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Indiana 250 is IBJ Media’s list of the 250 most influential business leaders in the state of Indiana. We are currently seeking nominations for the 2023 list of Indiana 250 across the following industries: All nominations must be received by midnight on April 28, 2023. Who is eligible for consideration?We are seeking business and community […]
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The IBJ Media team—including reporters and editors from Indianapolis Business Journal, Indiana Lawyer and Inside INdiana Business—worked for months to pull together the Indiana 250 list and collect information about the honorees. We started by deciding what we were looking for: Men and women who live in Indiana and are making a difference locally, regionally […]
Susanne Wasson
Susanne Wasson is president of the crop protection business platform of Corteva Agriscience, leading the $7.2 billion business in the areas of profit and loss accountability, strategy, asset management, and research and development investment. A senior commercial executive with 32 years of experience in the global agriculture industry, she also is a member and past […]
Kristina Lund
Kristina Lund is CEO of AES Indiana, leading a team of about 1,500 in what the company describes as its clean-energy transition. Under her leadership, the company is investing in new technologies to better meet customers‘ objectives of reliability, affordability and sustainability. It also is upgrading its transmission and distribution network with Smart Grid technology, […]
Mitch Frazier
Mitch Frazier is president and CEO of AgriNovus Indiana, a not-for-profit focused on growing the agtech and agbioscience economy. He also has served as CEO of regional John Deere retailer Reynolds Farm Equipment and as a senior leader for tech organizations, including Salesforce and ExactTarget. Frazier began his career in public service. He led media […]
Scott Tucker
While growing up, Scott Tucker worked at Maple Leaf Farms, the family-owned duck business started by his grandfather in 1958, doing numerous tasks. These early experiences fueled his interest in becoming part of his family‘s business. Today, he serves as co-president of Maple Leaf Farms, North America‘s leading producer of ducks. The company currently employs […]
Paul Mitchell
As founding CEO of Energy Systems Network, Paul Mitchell leads a not-for-profit that works to accelerate technology development and commercialization in the alternative energy and transportation sectors. ESN works with large companies, startups, universities and governments to develop and implement innovation pilot projects for new technologies and business models. Since its founding in 2009, ESN‘s […]
Donna Walker
Donna Walker is president and CEO of Hoosier Energy, a not-for-profit power-generation and power-transmission cooperative providing wholesale electric service to 18 member distribution cooperatives in central and southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois. Walker joined the organization in 1995 and progressed to senior-level positions, including executive vice president and chief financial officer. She is a certified […]
Michael Hooper
Michael Hooper has been president of Northern Indiana Public Service Co. since 2020 and is responsible for leading NiSource‘s natural gas and electric utility in Indiana, including its advanced energy and renewable portfolio strategy. Previously, he served as NIPSCO‘s senior vice president for regulatory and legislative affairs & strategy as well as senior vice president […]
Lawrence “Sonny” Beck
Lawrence “Sonny” Beck is CEO of Beck‘s Superior Hybrids, where his business philosophy emphasizes quality, service and the importance of agronomic research to the future of the American farmer. Under his and his family‘s leadership, Beck‘s Hybrids has become the largest family-owned retail seed company and the third-largest seed brand in the United States, serving […]
Kip Tom
Kip Tom is managing member of Tom Farms LLC, a seventh- generation family-owned farming operation, and president of CereServ Inc. From 2019 to 2021, he served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, based in Rome. Tom also has been a crop-production consultant to various companies in Argentina, Brazil and […]
Jeffrey Harrison
Jeffrey Harrison became president and CEO of Citizens Energy Group in 2015 after serving the company in leadership roles that involved engineering, sustainability, market development, manufacturing and capital programming. He has worked in the utility industry more than 30 years, spending the first 13 years of his career with Indianapolis Power & Light. Harrison serves […]
Sue McCloskey
Sue McCloskey and her husband, Mike, were already dairy farmers when they opened Fair Oaks Farms in 2004 to showcase agriculture to guests. Over the years, the original operation—which involved tours and education—has expanded into a family destination with a hotel, café, restaurant, convenience store and several kids‘ attractions, including Pig Adventure and Mooville, an […]
Jeff McCabe
Jeff McCabe and his partners founded Brown County-based BWQOHT Inc., the parent company of Big Woods Restaurants, Quaff ON! Brewing Co. and Hard Truth Distilling Co. The brands have 10 locations, all in Indiana, including a 325-acre campus for Hard Truth Distilling Co. in Nashville. In addition, the company is opening a Big Woods location […]
