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  • Kaye Vitug, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Roche Diagnostics

    Kaye Vitug, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Roche Diagnostics
    2025/05/28
    Our guest on this 46th episode of the 2025 season—celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month—is Kaye Vitug, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Roche Diagnostics. Vitug shares her powerful personal and professional journey from growing up in the Philippines to becoming a top financial executive in the global pharmaceutical and diagnostics industry. She reflects on the values of education, service, faith and community that shaped her leadership style, and discusses the challenges of immigrating to the United States and navigating a corporate career as a Filipino American woman. Vitug also speaks about the importance of cultural agility, drawing from her global experiences in California, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Switzerland and now Indiana. She offers valuable insight into the responsibilities of a CFO, the importance of authenticity in leadership, and the role that mentorship, coaching and sponsorship play in developing emerging leaders—particularly those from diverse backgrounds. She emphasizes resilience, humility and strategic thinking as essential qualities for success, and shares how her career has been shaped by leaders who took a chance on her potential. This episode is a thoughtful reflection on inclusive leadership, global experience and the importance of creating environments where all professionals can thrive.
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    1 時間 21 分
  • Leon Williamson, Market President at iHeartMedia Indianapolis

    Leon Williamson, Market President at iHeartMedia Indianapolis
    2025/04/30
    Our guest on this 45th episode is Leon Williamson, Indianapolis market president for iHeartMedia. Leon shared his career journey from his Jamaican roots to leading one of the largest media organizations in the world. Leon reflected on the cultural shifts he experienced moving from Miami to the Midwest, and the importance of building local community and cultural connection both personally and professionally. Leon also discussed how his sales background and authentic leadership style have shaped his approach to managing diverse teams and fostering organizational success. Finally, he offered thoughtful insights on the evolving discourse around diversity, equity, and inclusion, and how individuals—particularly young or underrepresented professionals—can develop the confidence and clarity needed to lead with purpose and conviction.
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    34 分
  • Tiffany Munsell, Senior Vice President at Rolls-Royce

    Tiffany Munsell, Senior Vice President at Rolls-Royce
    2025/03/26
    In this special Women’s History Month episode of The Freedom Forum, host Angela B. Freeman talks with Tiffany Munsell, senior vice president of mature engine programs at Rolls-Royce. An Indianapolis native, Tiffany shares her unconventional path from law school to venture capital to aerospace leadership, highlighting the grit and resilience required to balance motherhood, career pivots and professional growth. She discusses her early role in helping launch Elevate Ventures, her transition to Rolls-Royce during the pandemic, and the challenges and rewards of being a Black female leader in a male-dominated industry. Tiffany also reflects on the lasting impact of her education at Spelman College, the importance of authenticity in leadership and the need for psychological safety in the workplace.
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    59 分
  • The Freedom Forum: John Gaidoo, Vice President and Senior Deputy General Counsel at Cummins Inc.

    The Freedom Forum: John Gaidoo, Vice President and Senior Deputy General Counsel at Cummins Inc.
    2025/02/26
    Our guest on this 2025 Black History Month (BHM) episode is John Gaidoo of Cummins Inc. John discussed his executive legal career journey culminated by his African heritage, Marine military service, and training as a labor and employment attorney. John also discussed his real life and sometimes disparate experiences as a diverse man in corporate leadership, and the importance of leading an organization that shares your personal values and core belief system. Finally, John gave very transparent examples of the characteristics and skills that make for a great leader of people and how organizations can and should continue to invest and pour into their folks.
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    53 分
  • The Freedom Forum: Al London, Community Impact Director and Sr. Vice President at Old National Bank

    The Freedom Forum: Al London, Community Impact Director and Sr. Vice President at Old National Bank
    2025/01/29
    Al London is the Community Impact Director and Sr. Vice President at Old National Bank. Al shared some great information on how the banking industry has become more intentional about supporting and educating diverse communities to successfully prepare to obtain funding for home or business ownership and to reduce the wealth gap by helping the underserved and underbanked grow generational wealth. Importantly, Al forecast his current involvement in a legacy-creating passion project to build (literally from the ground up) Indiana’s first-ever Minority Depository Institution (MDI), Generations Community Bank, which is slated to open later this year with him as its CEO.
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    42 分
  • The Freedom Forum: Mary Kay Huse, Indy Ignite Pro Volleyball

    The Freedom Forum: Mary Kay Huse, Indy Ignite Pro Volleyball
    2024/12/25
    To round out our sports leadership focus this year, on this final 2024 episode of Indianapolis Business Journal’s podcast, The Freedom Forum with Angela B. Freeman, we are excited to announce our guest is Mary Kay Huse of Indy Ignite Pro Volleyball. Mary Kay stopped by the studio to tell us all about this brand new professional women’s volleyball team beginning its first season here in Indianapolis on January 11, 2025. Specifically, Mary Kay provided significant insight into how this first expansion team of the Pro Volleyball Federation landed in Indy, has recruited its players, and is working to ensure this new professional women’s sport incites a substantial following to establish its own legacy that will continue for years. Mary Kay also described her own entrepreneurial leadership journey that has led to this unique and exciting career opportunity through which she intends to have lasting impact.
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    54 分
  • The Freedom Forum: Sarah Myer, Chief of Staff & Strategy at Indiana Sports Corp

    The Freedom Forum: Sarah Myer, Chief of Staff & Strategy at Indiana Sports Corp
    2024/11/27
    In nearing the end of our focus this year on leadership in sports organizations in Indiana, we sat down with Sarah Myer of Indiana Sports Corp. Sarah dropped by the studio to provide some insights on how this sports-centered nonprofit, headquartered right here in the Hoosier state, has set the standard in our country as the first to ever facilitate the bidding and implementation of world class sporting events, such as the 2012 Super Bowl, past or future NBA/WBNA All-Stars, and NCAA Basketball championships. Sarah also describes how she has been successful in leading her team and countless volunteers to be the standard bearers in the level of community engagement and Hoosier hospitality that has been noted and admired by visitors from around the world, making us a premiere host city.
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    52 分
  • The Freedom Forum: Evelyn Magley, CEO at The Basketball league

    The Freedom Forum: Evelyn Magley, CEO at The Basketball league
    2024/10/30
    As we turn the page on another season in Indiana this year, we continue to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in Indiana’s major sports league. This month we shine light on a lesser known sports institution based in our state that is having local, national, and international impact. Our guest, Evelyn Magley, is the CEO of The Basketball League (TBL). Ms. Evelyn is the first woman and/or African-American woman to own a men’s professional sports organization. She stopped by our studio to discuss her inspiration and motivation that has led her to form and grow TBL, and her aspirations for the future and legacy of the organization.
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    1 時間 6 分