Indianapolis-based Greenwalt CPAs, Sherman became one of only a handful of women to take a leadership role in her profession.
2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Ena Shelley
As dean of Butler University’s College of Education, Shelley is in a unique position not just to shape future teachers but to shape teaching itself.
2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Maria M. Quintana
Quintana is one of the principal architects of JPMorgan Chase’s national model for serving government, not-for-profit and health care entities. She manages approximately $3 billion in deposits and has provided more than $1 billion in financing.
Could Manning have ulterior motive for delaying contract talks?
Contract negotiations between Colts QB Peyton Manning and team owner Jim Irsay are filled with untold pressures and unparalleled leverage.
2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Myrta Pulliam
The daughter of former Indianapolis Star publisher Eugene S. Pulliam keeps busy with a broad slate of local and international philanthropic efforts focused on everything from conservation to investigative reporting.
2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Jackie Nytes
As executive director of the Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corp., Nytes has taken the MFCDC from near-bankruptcy to a multimillion-dollar not-for-profit that’s changing the face of the formerly neglected neighborhood whose name it bears.
Tax-cap amendment means change for local government
Cuts in services, higher fees and consolidation of government units are possibilities, but advocates for the constitutional amendment say long-term certainty about property tax rates could benefit the economy.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Numerous school referendums face decision time
In central Indiana, the Hamilton Southeastern and Lebanon school districts want more money to build schools or renovate existing ones, while Zionsville School Corp. is seeking additional funding for operating expenses.
2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Dr. Lisa E. Harris
Harris oversees the sprawling Wishard system, which includes more than 1,000 physicians and provides health care to almost two-thirds of Marion County’s uninsured.
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.
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.
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.
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.