APRIL 17-22, 2026
Meet IBJ's 34th Forty Under 40 class, a group that includes leaders making an impact across business, government and the arts. Plus, Ossium Health Inc., founded in 2016 by CEO Kevin Caldwell and Chief Science Officer Erik Woods, has a goal to build a massive bank of bone marrow from deceased organ donors to to treat patients with blood cancers and improve organ transplantations. Reporter Daniel Bradley writes about how the San Francisco-based company's Indianapolis facility freezes bone marrow sourced from the spinal columns of organ donors age 7 to 55. Once the marrow is cryopreserved, it is usable for at least 25 years. Dave Lindquist has the scoop on a planned Mouratoglou Tennis Center — the latest location for a company founded by the coach of some of the world's best players — in Noblesville. And don't miss this month's Forefront, which features columns about health care costs from the Democrats seeking the 7th District congressional nomination.
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Mouratoglou center aims to add prestige to tennis scene
In the biggest tennis facility news in central Indiana since the Indianapolis Tennis Center stadium closed in 2010, Mouratoglou Tennis Centers announced plans last month to open a location in Noblesville.
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Ossium Health aims to revolutionize role of bone marrow banks
The company has a goal to build a massive bank of bone marrow from deceased organ donors to treat patients with blood cancers and improve organ transplantations.
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Q&A with Carmel interior designer Stephanie Wiott, named a Traditional Home ‘rising star’
Wiott spoke with IBJ about her career journey and how her mindset has helped her find success.
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New CEO outlines vision for TechPoint’s evolution
As the new president and CEO of Indianapolis-based TechPoint, Eric Christopher’s focus is on helping tech companies — and the state’s tech industry itself — grow and achieve big things.
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Whitestown officials consider how to redevelop the former Wrecks junkyard
Whitestown leaders finally broke ground early this month on a redevelopment project, a modest 14-acre park, at the site of the former Wrecks Inc. junkyard.
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Wisconsin-based Faith Technologies to build $67.5M manufacturing plant in Hendricks County
The company said it plans a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility that will create up to 200 skilled manufacturing and electrical jobs by the end of 2027.
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First look: Fever share early interior renderings of new practice facility
The $78 million Indiana Fever Sports Performance Center, which is under construction, will span 108,000 square feet and feature state-of-the-art training equipment, wellness spaces and family-focused amenities.
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NYC-based Wealthspire acquires Indianapolis financial firm, eyes future local growth
Indianapolis-based financial firm Axia Advisory has been acquired by a New York City-based firm that says it plans to use the acquisition as the basis for expansion in this market.
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Eli Lilly weight-loss pill Foundayo now available in United States
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker has started shipping the new pill to retail pharmacies.
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Old City Hall project scrapped after city tires of waiting
The city of Indianapolis is going back to the drawing board — again — on its efforts to revitalize Old City Hall after walking away from a long-stalled deal.
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Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Take a lesson from egg prices: Let the market do its thing
Scarce goods must be rationed between competing users, and markets use prices to ration scarce eggs among competing buyers.
Read MorePete the Planner: You couldn’t care less, and that’s a good thing
Back when I was 22 and freshly married, I cared about everything.
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Derek Schultz: Indy flexed its hospitality muscles in a wild, two-year run of major sporting events
Here’s a look back at an exciting and eclectic mix of celebrated events — with quotes that speak to the city’s success as a host.
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Mitch Frazier: Let’s be leaders who inspire
Great leaders inspire with clarity of purpose, build a spirit of unity and create the conditions to transform ambition into action now and in the future.
Read MoreDanny Lopez: Is a truly free Cuba on the horizon? It’s complicated.
For many of us, a deal that keeps the Castro regime in place would certainly sting and would, in my estimation, do a disservice to the generations of Cubans and Cuban Americans who have spent decades pining for liberty, free elections and basic human rights.
