Ilana Odess, a native of Israel, was among 10 2015 Global Impact honorees at the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame’s 22nd annual induction ceremony in November. Odess earned a BS in biochemistry and an MBA in economics from Bar-Ilan University in Israel. She is the CEO of Woven Orthopedic Technologies in Manchester. She received a Women of Innovation Award in the category of Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership from the Connecticut Technology Council in 2014. Odess is pictured here with fellow honorees as she addresses those guests at the induction ceremony.