Women of Influence

Crystal Hall: Early childhood champion, passion for service
Throughout her career — including 17 years as senior director at the Young Parents Network (now YPN) and her current role as director of Community Based and Prevention Services at Tanager in Cedar Rapids — Crystal Hall has always found…
Lura McBride named 2017’s Most Influential
Lura McBride poses for a photo inside Van Meter’s wire center in southwest Cedar Rapids…

Meet 2017’s Women of Influence
The 2017 class of Women of Influence, shown before the April 20 awards ceremony at…

LaSheila Yates
Executive Director, Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission Chief Diversity Officer, City of Cedar Rapids A…

Jennifer Welton
Jennifer Welton Vice President of Treasury Management, Bankers Trust The term “go-getter” hardly encompasses Jennifer…

Cathy Terukina
Executive Vice President Folience If there’s a theme that runs through Cathy Terukina’s life, it…

Christy Shipley
Construction Manager Iowa Valley Habitat for…

Marsha Nieland
Founder/President Fusion Yoga Studio From the…

Alicia Murphy
Chief Organizational Effectiveness Officer Van Meter…

Melissa Murer Corrigan
Vice President, Social Impact ACT As…

RaQuishia Harrington
Program Supervisor Iowa City Parks…

LaTasha DeLoach
Community Projects Specialist Johnson County Social…

Jill Ackerman
President Marion Chamber of Commerce Jill…

Honoring the 2016 Women of Influence
Over the past 11 years, the Corridor Business Journal’s annual Women of Influence program has…

Become a person of influence
By Gale Mote / Guest Editorial I recently had the pleasure of attending the celebration…