2021 CFO of the Year: Heidi J. Babkowski
With more than $1.25 billion coming in and the majority of it being redistributed on an annual basis, there is never a shortage of work for Heidi Babkowski to do at the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
With more than $1.25 billion coming in and the majority of it being redistributed on an annual basis, there is never a shortage of work for Heidi Babkowski to do at the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Deanna Oware’s job as a member of the leadership team for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development is to ensure effective operation of the finance department’s procurement, accounting and payroll, budget, grant accounting, and analysis and reconciliation units. Finance
Dana Teasley’s job at Greater Education Opportunities Foundation is to leverage state, federal and philanthropic resources to create public K-12 schools that achieve K-14 results in low-income communities.
Chosen Consulting LLC, which does business as Chosen Healthcare, alleges its former chief financial officer defrauded the company through a scheme to get double paychecks for more than a year and that she also improperly sent more than a half-million dollars to her own construction company.
Josh Smiley, Lilly’s CFO since 2018, resigned from the company after the drugmaker said he had engaged in a improper personal relationship with an employee.
Joshua Smiley, who was Lilly’s second-highest-paid employee, was named CFO in January 2018. Lilly said Smiley also engaged in “inappropriate personal communications” with other employees.
Lewis Todd Borgmann, 38, had been serving as interim CFO since September, following the departure of former CFO Keith Jennings.
Under Anna O’Nan’s leadership, the company rolled out its NextGen platform and negotiated key partnership and reseller agreements, which accelerated growth and dramatically enhanced the company’s market position.
Ivan Baird played a central role in growing and scaling the AIS and oversaw a doubling of year-over-year revenue from 2018 to 2019.
With Mundo Sanchez’s help, the refrigerated-trucking company has grown 1,000% over the past five years and this year made IBJ’s Fast 25 list of fastest-growing central Indiana companies.
Cindy Lucchese steers the financial fortunes of Penske Entertainment, the Roger Penske-owned entity she helped create when the racing icon bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the IndyCar series and IMS Productions from the Hulman family in January 2020.
Michelle Demarco and her team arranged financing for enVista’s long-term growth, and she led the company through the development of a strategic planning process that sets the stage to accelerate that growth.
Before anyone had heard of COVID-19, Steve Mark had worked with others on the Byrider executive team to update finance and accounting policies and procedures and equipped his entire team to work remotely.
In 2019, at Heath Fear’s direction, Kite Realty Group Trust announced a bold plan to sell upward of $500 million in non-core assets and use the proceeds to retire debt.
Gustavo Garavaglia is responsible for electric utilities in Indianapolis and Dayton and several energy-generation facilities across the country that generate annual revenue of $3 billion.
With Todd Young’s guidance, Elanco spun off from Eli Lilly and Co. in March 2019. In the process, Young built a 60-person corporate finance department from scratch.
Jennifer Alvey leads the financial fortunes of the largest health care system in the state, which serves more than 1 million patients every year and employs 34,000.
Camille Broeker is responsible for the financial oversight of the IUPUI campus, including its $1.65 billion operating budget.
Under Matt Hawkins’ leadership, Ivy Tech has increased its net unrestricted funds from $331 million to $507 million, and the school’s investment portfolio has exceeded its investment income goals by $33 million.
The specialty hydrocarbon and fuels products producer said Keith Jennings would resign as executive vice president and chief financial officer as of Aug. 31, just eight months after joining the company.