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Brad M. Ward, a DePauw University alum and former leader of the Dubois County Community Foundation, is the new CEO of Indiana Landmarks.
The Indianapolis-based nonprofit that helps to preserve historic buildings and cultural landmarks announced on Tuesday that Ward will begin his tenure on April 7. Ward will succeed Marsh Davis, who is retiring after 37 years at Indiana Landmarks, including 19 years as CEO.
Ward, who grew up in Jasper, most recently served as director of community foundations for Montana-based Foundant Technologies. Foundant is a philanthropy-tech firm that supports community foundation fundraising.
“Brad’s experience in engaging public-private partnerships both in Indiana and around the country speaks directly to Indiana Landmarks’ work to support grassroots preservation efforts as a tool for community revitalization,” said Doris Anne Sadler, who led the search committee to find Davis’ successor, in a written statement.
Indiana Landmarks is considered the largest statewide preservation organization in the United States. It has more than 40 full-time employees and nine field offices throughout Indiana.
Ward earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and political science from DePauw in 2005. In 2012, he earned a certificate in fundraising management from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.
From 2008 to 2012, Ward led the Huntingburg Foundation and guided a merger with the Dubois County Community Foundation. He served as CEO of the merged foundations until 2016.
Ward also worked as a lead strategist at the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Foundations.
“I’ve worked with a range of private, corporate and public foundations, government agencies and national entities aligned in their passion for local, place-based action,” Ward said in a written statement. “I’m eager to leverage this network of influencers and expand on the unique leadership role Indiana Landmarks plays in connecting places, people and the causes that they care about in order to create opportunities for better communities.”
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I believe that’s Huntingburg, not Huntington.
That is correct. Thank you.
From one Brad Ward to another – congrats!
The middle initial is an important distinction here!