HOW HCLA IS MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF HAMILTON COUNTY Photo Credit: Jennifer Engledow Photography
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DID YOU KNOW:
HCLA STARTED IN 1991 AND NOW HAS OVER 729 ALUMNI
Congratulations to the Hamilton County Leadership Academy (HCLA) Class of 2020.
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Congratulations Polly Craig Riverview Health Foundation Philanthropy Officer
Hamilton County Leadership Academy Class of 2020 Riverview Health is a proud supporter of Hamilton County Leadership Academy. Former graduates include Brandy Hill, Seth Warren and Megan Wiles.
Brandon Weddle Class Member
Sam Mishelow Class Dean
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CONGRATS TO THE 2020 HCLA CLASS!
Together we are building a better and stronger community for all of Hamilton County.
WELCOME FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY For nearly 30 years, the Hamilton County Leadership Academy has invested in our county’s current and future leaders. It has helped them gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of the issues, challenges and opportunities facing the county. It has encouraged them to connect with their peers and the hundreds of speakers who have participated in HCLA. Most importantly, it has supported their desire to invest in our county, connecting the dots so they can make a difference in their community. HCLA’s alumni are key executives in a wide range of companies, nonprofit leaders, government employees, elected officials and business owners. Most importantly, they are all servant leaders. Over the years, the organization has thrived because of strong relationships with key community partners. HCLA’s success has only been possible because Hamilton County has seen its value, recognized its importance and invested and supported it since 1991. This year, two key community partners have stepped in to raise HCLA’s profile even further: The Hamilton County Community Foundation is partnering with HCLA to help it expand the academy’s county-wide focus, continue to attract the best and brightest to the program and invest real dollars in the community in the areas of mental health, family and youth empowerment and inclusive economic growth. Current Publishing is helping to tell the story of HCLA through the publication of this special section and as the official media partner of HCLA. Now, we celebrate the 29th HCLA class. Members of the Class of 2020 have begun their journey through HCLA’s signature 10-month program. They are experiencing a unique, exclusive backstage pass into all 402 square miles of Hamilton County. This year’s cohort represents for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, education, government and civic institutions. They come from every corner of the county with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Some participants have lived in Hamilton County their entire lives, while others are newcomers. Regardless of their backgrounds, they all share a common mission: to lead, to serve and to work together to ensure Hamilton County thrives for decades to come. On behalf of HCLA, Hamilton County Community Foundation and Current Publishing, we are honored to be able to recognize and celebrate their selection into this highly-competitive program and to champion their bright futures within the county.
Tom Kilian President, Hamilton County Community Foundation
Terry Anker Principal, The Anker Consulting Group
Rachael Coverdale HCLA Board President & President, Coverdale Consulting
A POWERFUL NEW PARTNERSHIP Hamilton County Community Foundation knows that meaningful change is only possible when individuals, corporations, not-for-profits and civic leaders work together to solve problems. For 29 years, Hamilton County Leadership Academy has brought these like-minded and visionary thinkers together to do just that—improve our county. It’s a perfect partnership. In 2018, Hamilton County Community Foundation looked at local and national data, in addition to many conversations with representatives throughout the county to identify the most pressing needs of residents. Three community leadership initiatives were formed as a result and helped focus the foundation’s efforts in its new 5-year strategic plan: mental health, family and youth empowerment, and inclusive economic growth. These three focuses have informed Hamilton County Community Foundation’s strategic plan, grant-making and community relationships. The foundation believes these to be the most important and pressing issues facing Hamilton County, and change will not happen without community collaboration and partnership. That’s why the foundation has partnered with HCLA. The 2020 class will have an opportunity to work with Hamilton County Community Foundation to more deeply understand the challenges and opportunities related to mental health, family and youth empowerment and inclusive economic growth in Hamilton County, and how philanthropy can play a role in improving quality of life for residents in these areas. Hamilton County Community Foundation believes in this group’s passion for their communities and dedication to finding innovative solutions. The foundation will provide a $3,000 grant for each focus area that will be allocated by the 2020 HCLA class to a not-for-profit. This is an opportunity to leverage philanthropic dollars, civic leadership and passion to make Hamilton County a better place for everyone to live, work and play. Together we can do more.
MEET THE CLASS OF 2020!
