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 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!
Indiana State Senator
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, she serves on the House Committees for Education, Public Health and Insurance. She is passionate about foster care issues, school choice and lowering health care costs in our state.
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.
Indiana State Representative
Since 1991, State Representative Vanessa J. Summers has served in the Indiana House of Representatives, working to improve the infant mortality rate in Indiana, supporting children in the foster care system, and refining the prisoner re-entry program. In February of 2012, she became the first female, and first African American, to Chair the Indiana House Democratic Caucus.
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.
She has worked for The ARC of Indiana, an advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities; and the Julian Center shelter, a domestic violence center. She is the Public Policy Associate for the Indiana Minority Health Coalition, and does end of life doula services, calling it “Anticipated Tear – End of Life Doula Services.”
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.
Contact Becky Frey at bfrey@marian.edu
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