
Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market
The Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market recognizes the women who are influencing change, innovation, and standards for excellence within mid-market companies (with revenue between $100 million and $3 billion). Honorees are evaluated by Annual Revenue, Number of Employees, First Impression on Social Media and Community Involvement.
The 2021 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market are listed below in alphabetical order. View the current list or view past winners
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2021 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market

Lisa Atherton
President & CEO, Textron Systems

Victoria W. Bayless
CEO, Luminis Health

Laura Rea Dickey
CEO, Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.

Veronica Edwards
CEO, InGenesis

Marie Ffolkes
CEO, TriMark USA LLC

Ann G. Fox
President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary & Director, Nine Energy Service, Inc.

Jennifer F. Francis
President & CEO, Diversified Healthcare Trust

Kara Goldin
Founder & CEO, Hint, Inc.

Susan Guerin
President & CEO, World Finer Foods

Janice Howroyd
Founder & CEO, The ActOne Group

Erin Kane
President & CEO, AdvanSix Inc.

Kristin Johnson Karp
CEO, Hotwire Communications

Christina Keller
President & CEO, Cascade Engineering Family of Companies

Shan-Lyn Ma
CEO & Co-Founder, Zola

Erika Nardini
CEO, Barstool Sports

Julie C. Parsley
CEO, Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Nancy Richardson
CEO, San Antonio Shoemakers

Peggy Simmons
President and Chief Operating Officer, Public Service Company of Oklahoma

Claire Spofford
President & CEO, J.Jill

Jennifer Tejada
CEO & Chairperson, PagerDuty

Barbara Turner
President & CEO, Ohio National Financial Services

Jayshree Ullal
President & CEO, Arista Networks

Cynthia J. Warner
President & CEO, Renewable Energy Group, Inc.

Heidi Zak
Co-Founder & CEO, ThirdLove

Amy Zupon
CEO, Vertafore
2019 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market

Frances Allen
CEO, Boston Market

Debra Cafaro
CEO, Ventas Inc.

Donna Carpenter
CEO, Burton

Inga Carus
Chairman, Carus Group Inc.

Jane Elfers
CEO, The Children’s Place Inc.

Cate Hardy
CEO, PCC Community Markets

Julia Hartz
CEO, Eventbrite Inc.

Whitney Wolfe Herd
CEO, Bumble

Rebecca Howard
CEO, PayLink Direct

Helen Johnson-Leipold
CEO, Johnson Outdoors Inc.

Lynn Jurich
CEO, SunRun

Margaret Keane
CEO, Synchrony Financial

Bonnie Kintzer
CEO, Trusted Media Brands Inc.

Anne Laraway
CEO, Nurture Inc.

Danielle Lisenbey
Global President, Broadspire

Sheila Marcelo
CEO, Care.com

Daina Middleton
CEO, Ansira

Pam Petrow
CEO, Vector Security Inc.

Beryl Raff
CEO, Helzberg Diamond Shops Inc.

Martha Samuelson
CEO, Analysis Group Inc.

Lynsi Snyder
CEO, In-N-Out

Gillian Tans
CEO, Booking.com, Ltd.

Koel Thomae
Co-Founder, Noosa Yoghurt, LLC
Melanie Whelan
CEO, SoulCycle

Livia Whisenhunt
CEO, PS Energy Group Inc.
2018 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market

Olu Beck
CEO, Wholesome Sweeteners Inc.

Sandra Cochran
President & CEO of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

Judy Faulkner
CEO & Founder of Epic Systems

Sheila Flavell
COO and Executive Board Director of FDM Group

Gina Fyffe
CEO, Integra Holdings


Tina Hodges
CEO and CXO, Advance Financial

Lisa Hook
President & CEO of Neustar

Julie Howard
CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors on Navigate Consulting, Inc.

Lesa France Kennedy
CEO & Vice Chairperson on the Board of Directors for International Speedway Corporation and Vice Chairperson and Board Member of NASCAR

Judy McReynolds
President & CEO of ArcBest Corporation

Kim Ann Mink
Chairman, CEO & President of Innophos

Elaine Osgood
Atlas Travel

Winnie Park
CEO, The Paper Source

Mary Powell
President & CEO of Green Mountain Power

Martine Rothblatt
United Therapeutics Corp

Susan Salka
CEO, President, and Director of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.

Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders
CEO & President of Navicent Health

Karyn Schoenbart
CEO, The NPD Group
Best-selling author of Mom.B.A.: Essential Business Advice from One Generation to the Next

Luvleen Sidhu
Co-Founder, President and CSO of BankMobile

Sally Smith
President & CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings

