2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Roxane Gay
Purdue professor Roxane Gay is one of the hottest feminist writers in a time that is celebrating feminism.
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2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Brooke Thompson
When Brooke Thompson arrived in Indiana in 2017 to lead the market, she not only focused on the numbers, but also on company morale and community givebacks.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Audrey Taylor
Emerging from the health care services arena and state government sector, Audrey Taylor founded risk-management services company Netlogx in 1998.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Melissa St. John
Melissa St. John’s company specializes in corporate moves and has a long list of prominent clients, but the awards she’s received have as much to do with corporate citizenship as with the bottom line.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Danielle Shockey
Taking over as the leader of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana in 2017, Danielle Shockey came to the job with 20 years of experience working with Indiana youth.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Christi Shaw
Working at Eli Lilly and Co. right out of college, Christi Shaw went on to other major drug companies before returning to head a division that represents about 40 percent of Lilly’s worldwide revenue.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Jennifer Rumsey
After beginning her Cummins career working on advancing fuel cell technology, Jennifer Rumsey now guides the company’s second-largest function, leading a global team that includes 7,000 engineers.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Courtney Roberts
Overseeing Eli Lilly and Co.’s philanthropic work in the United States, Kenya and Mexico, Courtney Roberts also leads a pilot program to address barriers to diabetes care in three local neighborhoods.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Karen Plaut
Karen Plaut leads Purdue’s highly ranked College of Agriculture, where she oversees more than 300 faculty members, nearly 3,600 students and an extension service that reaches all 92 Indiana counties and more than 60 countries.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Danelle Miller
A member of Roche’s Global Quality & Regulatory Leadership Team, Danelle Miller built its regulatory policy function from the ground up.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Andi M. Metzel
Andi Metzel tried her first legal case before she even graduated from law school. Now a partner at Taft, she is also president of the Indiana State Bar Association and its board of governors, leading the largest legal organization in the state. Affiliations: In addition to her role with the Indiana State Bar Association and its foundation, […]
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Carolene Mays-Medley
A former state lawmaker and utility regulator, Carolene Mays-Medley has overseen a rapidly increasing event lineup as well as an infrastructure overhaul at White River State Park, including an upcoming upgrade of the Lawn concert facility.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Kelly Krauskopf
Now in her 19th season as the top executive for the Indiana Fever, Kelly Krauskopf is the longest-tenured executive in the WNBA and is now overseeing Pacers Gaming for the NBA2k league.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Christine Hayes Hickey
Christine Hayes Hickey worked her way up from paralegal, landed her law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in the evenings and became an associate, then partner, then managing partner and president of Rubin & Levin PC.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Deana R. Haworth
Deana Haworth has spent 18 years with Hirons, a local leader in marketing and public relations, working with Eskenazi Health, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office, and she created the Hirons Rural Reach program.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Kellie K. Hanner
Since Kellie Hanner became president and CEO six years ago, the Indiana Donor Network has seen a 16.5 percent increase in organ transplants and a 58 percent increase in tissue donors.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Lena Hackett
Lena Hackett has worked aggressively on criminal justice reform strategies and brought national models and practices to Indianapolis.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Barbara Fleming
Revenue for Barbara Fleming's construction-management firm, BAF Corp., recently topped $5 million.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Myla A. Eldridge
Myla Eldridge has saved about three quarters of a million dollars of taxpayer money by “smart-sizing” the Marion County Clerk’s Office.
2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Mary Dankoski
Mary Dankoski is on a quest to speed up the advancement of women and underrepresented faculty at the Indiana University School of Medicine.