The Business Record’s Women of Influence awards celebrate the work of women who have made a difference. They’ve devoted their lives to doing things most wouldn’t. They’ve spent countless hours on various boards and they’ve blazed a trail either personally or professionally for other women to follow.

This year’s Women of Influence celebration was the Business Record’s first hybrid event of 2021, which was held last night at the Des Moines Marriott. Rewatch the entire celebration on Facebook.

Our 2021 honorees are:
Emily Abbas – SVP, chief consumer banking and marketing officer, Bankers Trust Co.
Marta Codina – region bank president, Wells Fargo
Rosalind Fox – factory manager, John Deere Des Moines Works
Joanie Houston – community champion
Janice Lane Schroeder – chief executive officer, Children & Families of Iowa
Virginia Croskery Lauridsen – community champion
Suzanne Mineck – president and CEO, Mid-Iowa Health Foundation
Tiffany Tauscheck – chief operations officer, Greater Des Moines Partnership

Iowa State University Ivy College of Business Woman Business Owner of the Year:
Sonia Parras Konrad – founder, co-chair attorney, Sonia Parras Law Office

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Emerging Woman of Influence:
Hannah Inman – chief executive officer, Great Outdoors Foundation

Read more about our honorees

Watch the entire 2021 Women of Influence celebration on Facebook.