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Kayla Arnold Westfield
Community Engagement Manager City of Noblesville
Director of Planning & Zoning City of Fishers
“Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.” — David Sarnoff
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Tony Bagato Fishers
Assistant Director, Department of Planning and Development City of Noblesville
Caleb Gutshall Anderson
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” — Ronald Reagan
Stephen Hunt Noblesville
Scott O’Neil Indianapolis
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Laura Kelner Carmel
Principal - Noble Crossing Elementary Noblesville Schools
“Leadership is an action, not a position.” — Donald H. McGannon
“Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate and to connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.” — Daniel Pink
Patrick Haney Noblesville
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
New Business Development Officeworks
Owner & Mental Health Therapist Mini Minds
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” — Jack Welch
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” — Ghandi Megan Peck Noblesville
Carol Sergi Fishers
Emily Kibling Fishers
“Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.” — Phil Jackson Rachel Woloshin Noblesville
Karen Ki Fishers Director, Philanthropy IU Health “[She has] an eye for detail, a nose for trouble, the heart of a lion and the will of a storm trooper.” — Michael Lewis
Peter Prim Carme Executive Director Noblesville Main Street “So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.” — Matthew 20:16
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
Vice President of Client Services Janus Developmental Services
Deanna Har Noblesvi
“Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and success will follow.” — Oprah Winfrey
Heather Perdue Carmel
Lisa Sobek Noblesville
Jake Bat Fishers
Account Director Hirons
Noblesville Schools Board of Trustees Noblesville Schools
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.” — Peter F. Drucker
“A leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.” — Nelson Mandela
Leader of Workforce Development Gaylor Electric
Director of Sales Hamilton County Tourism
Director of Workforce Strategy Hamilton County Economic Development
Tim White Westfield
Joe Barnes Carmel
Chuck Haberman Noblesville
Senior Manager, Community Development American Cancer Society
Associate/Architecture RATIO Architects, Inc.
Lorna Steele Noblesville
Connor Sul Noblesvi
Attorney at Law Church Church Hittle + Antrim
Director of Client & Community Relations PNC Bank
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” — Ronald Reagan
“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” — Bill Bradley Chip Wood Noblesville
Sam Mishe Carme
5 Associate - Commercial Banking Fifth Third Bank
Philanthropy Officer Riverview Health Foundation
Director of Westfield Welcome City of Westfield
Director of Human Resources Beck’s Hybrids
“If not us, who? If not now, when?” — John F. Kennedy
“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have” — Vince Lombardi
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” — Winston Churchill
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourself.” — Philippians 2:3
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Polly Craig Carmel Commercial Credit Manager-AVP Elements Financial Federal Credit Union
Communications Business Partner MISO
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” — St. Jerome
Associate Attorney Banks & Brower, LLC
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Allstate Insurance Agencies Allstate Insurance
Vice President of Client Services BAR Communications
“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” — Mario Andretti
“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” — Anne Sweeney (Former Disney Channel President)
Lauren Schregardus Carmel Communications Coordinator Hamilton East Public Library
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” — John F. Kennedy Kelsey Sweet Fishers
“Earn your success based upon your service to others, not at the expense of others.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
”It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” — Warren Buffett
Eric Maxwell Indianapolis
Ranj Puthran Carmel
Chief Strategy Officer Meyer Najem Construction
Business Development Executive CleanSlate Technology Group
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” — John Maxwell
Insurance Agent Liberty Mutual Insurance
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Stephanie Holmes-Gullans Westfield
Justin Hirnisey Fishers
Mike Lee Westfield
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou
Lead Adult Advocate/ Self-Sufficiency Advocate Prevail Inc.
“Nothing will work unless you do.” — Maya Angelou
Finance Manager City of Carmel
“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill
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Executive Director Hamilton Southeastern Schools Foundation
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” — Rumi Mandy Haskett Indianapolis
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Bethany Gremel Atlanta
Leadership Consultant ADVISA
“The biggest present you can give are options” — Daren Martin
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Angela Frazier Kokomo
Interim Deputy Director HAND, Inc. “Guide and contribute, not control…” — Patricia A. Walworth Wood (a.k.a. Grandma Pat) Rebekah Metzger Indianapolis Director of Patron Services & Organizational Core Values The Center for the Performing Arts
Brian Seitz Carmel
Chief Financial Officer Westfield Washington Schools
“I don’t look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.” — Mike Krzyzewski Senior Business Development Manager Meyer-Najem Construction
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.” — Albert Einstein Brian Tomamichel Fishers
“A brave leader is someone who says I see you. I hear you. I don’t have all the answers, but I’m going to keep listening and asking questions.” — Brene Brown
Brandon Weddle Carmel
“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.” — Simon Sinek
HCLA Class of 2020 Leadership Team Corby Thompson (left) HCLA Chief Experience Officer Owner, Boomerang Development
Sam Mishelow (middle) HCLA Curriculum Dean Chief Strategy Officer, Meyer Najem Construction
Andrea Marley (right) HCLA Interim Executive Director
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Congratulations
Justin!
DID YOU KNOW:
HCLA IS A 10-MONTH PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO LIVE OR WORK IN HAMILTON COUNTY
Congrats to the class of 2020!
RACHAEL COVERDALE AÂ PROUD SUPPORTER OF HCLA
IN V ESTING IN PEOPLE , PL ACES AND IDEAS FOR VIBR ANT COMMUNITIES.
HAMILTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CLASS OF 2020 CONGRATULATIONS, BETHANY.
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