2025 Women of Marian Luncheon

Register for the Luncheon

Date: Saturday, July 26, 2025
Location: Arena and Convocation Center, Marian University 
Time: 11:00 a.m.—1:30 p.m.

The Women of Marian Summer Luncheon is the society’s signature event that will brings together hundreds of women from the Marian and Indianapolis communities to celebrate and learn from each other. This year, the Luncheon will feature a panel of influential community leaders who are actively shaping the future of women in politics across local, state, and national levels.

About the Society

The Women of Marian Society honors Marian University’s foundresses, the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Indiana, by supporting Marian students and providing networking opportunities for women of all generations who are aligned with Marian’s mission. Members of this society collectively fund scholarships that support students during the entirety of their educational journey with Marian. 

Check out the photos from the 2024 Women of Marian Luncheon on our Marian University Flickr page!

Panelists

Cyndi Carrasco

Indiana State Senator

Julie McGuire

Indiana State Representative

State Rep. Julie McGuire was elected to the Indiana General Assembly in November 2022. She was born and raised in Indianapolis, and gained experience through serving in the community, and working with nonprofits and in state government. As the state representative for House District 93 in Marion County, McGuire will continue supporting parental rights and the rights of the unborn, educational choice for Hoosier students, the Second Amendment and law enforcement. McGuire and her husband, Mark, are the proud parents of four children: Sophia, Grace, Brady and Mark. They are long-time members of St. Roch Catholic Church in Indianapolis.

Vanessa J. Summers

Indiana State Representative

State Representative Vanessa J. Summers began serving in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1991 and has worked to improve the infant mortality rate in Indiana, support children in the foster care system, and refine the prisoner re-entry program. In February of 2012, she became the first female as well as first African American to become Indiana House Democratic Caucus Chair. Summers currently serves as the ranking minority member of the Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee. She is also a member of the Public Policy and Local Government committees. Summers has worked for The ARC of Indiana, a statewide advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities and their families; and the Julian Center shelter, a domestic violence center. She is also the Public Policy Associate for the Indiana Minority Health Coalition.

Moderator

Anne Hathaway

President and CEO, Hathaway Strategies

Anne Hathaway is president and chief executive officer of Hathaway Strategies, an innovative  grassroots public affairs firm headquartered in Indianapolis. Anne has extensive public service  and political experience as a member of the George H.W. Bush White House, U.S. Treasury  Department and the Republican National Committee.

In August 2023, Hathaway was tapped by Governor Eric Holcomb to serve as Chairwoman of  the Indiana Republican State Committee and is the first female chair in the organization’s  history. Since 2018, Anne has also served as Indiana’s National Committeewoman on the  Republican National Committee. She served as chairman of the Committee on Arrangements  for the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and as co-chair of the Temporary  Presidential Debates Committee. She previously served as Chair of the 2024 and 2028  Republican National Convention Site Selection Committees.

Anne served at the White House as Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Scheduling and Public Liaison for Vice President Quayle, was Chief of Staff and Midwest Regional Political Director for the Republican National Committee, Program Director for the 2012 Republican National Convention, and was Executive Director of the Indiana House Republican Campaign Committee.

Anne currently serves as Executive Director of the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public  Service Series, which has trained nearly 700 Hoosier women to engage in public service and  politics. In addition, Anne chairs and serves on many local and national not for profit boards  and is a sought-after speaker, especially about the current state of political affairs and the  leadership roles women can play in business and politics.

Anne also serves as the Executive Director of the Indiana Medical Device Manufacturers  Council (IMDMC), an association of medical device manufacturers and associated  companies established to promote the medical device industry.

For three years in a row, 2022-2024, Anne has been selected as one of the Indianapolis  Business Journal’s 250, a list of the state’s most impactful and influential business and  community leaders.

In 2019, Anne received the Career Achievement Award from the University of Illinois College of  Agriculture. In 2015, Anne was named an Indianapolis Business Journal Woman of Influence.  Other awards and honors include being named to POLITICO’s Top 50 Politicos to Watch, 2013  Torchbearer Award Winner from the Indiana Commission for Women, the Lugar Series Nancy  A. Maloley Public Service Award, the Iron Jawed Angel Award from the National Excellence in  Public Service Series and in 2016, the National Association of Women Business Owners –  Indianapolis Trailblazer Award.

Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors—$20,000

• Recognition on stage and in program
• 1 table (10 seats)

Lunch Sponsors—$10,000 each

• Recognition at check-in and in program
• 1 table (10 seats)

Current Lunch Sponsors—Anthony and Liza Najem

Mimosa Bar Sponsor—$5,000

• Recognition at bar and in program
• 1 table (10 seats)

Table Sponsors—$1,000

• Recognition in program
• 1 table (10 seats)

Current Table Sponsors—Hathaway Strategies

Individual Sponsorship

• $50, Marian University Alumna
• $100, Friend of Marian University

To secure your sponsorship:

• Contact Becky Frey at bfrey@marian.edu