BigWigs & New Gigs: Economic Development

The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce has hired Kylie McCrory as event & special program coordinator. She most recently was an associate with Menards.... Read More

The Evansville Regional Economic Partnership has hired Tyler Stock as executive director of talent EVV and director of talent for E-REP. He most recently was program manager for Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana.... Read More

The Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation has hired Jennifer Gadzala as grants manager. She most recently was special projects coordinator for the town of Chesterton.... Read More

The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has promoted Adam Burtner and Taylor Hughes to vice president and Lisa Roper to senior manager of business advocacy and special projects. Burtner most recently was director of government affairs... Read More

The Board of Directors for the Grant County Economic Growth Council has hired James Beyioku as project manager. He most recently was a project maager for the Learning Experience Design department at Indiana Wesleyan University.... Read More

Ginovus has hired Eric Olsen as a project analyst. He most recently was an automation developer and analyst for Stanley Black & Decker.... Read More

The Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce has hired LT Thompson as black business alliance coordinator. He is co-owner of Wellness Box in Terre Haute.... Read More

The East Central Indiana Regional Partnership has hired Trevor Friedeberg as president and chief executive officer. He most recently was director of business development projects at the Michigan Economic Development Corp.... Read More

The Boone County Economic Development Corp. has hired Sarah Ford as manager of talent development. She most recently served with the Indiana Economic Development Corp.... Read More

The Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce has hired Josh Alsip as director of community engagement. He previously served as community engagement manager at the Indiana Destination Development Corp.... Read More

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has selected Todd Hurst as executive director of the Institute for Workforce Excellence. The chamber says in the newly-created role, Hurst will manage the institute’s supported programs and initiatives, including Work and Learn Indiana. He will also oversee the program’s Talent Resource Navigator, which is a web-based tool that the […]... Read More

The LaGrange County Economic Development Corp. has announced Chief Executive Officer Bill Bradley will retire at the end of the year. He has led the organization since 2018 after serving as executive... Read More

The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce has named Eric Spoonmore president and chief executive officer. He currently serves as Monroe County Council President and as associate director for enrollm... Read More

Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers has promoted Dave Roberts to executive vice president of entrepreneurship and innovation for the Indiana Economic Development Corp. He has served the IEDC since 2016, most recently as chief innovation officer. “Dave is a valued member of the IEDC team, and Indiana and its entrepreneurs will benefit from his continued […]... Read More

Radius Indiana has hired Misty Weisensteiner as the inaugural chief operating officer of Discover Southern Indiana, its regional marketing arm. She previously held the roles of executive director for... Read More

The Evansville Regional Economic Partnership has selected Tara Barney as its chief executive officer. She previously served as co-CEO of the organization, which was formed earlier this year through a merger of three regional groups, along with Greg Wathen. He will continue as president. The Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, the Growth Alliance for Greater […]... Read More

Fishers-based Ginovus has added Andy Parcell as a client advisor. He previously held the role of senior financial analyst for American Health Network.... Read More

The Indiana Destination Development Corp. has hired Mary Clare Wall as community engagement and sales associate. She previously served as a business development representative at FitzMark Inc.... Read More

The Evansville Regional Economic Partnership has promoted Audrie Burkett to senior vice president of strategy and operations. She previously served as vice president & chief operating officer of the E... Read More

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has promoted Rebecca Patrick to senior vice president of communications effective August 1. She has more than 18 years of experience with the organization. Patrick is a Knightstown native and IUPUI graduate. She joined the Chamber in May 2003 after working in communications positions in Indiana and New York City. An avid sports […]... Read More