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Martha Hoover, ’80, founder of Patachou, Inc., has been featured in a story, titled, “10 Power Players Blazing New Trails Beyond the Boardroom,” in Good Housekeeping magazine. Hoover is number three on the list of 10 people featured.

Hoover was nominated in 2017 for the James Beard Foundation Best Restaurateur Award. She was a semifinalist for this honor in 2013, and 2016. There are 11 restaurants under her Patachou Inc. umbrella, and her Patachou Foundation delivers meals to food insecure children. She was inducted into the Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame in 2015 in recognition of her work. Hoover also served on the IU McKinney Board of Visitors.

Photo courtesy of Good Housekeeping