Holiday Wish List for Dec. 9, 2022
The Wish List is IBJ’s effort to help connect not-for-profits with people who can help them.
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The Wish List is IBJ’s effort to help connect not-for-profits with people who can help them.
We want a military strong enough to defend us, but we also don’t want it to trample on our personal freedom.
In the time of year that is supposed to bring joy and glad tidings, this season brings Colts fans neither. It’s like this franchise is stuck in the chimney, with a fire roaring under its snow boots.
Johnny Bright was considered a leading candidate to become the first Black player to win the Heisman Trophy in 1951, when his season at Drake University was derailed after an Oklahoma A&M player broke Bright’s jaw in an on-field attack perceived as being racially motivated.
As a young businesswoman, I put an enormous amount of pressure on myself to be perfect. Perfectly prepared. Perfectly dressed. Perfectly presented. Perfectly on time.
Pictured is the Santa Claus, Indiana, post office in 1931. The Santa Claus Post Office—the only one in the world with the Santa Claus name—opened in 1856. In 1914, the post office’s postmaster, James Martin—whose name is included on the sign in this photo—began answering children’s letters to St. Nick. In the years that followed, […]
A new book is capping a year of tremendous transition for the Emmis Corp. founder whose roster of former employees includes David Letterman, Mike Pence, Isaac Hayes and Ken Griffey Jr.
The county has some of the most affluent, highly connected cities in Indiana. It also has rural areas that lack widespread access to reliable high-speed internet.
The latest year-over-year figure was down from 8% in October and from a recent peak of 11.7% in March.
The additional financial support will come from the Capital Improvement Board’s fund balance, which was bolstered in October with $50 million in revenue replacement funds through the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
Chris Lowery, the state’s higher education commissioner, said he wants the money to launch a grassroots, statewide campaign to “promote the value of higher education to individuals and Indiana’s economy.”
Ann Dryer’s responsibilities at Commonwealth Engineers—a firm specializing in water resources—include overseeing the accounting department, managing financial performance, providing quality financial reporting for operational planning, working directly with project managers and clients, overseeing human resources, and assisting in internal controls as a member of the operating committee.
Josh Davidhizar is responsible for oversight of accounting and financial processes, policies and procedures at Indiana Oxygen Co.
Jenny Quinnette helps plan and execute the strategy of Vibenomics by providing recommendations based on insights gleaned through numbers.
Rodney Graham is responsible for the accounting, treasury and information systems teams for Co-Alliance—a nearly 100-year-old diversified agribusiness owned and controlled by about 12,400 members who are local farmers that produce or market farm products—and its subsidiaries and joint ventures.
Tony Firmani is CFO of MPI Corp. and its operating subsidiaries, which currently includes Small Parts Inc. and HTI.
As CFO of GEMCO Constructors—a mechanical, electrical, plumbing, building automation systems and service contractor—Andrew Toth oversees the finance, accounting, human resources and IT functions of the business, which has been named to IBJ’s Fast 25 list five years in a row.
Brian Tomamichel oversees business, operations and technology for Westfield-Washington Schools, one of the fastest-growing school districts in Indiana.
Barry Gardner oversees five departments for the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, including finance, facilities, grounds and custodial services, child nutrition and construction.
Christopher Ruhl leads all financial management, business services, treasury, human resource, information technology, sponsored research programs and internal audit functions at Purdue University, which has a $2.5 billion annual operating budget across all its campuses and Purdue Global.