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IU McKinney Dean Karen Bravo is among the women named to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s 2020 “Women of Influence” list. She was joined by law school alumnae Cynthia Carrasco, ’06, and Marilee Springer, ’96. The award program took place in a virtual format October 28.

Dean Bravo is the 13th dean of the law school since its affiliation with IU in 1944, the first person of color and the second woman in the school's history to lead the urban-based institution. She first joined the faculty of the McKinney School in 2004 as an assistant professor of law. Over the course of 16 years, she has served as associate dean for international affairs, associate dean for graduate studies and international affairs, and most recently as vice dean for the school. Bravo co-proposed and co-led the Next Generation 2.0 leadership program for women and underrepresented faculty and staff at IUPUI, and she continues to serve on its advisory board. An expert in the study of human trafficking, Bravo is the founder and leader of the Slavery Past, Present and Future Project, which organizes an annual interdisciplinary conference that brings together scholars, civic leaders, government actors and other interested parties for a multidisciplinary exploration of human trafficking and slavery. Dean Bravo served as co-chair of a committee tasked with the review of all IU Bloomington buildings and facilities named for former Indiana University president David Starr Jordan, and was selected to lead the new Race and the Legal Process Working Group, which was created by the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee (GIPC).

Carrasco, ’06, is deputy general counsel in the office of Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. She previously served as the state’s inspector general, and in the state’s Ethics Commission. She received IU McKinney’s award for Early Career Achievement in 2016.

Marilee Springer, ’96, is a partner at Faegre Drinker, where she focuses on corporate, governance, and tax and structuring issues.