Erik Braden is managing partner of Braden Business Systems, a company his father founded in 1989. He returned home to the business after working on Wall Street in investment banking and for private-equity groups in Los Angeles; Zurich, Switzerland; and New York City.
Kristen Nunery is founder and CEO of myCOI, which manages certificates of insurance, protecting construction, real estate and other businesses against the risk of underinsured claims, costly litigation and failed audits.
Rosie Bryant, lead organizer for Faith Indiana, works to reform the city’s criminal justice system to reduce violent crime and build community capital and resilience. She pushed the city to pilot, expand and fund the Group Violence Intervention program.
Nick Carter is CEO of Market Wagon, which has created online farmers markets in 26 cities in 14 states. Carter filed his first Schedule-K for farm income at the age of 9. He owned dairy cows and rented land from his father for pasture and feed production.
San Pathak, COO of Element Three and co-founder and CFO of AfterSchool HQ, describes himself as the kind of person who has the ability to figure just about anything out.
Ben Conner is CEO of his family’s Conner Insurance company and is responsible for its people, culture and numbers-building. He also leads the company’s employee benefits practice and consults with employers directly on their employee benefits program. He’s a former board member and owner of Jay’s Moving Co., an IBJ Fast 25 company.
As associate director of student recruitment for the IU McKinney School of Law, Lauren Peña is responsible for recruiting and advising prospective law students as well as developing strategic communication plans.
Tamara Cypress leads marketing, communications and corporate social responsibility projects for Black Onyx Management, which helps organizations empower Black and marginalized communities.
Jessica Gendron, president and CEO of the Center for Leadership Excellence, is on a mission to get companies to create a great workplace culture for women, not just a fun or “great” place to work.
As vice president of stakeholder engagement at TechPoint, Lauren Petersen connecting with 150-plus organizations, securing fundraising commitments and managing the three-person relationship management team.
Johnathan Goo, president and CEO of MAVPAK, said he received a sign from God in 2015 to start his industrial-packaging distributor.
Colleen Powers, an attorney shareholder and board member for Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, works with hospitals and other health care service providers on pressing issues facing our health care system.
Ryan Goodwin is a flight instructor at Lift Academy, a flight school owned by Republic Airways that serves as a pipeline for Republic’s future pilots.
In his role as president of his family’s company, the Hageman Group, Shane Hageman is responsible for leading the business that invests in commercial real estate, agriculture and more.
Jesse Rice, founder and owner of Black Circle Brewing Co., has transcended his business’s identity as a brewery and morphed it into a place where all are welcome.
Peter Hanscom is vice president of Marketing & Digital Engagement at United Way of Central Indiana.
Angka Hinshaw is deputy public defender and immigration supervisor at the Marion County Public Defender Agency.
Suranga Kasthurirathne is a research scientist at the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Regenstrief Institute and assistant professor
in the department of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Justin Keller is vice president of marketing at Terminus.
