2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Cheri Dick
Dick is steward of one of the area’s oldest performing arts organizations and has overseen its transition to a new home in Carmel.
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2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Angela Dabney
As head of fundraising for the local United Way, Dabney and her team are responsible for landing the donations that fuel many of the city’s human services providers.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Karen Crotchfelt
The newspaper industry veteran is responsible for steering the state’s largest daily through a tumultuous time for media properties.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Mary Boelke
Boelke is the first woman to run Deloitte’s Indianapolis office, which is one of the city’s biggest accounting firms.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Julie Bielawski
Bielawski started and runs the city’s fastest-growing woman-owned business, which sells services to the state, city and large corporate clients.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Marcia Barnes
In her role as the top executive at a fast-growing local company, Barnes preaches leadership and public service.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Keira Amstutz
Amstutz leads a statewide organization whose goal is to deepen the connection between Hoosiers and their communities.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Sheri Alexander
Alexander is a top local insurance executive who specializes in employee benefits and in opening doors for women in a male-dominated field.
2011 WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
IBJ’s Women of Influence program recognizes central Indiana women who exemplify the traits required to be outstanding leaders in their chosen fields.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Patricia A. Wachtel
She put three decades of corporate experience to work at Girls Inc., which has quintupled the number of girls it serves at a fraction of the cost.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Diane Thomas
As president and CEO of the International Center, she has been a driving force in making Indiana more global.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Marsha Stone
As CFO of the Indianapolis Airport Authority, she led the financing for the new terminal and is shaping local economic development by attempting to increase nonstop flights into Indianapolis.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: JoEllen Florio Rossebo
This outspoken advocate for arts education has expanded programs in spite of the recession and built an organization that now brings music, dance, visual arts and theater to nearly 200,000 Indiana children each year.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Lauren K. Robel
The first female dean in the 169-year history of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has raised tens of millions of dollars, improved the caliber of students and moved the school into the top 25 in the nation.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Ann Lathrop
The first woman head of the Capital Improvement Board took over at a critical juncture. Nearly two years into the job, she has succeeded in avoiding a potential $47 million deficit and signing a three-year deal with the Pacers to remain at Conseco Fieldhouse. Next up: Super Bowl XLVI.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Martha Hoover
Against all odds, the president of Patachou Inc. has built a thriving group of restaurants that have transformed the local dining landscape by emphasizing fresh, local ingredients and careful preparation.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Marianne Glick
She has been a philanthropist and high-level volunteer par excellence, helping to lead more than 20 local organizations. She has focused particularly on organizations benefiting women.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Deborah J. Daniels
Now a partner at Krieg DeVault LLP, herwork in homeland security led to her involvement in the nation’s response to 9/11. She also has helped lead many of the city’s most important charities.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Myra Borshoff Cook
She founded the city’s largest public relations agency and has become a force in the not-for-profit world.
2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Tamika Catchings
The Indiana Fever forward founded the Catch the Stars Foundation, which serves 1,500 underprivileged youth in central Indiana every year, and has a leadership role in a number of other charities that benefit children.