Marc D. Allan

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.

Katie Jenner is Indiana Secretary of Education.

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.

John Roach is president of Resultant (formerly KSM Consulting), which helps its clients overcome complex challenges using data analytics, technology and digital transformation.

Adrian Russell is director of diversity, equity & inclusion/procurement at Shiel Sexton Co.

Taylor Schaffer is chief of staff and chief deputy mayor for Mayor Joe Hogsett and the City of Indianapolis.

Andy Seibert is the executive director of KIPP Indy Public Schools.

Nick Smarrelli is CEO of GadellNet Consulting Services.

Shannon Stahley, senior manager of corporate affairs at Citizens Energy Group, represents the company at the local, state and federal levels, including the Governor’s Office and the General Assembly. She led the remediation and redevelopment of Citizens Energy Group’s former Indianapolis coke plant site, now home to the city’s Community Justice Center.