2014 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Melissa Cotterill
Melissa Cotterill, chief operating officer of Indy Chamber, juggles several tasks, including occasional tour guide to other cities.
Melissa Cotterill, chief operating officer of Indy Chamber, juggles several tasks, including occasional tour guide to other cities.
Terri Cope-Walton, news director of WRTV-TV Channel 6, prefers to gauge success by the station’s content, not its awards.
Mary Beth Claus, senior vice president and general counsel of Indiana University Health, is responsible for all legal and compliance matters for IU Health’s system of 20 hospitals and other health care facilities.
Leslie Carter-Prall, area president for Regions Bank, says the chief differentiators between banks are their people.
Julie Carmichael, system vice president and chief strategy officer for St. Vincent Health, sees a big part of her jobs as balancing business and mission.
Karen Burns, senior vice president at the Indianapolis Zoo, has been a driving force behind many of the zoo’s signature achievements.
Lori Ball, chief operating officer at BioStorage Technologies Inc., is also is a mentor and created and funded an endowed scholarship at Anderson University for Indiana students with financial need.
Kelly Altman, founding head of school at The Oaks Academy at Brookside, says education is one of just a “few things that can truly transform a person.”
The accomplished attorney rose to partner at Robinson Wolenty & Young.
A banking executive who returned to Indianapolis after a 33-year hiatus.
Jennifer G. Straumins is the president and chief operating officer at Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP.
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.
Jacqueline A. Simmons, Indiana University vice president and general counsel, approaches her job and life with a global perspective.
Sherry Seiwert held a variety of metropolitan planning and organizational leadership positions before landing the role of president at Indianapolis Downtown Inc.
Karin W. Sarratt is vice president of talent management and chief diversity officer at WellPoint Inc.
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.
Debra Ross is executive vice president and chief financial officer at The National Bank of Indianapolis.
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.
Jane Niederberger, chief operating officer at Thrive HDS, prefers the constantly change world of health care to a “boring” field.