Leadership Series Selects Annual Class
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series has announced this year's 25-member class. Formed in 1976, the Indianapolis program aims to “expand the ranks” of community and professional leaders. July 21, 2014
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Twenty-five young professionals will become more effective community leaders as they learn about the needs and issues facing central Indiana as members of Class XXXIX of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series (SKL).
The series each year selects 25 individuals to participate in this highly competitive program, which seeks to expand the ranks of community leaders by teaching and motivating members to address the needs of central Indiana.
Class members are chosen because of their significant community involvement and professional achievement; their demonstrated interest in community issues; a record of participation and achievement in voluntary community activities; and their willingness to expand their leadership role in the community.
“Through their participation in this SKL class, these young professionals are investing in themselves as a new generation of leaders,” said Rebecca King, SKL Program Director. “They are making a public commitment to playing a key role in central Indiana's future and our community will be strengthened by their passion, insight, and leadership.”
Judge Sarah Evans Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has been named the Moderator for SKL Class XXXIX. To ensure that the series is timely and topical, each class's moderator identifies aspects of broad economic and societal issues that are specific to central Indiana for the class to study.
“It is a special privilege for me to serve as moderator of the next SKL class – Class XXXIX, in this ongoing, impressive series – and be allowed the opportunity to engage over the coming year with the recently selected, extraordinary group of emerging leaders,” said Judge Barker.
“During the months ahead, we will explore and grapple with and hopefully deepen our understanding of what it means to live in community and to take responsibility for guiding and shaping our shared future, and in the process strengthen our commitment to its improvement. If the past is a reliable indicator, the relationships that are established among us will also yield friendships for life. To be a part of something as promising and enriching and enlivening as this is, as I said, a special privilege, indeed!”
Class XXXIX will meet monthly from September through June. Participants will interact with local leaders, professional experts and community decision makers to discuss a range of community issues.
For more details, visit www.SKLIndy.com.
About the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series
Formed in 1976 by the Lacy Family, the SKL Series seeks to expand the ranks of community leadership by providing a broad range of emerging leaders with the knowledge and incentive to confront the needs of our community. Each year 25 central Indiana professionals are selected to participate in the program.
About Leadership Indianapolis
Leadership Indianapolis works to educate, inspire and mobilize community leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis. Leadership Indianapolis offers three community leadership programs, the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, LEAD and Opportunity Indianapolis, and other events and programming to develop community leaders. For more information, visit www.leadershipindianapolis.com.
Class XXXIX Roster
Judge Sarah Evans Barker, Moderator
Joshua Abel
Executive Director
Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic
Sarah Holsapple
Media Relations/Spokesperson
Citizens Energy Group
Jason Andrews
Branch Manager, Financial Advisor
Ameriprise Financial
Denver Hutt
Executive Director
The Speak Easy
Sarah Aubrey
Principal
Prosperity Consulting, LLC
Malina Simone Jeffers
Executive Director
Mosaic City
Tiffany Benedict Berkson
Founder/Chief Inspiration Officer
Historic Indianapolis.com
John Kunzer
President & CEO, Eskenazi Medical Group
Eskenazi Health
Jennifer Brown
Partner
Ice Miller LLP
LeRoy Lewis
District Manager
Marion County Assessor's Office
Meredith Carbrey
Wealth Advisor
Bedel Financial Consulting
Daniel Lopez
Director of State Office Operations
Office of U.S. Senator Dan Coats
Keri Dattilo
Leadership Assistant
Indiana General Assembly-House of Representatives
Ryan Marques
Attorney
Lewis & Kappes, P.C.
James Duke
Manager, Supplier Diversity
IU Health
Emily Masengale
Founding Principal
Christel House DORS
Jenell Fairman
Program Manager/Engineering Consultant
CORE Planning Strategies, LLC
Aaron Reddington
Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
Angie's List, Inc.
Gregory Fulk
Chief Operating Officer
Valeo Financial Advisors
Darshan Shah
Executive Vice President, Operations
OurHealth
Susan Haber
Judicial Clerk
US Courts Chambers of Judge Sarah Evans Barker
George Srour
Founder & Chief Dreamer
Building Tomorrow, Inc.
Katherine Hammer
Leadership Gift Officer
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Mariatu Swayne
Assistant Principal
MSD of Pike Township
Shawn Hitchcock
Director of Operations
Pacers Sports & Entertainment
Source: The Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series