Jeanne Thoma
CEO of SPI Pharma

Cynthia Tidwell
President and CEO, Royal Neighbors of America

Anne Sempowski Ward
CEO of CURiO

Marita Zuraitis
President & CEO of Horace Mann
2017 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market
Name | Company | Title |
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Andrea Ayers | Convergys Corp | CEO |
Diane Sullivan | Caleres | CEO |
Anne Sempowski Ward | Curio | CEO |
Kim Ann Mink | Innophos | CEO |
Lisa Hook | Neustar Inc | CEO |
Luvleen Sidhu | Bank Mobile | CEO |
Martine Rothblatt | United Therapeutics Corp | CEO |
Shelly Ibach | Select Comfort Corp. | CEO |
Jenny Ming | Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. | CEO |
Judy Faulkner | Epic Systems Corporation | CEO |
Judy McReynolds | ArcBest Corporation | CEO |
Julie Howard | Navigant Consulting | CEO |
Julie Smolyansky | Lifeway Foods | CEO |
Karyn Schoenbart | The NPD Group | CEO |
Lesa France Kennedy | International Speedway | CEO |
Marita Zuraitis | Horace Mann Educators Corporation | CEO |
Mary Powell | Green Mountain Power | CEO |
Melissa Reiff | The Container Store | CEO |
Ninfa Saunders | Navicent Health | CEO |
Olu Beck | Wholesome Sweet | CEO |
Ranjini Poddar | Artech Information Systems | CEO |
Sally J. Smith | Buffalo Wild Wings | CEO |
Sandra Cochran | Cracker Barrel | CEO |
Sheila Flavell | FDM Group | COO |
Susan Salka | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | CEO |
2016 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market
Name | Company | Title | Industry |
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Kathy Lehne | Sun Coast Resources, Inc. | CEO | Oil and Gas - Transportation and Storage |
Judy McReynolds | ArcBest Corp | President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Director | Logistics and Freight Services |
Andrea Ayers | Convergys Corp | CEO | IT Services and Consulting |
Julie Howard | Navigant Consulting, Inc. | CEO | Business Services |
Sally Smith | Buffalo Wild Wings | CEO | Restaurants, Bars and Eateries |
Stephanie Streeter | Libbey Inc. | CEO | Appliances & Tools & Housewares |
Diane Sullivan | Caleres, Inc. | CEO | Footwear |
Karyn Schoenbart | The NPD Group | President and Chief Operating Officer | Marketing & Advertising |
Selina Lo | Ruckus Wireless, Inc. | President and CEO | Measuring Devices & Controllers |
Sandra Cochran | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | President and CEO | Restaurants, Bars and Eateries |
Ranjini Poddar | Artech Information Systems LLC | President/Co-Founder | Human Resources & Staffing |
Virginia McDowell | Isle Of Capri Casinos Inc | CEO | Gambling & Casinos |
Gayla Delly | Benchmark Electronics, Inc. | President ( CEO successor ) | Semiconductors |
Tory Burch | Tory Burch, LLC | CEO | Retail - Apparel & Accessories |
Linda Massman | Clearwater Paper Corp | President & CEO | Paper and Paper Products |
Tamara Lundgren | Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. | CEO | Iron and Steel Foundries |
Julie Smolyansky | Lifeway Foods, Inc. | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director | Dairy Products |
Sheila Flavell | FDM Group Ltd. | Other | |
Martine Rothblatt | United Therapeutics Corporation | Chairman and Co-CEO | Biotechnology |
Lisa Hook | Neustar Inc | President & Chief Executive Officer | Telecommunications Services |
Shelly Ibach | Select Comfort Corp. | CEO | Furniture Retailers |
Susan Salka | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | CEO | Healthcare Services and Facilities |
Eileen McDonnell | Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. | President | Insurance - Life and Health |
Mary Powell | Green Mountain Power Corporation | CEO | General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
Suzanne Sitherwood | Spire | President & CEO | Natural Gas Distribution |
2015 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market
Name | Company | Title | Industry |
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Kathy Lehne | Sun Coast Resources, Inc. | CEO | Oil and Gas - Transportation and Storage |
Judy McReynolds | ArcBest Corp | President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Director | Logistics and Freight Services |
Andrea Ayers | Convergys Corp | CEO | IT Services and Consulting |
Julie Howard | Navigant Consulting, Inc. | CEO | Business Services |
Sally Smith | Buffalo Wild Wings | CEO | Restaurants, Bars and Eateries |
Stephanie Streeter | Libbey Inc. | CEO | Appliances & Tools & Housewares |
Diane Sullivan | Caleres, Inc. | CEO | Footwear |
Karyn Schoenbart | The NPD Group | President and Chief Operating Officer | Marketing & Advertising |
Selina Lo | Ruckus Wireless, Inc. | President and CEO | Measuring Devices & Controllers |
Sandra Cochran | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | President and CEO | Restaurants, Bars and Eateries |
Ranjini Poddar | Artech Information Systems LLC | President/Co-Founder | Human Resources & Staffing |
Virginia McDowell | Isle Of Capri Casinos Inc | CEO | Gambling & Casinos |
Gayla Delly | Benchmark Electronics, Inc. | President ( CEO successor ) | Semiconductors |
Tory Burch | Tory Burch, LLC | CEO | Retail - Apparel & Accessories |
Linda Massman | Clearwater Paper Corp | President & CEO | Paper and Paper Products |
Tamara Lundgren | Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. | CEO | Iron and Steel Foundries |
Julie Smolyansky | Lifeway Foods, Inc. | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director | Dairy Products |
Katherine Lawther Krill | Ann Inc | CEO | Women's Clothing Stores |
Sydney Price | Kate Spade & Company | SVP Corporate Social Responsibility | Apparel & Fashion |
Beatrice Lafon | Claire's Stores Inc. | CEO | Retail - Apparel & Accessories |
Michelle Peluso | Gilt Groupe, Inc. | Former CEO of Gilt; Chief Strategic Advisor to Gilt and Hudson's Bay Company | Internet & Online Services Providers |
Jane Elfers | Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. | CEO | Children's Clothing |
Kat Cole | Cinnabon, Inc. | President | Bakery & Bakery Products |
Tanya Domier | Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC | CEO | Sales Promotion & Marketing Services |
Diane Ellis | Limited Stores, LLC | CEO | Retail - Apparel and Accessories |