CICP announces name change but will keep acronym the same
The organization long known as the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership said the new name better reflects the leadership it represents.
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CICP launches fund aimed at making Indiana a chemistry hub
The Catalyst Scholars Fund is supported by a $69.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to the CICP Foundation Inc. and matching commitments from participating universities.
BioCrossroads chief Johnson stepping down to lead parent group full time
David Johnson, who has led the life science advocacy and investment group for 14 years, will take over full-time leadership of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership in 2019.
Indy group raises $9M in effort to fill talent gap
Ascend Indiana, an initiative aimed at closing what local corporate and education leaders say is a stubborn talent gap, is ramping up its operations.
New Conexus CEO wants Hoosier businesses to embrace cutting-edge technology
Former Angie’s List COO J. Mark Howell is looking for ways to help the state’s advanced-manufacturing and logistics industries navigate a changing technology landscape.
HOGSETT: Indy must prepare for higher-skill jobs
Georgetown University projects that, by 2020, 62 percent of Indiana jobs will require some form of post-secondary education. Unfortunately, today, only a little over 40 percent of our residents have that level of education. Unaddressed, misalignment will lead to growing income inequality and stagnate our economic growth.
Initiative aims to train, connect job-seekers with employers
The initiative, called Ascend Indiana, is a new program of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership.
Ballard education deputy leaving to head up workforce initiative
Jason Kloth, who has been Mayor Greg Ballard’s deputy mayor for education since 2012, will step down Friday to lead a workforce development effort being launched by the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership.
2015 Forty Under 40: Betsy McCaw
Betsy McCaw, 38, vice president of strategy and operations at Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, is helping changing the region.
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A feed additive for animals made by Greenfield-based Elanco Animal Health sparked two federal lawsuits last week filed by environmental and public health groups against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to Reuters, the suit seeks to reverse the FDA’s recent approvals of products containing ractopamine that are used to boost the weight of […]
Indy corporate leaders eye nutrition initiative
The group that oversees Indiana’s economic development initiatives for life sciences, information technology, transportation and clean technology is moving toward a fifth thrust focused on nutrition.
Signs suggest CICP will pick inside candidate to replace Miles
The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership might announce a successor to CEO Mark Miles as early as Dec. 18, just a month after Miles said he was leaving to become CEO of Hulman & Co.
New Hulman & Co. CEO eyes changes to resurrect open-wheel racing
New Hulman and Co. CEO Mark Miles will focus in his new role on all of Hulman & Co.’s ventures—including real estate holdings and Clabber Girl. But his biggest challenge will be turning around the money-losing IndyCar Series and bolstering one of the region’s most famous landmarks—the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Power broker Miles calling shots again in city
In the less than two years since Mark Miles, 53, took over the CEO-driven Central Indiana Corporate Partnership in 2006, he’s
transformed it into an economic development powerhouse for life sciences, information technology and advanced manufacturing.
How so fast? He started networking with Indiana’s political heavyweights more than 30 years ago. And he never stopped.
Merger would consolidate technology initiatives under CICP
Technology advocate Techpoint is considering merging into the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership–a move that would leave CICP CEO Mark Miles atop all three of Indiana’s major business-development initiatives.