Robin Shackleford is chair of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, a caucus of Black lawmakers that works to develop policies and pass laws that will positively impact minority communities throughout the state.
In 2020, Victoria Spartz ran to represent Indiana’s 5th District in the U.S. House and won first a Republican primary and then the general election.
Kaye Vitug is responsible for leading the finance and operations (credit and collections, supply chain and order fulfillment) organizations and is accountable for delivering business and financial results.
Pamela Whitten is Indiana University’s 19th president and its first female president.
As executive director of the Indiana Office of Technology, Anushree M. Bag is executive sponsor of an initiative to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment of local health departments across all 92 counties.
Sally Bindley founded School on Wheels 20 years ago to provide one-on-one tutoring and educational advocacy for school-age children impacted by homelessness.
In her second term as Indiana’s 52nd lieutenant governor, Suzanne Crouch oversees four departments and serves as president of the Indiana Senate, along with chairing several commissions.
Akilah White Darden founded The Darden Group, an executive construction management and training firm, to address the shortage of women-owned and minority-owned businesses used in city contracting.
Angela B. Freeman has worked as an attorney at Barnes & Thornburg since May 2013 and became a partner in January.
As director of Ball State University’s athletic department, Beth Goetz is responsible for leading the daily operations of a department that includes 19 NCAA Division I teams.
Elevate Ventures Chief Investment Officer Ting Gootee has been with the venture capital firm since its inception in 2011.
Taja Graham has been with Emmis Communications for 22 years and was promoted earlier this year to market president.
Kelli Jones co-founded Sixty8 Capital, the first Indiana-based venture capital firm dedicated to investing in startups led by Black, Latino, female and LGBTQ founders.
Donna Kreps started with F.C. Tucker in 1993 and later became the first female executive of the company.
Dr. Indy Lane became the first medical director for the Fishers Health Department, which was created in April 2020 in response to the pandemic.
Kelli Lawrence has been CEO of home builder Onyx + East for two years and, during that time, the company’s product offerings, development and market reach have grown tremendously.
Amie Martens went from practicing law on a Friday to running a business on a Monday after her mother died, leaving her to take over Laura Kopetsky Tri-Ax, an Indianapolis-based dump-truck company.
Christine McDonnell co-founded Codelicious, an ed-tech startup that offers customizable computer science curriculums to schools, in 2016. It now serves more than 100 schools in 23 states.
Laurie Burns McRobbie served as first lady of Indiana University until June, when her husband, Michael McRobbie, retired from his post as president.
Early in her career, Carolyn Mosby worked in minority business development before taking a break to work in communications. When a position opened up with Mid-States Minority Supplier Development Council, she applied. And the “rest is history.”
