February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJSarah Hempstead, 38, has been a principal architect in many projects on Indiana campuses. However, none of those required
trekking through an African rain forest and figuring out how to build a totally sustainable university with materials on hand.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJJoshua Hollingsworth, 36, jumped on the Super Bowl XLVI band wagon early.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJDecades before he founded Verge, a network of 1,300 entrepreneurs, software developers and business investors in the Indianapolis
area, Matthew Hunckler, 25, showed his entrepreneurial spirit.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJAs executive director of the Alliance for Health Promotion, Kim Irwin, 38, is a master of bringing organizations together
for the common good.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJMichael Kaufmann, 36, thrives on collaboration. His involvement in several key art and civic organizations made him a natural
choice for his work as director of special projects and civic investment for the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJRyan Kitchell, 38, didn't expect to be overseeing health plans for Indiana University Health and its 80,000 members. But he's
found himself in unexpected places before, with good results.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJJason Konesco became president of Harrison College in February 2010. With 12 campuses in Indiana and Ohio, plus online learning,
Harrison, 39, serves more than 6,100 students with a career-focused curriculum.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJJohn Kunzer, 35, credits his success to a long list of mentors, starting with his grandfather, a chemistry professor who took
him to his office on Sundays and stressed the importance of education.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJFrom the time he started building things with Legos, Daniel Lechleiter, 32, expected to become an engineer. But at the University
of Dayton, he glimpsed the future of engineering and didn't see himself in it.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJLuke Leising, 37, took the long road to get where he is now. That road took him from Carmel High School to Purdue University,
where he earned a degree in civil engineering and was in ROTC, to the Army, where he served for four years, mostly in Kosovo,
as a ranger, to Savannah, Ga., where he decided to audit an architecture class.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJLibby Manship, 34, has transformed Indiana University Health's website into a user-friendly tool for patients, their families
and medical professionals.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJLiving and working in Japan for seven years opened the eyes of Jenny Massey, 38, to the possibilities of cross-cultural business
relationships.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJSome people build a business from the ground up. In 2002, Michele Meyer, 38, started her information technology company, CSCI
Consulting, in the basement of her Fishers home.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJTodd Meyer, 39, likely will be in the news a lot this year. He'll be prosecuting a triple homicide that took place in Whitestown
in 2011.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJCharlie Miramonti, 36, used to be "the long-haired hippie kid who didn't care about anything." Then he found something that
moved him, someplace he could make a difference: emergency medical services.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJParticipation in public policy has been part of Paul Mitchell's DNA since his days at West Lafayette High School, when he
helped set up a youth council to interact with city government and the mayor. Mitchell, 31, followed his muse to Indiana University's
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and, when he finished grad school, he joined Gov. Mitch Daniels' administration
as policy director in 2005.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJSarah Moore, 34, spearheads The Mind Trust's "Grow What Works" campaign, an $18 million fundraising initiative to invest in
the most promising education reform organizations in Indianapolis.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJAlthough he hasn't been in Indianapolis for two years yet, Patrick O'Donnell, 30, already is making an impact.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJJustin Ohlemiller, 33, made his name in government, working his way up from writing letters and proclamations for Mayor Bart
Peterson to become his deputy chief of staff.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJDarcey Palmer-Shultz, 30, has at least 60 first cousins. She still likes to spend time with her large extended family, but
she also knows that not every child has such positive experiences.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJSince arriving in Indianapolis in January 2009, Lee Rosenthal, 32, has WXIN-TV Channel 59 moving full speed ahead, adding
news programs, increasing viewership, and, a first for the station, having the top-rated morning show.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJJohn Ryan, 39, started with Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman P.C. straight out of Indiana University law school and took
only 12 years to ascend to president and managing partner of the Indianapolis-based law firm.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJThe achievements of Bryan Schneider, 38, in breast cancer research continue to build on each other.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJKathleen Spears, 37, came to Indianapolis four years ago, a health services executive on a mission.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJIn a sense, Jason Sturman, 37, is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, R.J. Moore, the Indianapolis real estate
developer who built the Park Fletcher Business Park near Indianapolis International Airport.
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"And the success of the Indiana GOP to not allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes? Fixed that for you; editorial bias rebalanced. Seriously, there are so many things wrong with Obamacare that the only way one can view it as a success is to assume that it was designed to fail our way into a government single payor healthcare system. The system is complex, creates huge regulatory burdens and overhead and yet still does not have adequate means to control escalating health care costs. But then when you elect a 10th grade math drop out with no quantitative reasoning skills to be President of one of the world's most important economies in troubled times, you can't really be surprised by blatant stupidity.
No NIMBYs here to chase off a decent development. We don't need tons of parking and we'd happily play the role of host to a downtown Whole Foods.
Whatever you do, don't change a single thing about Broad Ripple. I want it to look just like it did in the late '70s, with 30% of the north side of Broad Ripple Avenue burned out and plenty of places to park. That's right Broad Ripple, NEVER CHANGE. Let the world pass you by, don't improve your empty, abandoned lots full of weeds. Someday someone will want to film a zombie movie here.
Hollywood could step in and make a movie about the history about this forlorn series. It could be a full celebrity cast of characters. WOW. http://www.advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/02/indiana-taxpayers-forced-to-pay-for.html
This shouldn't come as a shock to many. Austin is a great city, and Indy needs to take some notes. Austin invests in decent transit options, has a highly educated workforce, embraces a creative class, and --despite being the state capital-- is not micromanaged by rural and suburban legislators. Want Indy to grow? Invest in the city (i.e. spend money). Raise taxes a bit, and use the money to improve education. And keep the state legislature out of Indy the other 9 months of the year.