Among her achievements at Lilly, Sherry D. Davis has been a key player in a team that developed and launched Lilly Expanding Access to People, LEAP, a business model designed to improve the health of people living with diabetes by reducing systemic barriers to effective care.
A leader in economic development through her work with Indy Partnership/Indy Chamber, Boone County Economic Development Corp. and the city of Indianapolis, Katie Culp has 16 years of experience working with clients and on projects in 46 states.
Wondering why there were so few women members—and even fewer business owners—at Launch Fishers, Kristen Cooper created free Startup Study Halls to provide community and camaraderie to help grow startups.
Leading for 20 years an agency providing protection for Marion County children who have been abused and/or neglected, Cynthia Booth has grown the organization from eight employees to nearly 80 with a caseload closing in on 8,000. Her goal: a safe and permanent home for every child.
Overseeing the legal team at Cummins, Sharon Barner has nearly doubled the number of in-house attorneys and significantly reduced the number of outside firms.
Tavonna Harris Askew successfully led an effort to turn then-Wishard health clinics into a federally qualified health center. Now, she also serves as the public entity liaison on that project, which has received over $5 million in federal funding.
Dedicated to speeding up the discovery-to-implementation pipeline for life-changing medication, Nadia Nguyen Adams partners researchers and health care systems while working toward reducing hospital stays and lowering costs.
The first person to serve as chief nursing officer at the system level for St. Vincent —overseeing and unifying all 20 hospitals—Cindy Adams plays a critical role in an organization acknowledged as one of the 15 Top Health Systems in the country for 2015 and 2016 by Truven Health Analytics.
Nichole Wilson, the executive director of sports medicine, physical therapy and rehabilitation at Community Health Network, helped the hospital system rapidly become a force in the sports medicine field.
Ashley Vukovits had no software experience when she joined Interactive Intelligence Group in 2003. She rose to chief financial officer this year.
Ann Updegraff Spleth, chief operating officer of the Kiwanis International Foundation, has helped the organization bolster its financial strength while continuing to pursue an ambitious agenda.
Jenelle Smagala decided when she started the architectural firm Synthesis Inc. that she was going collaborate with engineers, contractors and others involved in the construction process, not just treat them as vendors.
Marya Rose, chief administrative officer of Cummins Inc., serves as the public face of the company as it champions issues of equality. She was an outspoken critic of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, for instance, and a proposed amendment to the Indiana Constitution banning same-sex marriage.
Roberta Ressler, Dow AgroSciences' R&D director for product development, leads a team with a fairly immodest goal: to better feed the world.
Sonja McClelland has been with Hurco Companies Inc. 19 years, but she says she’s still learning.
Dee Metaj, the Indiana University Foundation's vice president for development for the Indianapolis campus, said a big part of successful fundraising is doing thorough research before making the ask.
Deborah Lawrence, Marian University's general counsel and vice president for administration, spends much of her time at community meetings, trying to better understand the needs of the neighborhood and the city.
As president of Milhaus Management, the property management arm of fast-growing apartment developer Milhaus, Alexandra Jackiw focuses on making the developments as appealing to residents as possible.
Linda Hicks, the vice president of global technology at Vertellus Specialties, has worked to connect the company with research universities and to develop relationships with contract research organizations in India and China to increase the pipeline of new products.
Anne Hathaway got her start working for former Vice President Dan Quayle in the White House and now, through Hathaway Strategies, she—and her staff—offer counsel to Republicans candidates across Indiana and the nation.
