Board of Directors
Chairman
Dr. E. Henry Lamkin, Jr., MD
Indianapolis, Indiana
Matt Carter
Indianapolis, Indiana
Matt Carter
Vice President of Destination Development, Visit Indy and Executive Director of Music Crossroads. Focused on tourism master planning, he currently serves on the technical team of the White River Regional Plan; steering committee for Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW); boards of Goodwill Industries of Central & Southern Indiana Foundation (current chair) and Shepherd Community Center; is vice chair of the Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation. Formerly CFO and COO Visit Indy, commercial banking analyst, founding board member of Leadership Indianapolis, and served on the Indiana Tourism Task Force and the Indianapolis Greenways Development Committee and chairman of the board for Music for All.
Jay Hein
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jay Hein
Chief executive officer of Sagamore Institute, managing director of impact investing platform Commonwealth, senior fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. Previously director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives under President George W. Bush, formerly directed Civil Society Programs at Hudson Institute, and served as welfare policy advisor to then-Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson. Author of The Quiet Revolution and The New Wisconsin Idea.
Pete Hellebush
Winston Salem, NC
Pete Hellebush
Economics scholar (Wharton MBA) and army veteran; Formerly President, Flow Drivers Mart; Founder and Partner, Piazza Holdings; VP, Sara Lee Hosiery at Hanes Corp/Sara Lee Corp., Ashville School Board (2 years president). Currently Board and past Chair, Coolidge Scholarship Committee; local Hospice Board (previous president), and several other community boards.
Sheila Suess Kennedy
Indianapolis, Indiana
Sheila Suess Kennedy
Emerita Professor of Law and Public Policy at the O’Neill School at Indiana University. Previously a Faculty Fellow with both the Center for Religion and American Culture and the Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence, an adjunct professor of political science and founder of the Center for Civic Literacy at IUPUI, Corporation Counsel for the City of Indianapolis, a 1980 Republican candidate for Congress, president of Kennedy Development Services and Executive Director of the Indiana
affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, a columnist for the Indianapolis Star, Inequality.org, The Indiana Word, and the Indianapolis Business Journal. Author of ten books and numerous book chapters and articles in scholarly journals and law reviews, she blogs daily at www.sheilakennedy.net, and is a frequent contributor to other blogs and periodicals.
Sam Odle
Indianapolis, Indiana
Sam Odle
Senior policy advisor for Bose Public Affairs Group working with clients on a variety of public policy issues involving healthcare, life sciences, technology and education. He also assists women-owned and minority-owned businesses (MBE/WBEs) with partnership development, procurement and strategic business advisory services. Sam also serves as president of VeriVitae LLC and a director with Alder Bowman Executive Consultation and Search. Prior to joining Bose, Sam served as Chief Operating Officer, IU Health, and before that as CEO of both Methodist and University Hospitals.
Michael L. Smith
Indianapolis, Indiana
Michael L. Smith
Formerly Executive VP and CFO of Anthem, Inc. and previously Chairman, President and CEO of Mayflower Group. Service on multiple public and nonprofit boards, the former currently including Penske Entertainment, Carestream Health, agilon, Inc, and Drive Medical and the latter including DePauw University, the Riley Children’s Foundation, Christian Theological Seminary, The Michigan Maritime Museum and Shepherd Community. Mike is a past chairman of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and currently is a member of The Governor’s Roundtable addressing mental health services in Indiana.