2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Simon Skjodt
Cynthia “Cindy” Simon Skjodt is founder and president at the Samerian Foundation and serves on the board of more than a dozen other not-for-profit organizations.
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2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Jacqueline A. Simmons
Jacqueline A. Simmons, Indiana University vice president and general counsel, approaches her job and life with a global perspective.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Sherry Seiwert
Sherry Seiwert held a variety of metropolitan planning and organizational leadership positions before landing the role of president at Indianapolis Downtown Inc.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Karin W. Sarratt
Karin W. Sarratt is vice president of talent management and chief diversity officer at WellPoint Inc.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Loretta H. Rush
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Loretta H. Rush loves to talk about the law, and she gets to do it a lot as the court’s newest justice.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Debra Ross
Debra Ross is executive vice president and chief financial officer at The National Bank of Indianapolis.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Dr. Una Osili
Dr. Una Osili, director of research at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and a professor of economics and philanthropic studies, knows a thing or two about what it means to be charitable.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Jane Niederberger
Jane Niederberger, chief operating officer at Thrive HDS, prefers the constantly change world of health care to a “boring” field.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Brenda Myers
For Brenda Myers, executive director at the Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau, promoting the county goes well beyond visitors.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Tania Castroverde Moskalenko
Arts have always been part of life for Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, president and CEO at the Center for the Performing Arts.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Connie Lawson
Indiana’s Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, has made financial literacy a big priority.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Thea Kelly
In the legal profession—the least diverse of all white-collar professions—Thea Kelly has proven a strong advocate for inclusion.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Melissa Greenwell
Melissa Greenwell likes to change people’s perceptions of human resources–from policy and handbooks and administration to helping employees be more productive.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Sue Ellspermann
Sue Ellspermann uses her training as a facilitator often in her role as Indiana’s lieutenant governor.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Francina Dlouhy
As the first woman appointed to the management committee of what was then Baker & Daniels—and as one of the firm’s first two women to become a partner—Francina Dlouhy sees helping others as a key part of her job.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Barb Cutillo
Stonegate Mortgage Corp., which Barb Cutillo co-founded with her husband, has become one of the fastest-growing privately owned companies in the United States for three years straight (according to Inc. magazine) and topped IBJ’s list of fast-growing private firms in Indiana.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Carol Curran
Like the mythological bird that rose from the ashes, Carol Curran’s 2001 startup, Phoenix Data Corp., rose from what would have led a weaker-kneed entrepreneur to give up.
2013 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Jennifer Burk
Jennifer Burk gave up a job as a top executive with Duke Realty Corp. to head up Junior Achievement of Central Indiana.
Duke’s CFO heading to Chicago real estate firm
Christie Kelly is credited with playing a critical role at Duke in helping the company keep a strong financial position during the recession and economic recovery.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Beth White
White oversees the budget of the local court system, but she’s better known for making sure election day in Marion County runs smoothly.