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Breanca Merritt is the founding director of the Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy at IUPUI, which researches and reveals the trends that limit progress in Indianapolis.

Chris Jensen, a former assistant to Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman, served on the Noblesville city council before becoming the city’s mayor this year.

Aaron Hurt leads a group of 30 in planning performances and other engagements at Butler’s five event venues.

Jacob Houk serves as leader of Indiana’s largest independent property restoration company—one he helped turn around by focusing on its employees.

Christopher Henry leads the seventh-largest Presbyterian congregation in the United States, with 3,500 members, 125 staff members and budget of $4.7 million.

Marcus Hall’s varied career wound through Pacers Sports & Entertainment, ExactTarget and even his own pocket-square subscription startup before arriving at an Indianapolis-based California Closets franchise.

Dr. Brian Gray has been a key part of Riley Hospital for Children’s plan to build a $124 million Maternal Fetal Center, expected to open in 2021, that will centralize maternity and newborn care for Indiana University Health’s three downtown hospitals.

Christina Fugate is Ice Miller’s expert on franchise law and business and chairwoman of the firm’s franchise and distribution team, and she’s also founder of the Indiana Franchise Association.

Michael Dury was promoted Jan. 23 to CEO of Merchants Capital, where he leads one of the top housing-loan originators nationwide.

In 2017, Joshua Driver co-founded Selfless.ly to provide businesses with software to better navigate community service commitments.

For Meggie Dials, empathy is the superpower that has propelled her through her time at Salesforce and through the career shifts that led her there.

Once an aspiring journalist and writer, Bindley Capital Partners Vice President Jennifer Detmer has discovered how credit research and finance can also be a form of storytelling.

Responsible for keeping Indiana’s elections fair and secure, Deputy Secretary of State Brandon Clifton and his team have embraced sweeping reforms to voting procedures since 2016.

Conner Burt is co-founder and president of Lessonly, a rapidly expanding training software company serving almost 1,000 customers.

Stephanie Bothun helped launch the not-for-profit Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, with a set of values, a bundle of policy papers and her former boss, Jason Kloth, then of Teach for America.

Candice Bineyard has ascending the ranks at Rolls-Royce to a new position as director of defense programs. It’s a promotion she received in January, after serving as vice president of one of the manufacturing company’s leading programs, its JSF LiftSystem technology that powers fighter jets and other aerospace gear in the armed services.

Kai Johnson was promoted on Feb. 1 to her new position as a manager of corporate strategy. Until then, Johnson was manager of community partnerships, where she oversaw development programs in Salesforce’s central cities.