Read MoreWilliam Murphy: Collaboration on schools thrives under a shared reality
To build a sustainable future, our community must confront difficult questions about resource allocation.
Read MoreEditorial: Fever puts the band back together after off-season of uncertainty
These are players and a team with the potential to have huge community impact not just this summer but in the years ahead. And that wasn’t certain just a week or two ago and especially not a month or two ago.
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Brad Rateike: The quiet agony of being told to save a seat
Saving seats is almost always awkward. It puts one person in the position of defending territory they didn’t earn.
Read MoreDr. Richard Feldman: RFK Jr. is tearing apart the public-health system
Kennedy remains the greatest threat to public health in memory.
Read MoreDeborah Daniels: Remembering Robert Mueller and his public service
Bob Mueller was one of the most dedicated, honest, patriotic and impactful public servants the country has ever known.
Read MoreU.S. Rep André Carson: Democrats expanded health care. Trump’s cuts took us back.
We can and should fund health care for American families, and we can and should do it without adding to the national debt.
Read MoreBill Taft: How central Indiana supported small-town investment
While urban-rural tension will remain a fact of life for Indiana and its Midwestern neighbors, it also might be obscuring critical shared lessons of collaboration.
Read MorePierre M. Atlas: Trump is advocating war crimes against Iranians
Even if his threats are never carried out, Trump crossed a line.
Read MoreGeorge Gemelas: Republican Hoosiers can fuel a wave of environmentalism … again
Human ingenuity, American innovation, business sense — this is the basis of new-wave environmental tradition worth reclaiming.
Read MoreDana Black: Democratic candidates shouldn’t vilify each other
Think about which candidate talked about their opponent more than they talked about their plans for our future.
Read MoreDestiny Wells: Health care affordability is economic imperative in Indy
I believe we should move toward a universal baseline of coverage here — one that gives people the freedom to take risks while still allowing private options.
Read MoreNiki Kelly: Dwindling degree options isn’t necessarily a bad thing
The more I learned, I’m shocked some of these degrees existed — even if in name only.
Read MoreGeorge Hornedo: What a woman in a chair taught me about health care
Whether our systems fail people by accident or by design, the impact is the same — a woman who needs help isn’t getting it.
Read MoreClaire Fiddian-Green: Why apprenticeships matter more in the age of AI
Not every student wants — or needs — to follow a traditional four-year college path immediately after high school.
Read MoreRep. Ed DeLaney: Trump and the bad Republican card game of Hearts
In Hearts, you try to stick your opponents with all the bad cards.
Read MoreAmar Patel: Why it’s hard for capable people to run for office
In politics, the pathway into leadership is narrow and difficult to navigate.
Read MoreCurt Smith: What opponents get wrong about pro-life Hoosiers
Indiana lawmakers … created and funded the most comprehensive support for pregnant women in state history.
Read MoreJennifer Wagner Chartier: I am sharing the joy. Life is too short not to.
Whether on social media or just in your head, I hope you’ll consider doing the same.
Read MoreAbdul-Hakim Shabazz: Housing answer might be sitting in empty parking lots
Drive through Indianapolis or almost any midsize Indiana city, and the landscape tells the story.
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IBJ Forty Under 40 Alumni Award winner: Robert J. Hicks
Attorney Robert J. Hicks’ career path appears to follow a neat arc. But the real journey was more nuanced. Quite a bit more nuanced, actually.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Alexandra Bavender
As vice president of strategy at the Damien Center, Bavender’s job is to ensure the organization is expanding and offering services that meet the community’s needs.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Ryan Gershman
Ryan Gershman’s focus at Gershman Partners is leading development efforts around Indiana and the Midwest.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Geordan Coleman
Geordan Coleman supports nonprofits through grants provided by Bank of America — more than $12 million since 2018.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Michelle Carrera
Michelle Carrera has built the compliance and risk management program from the ground up for Generations Community Bank, Indiana’s first-ever minority depository institution.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Joshua Blake Carter
In his role with Dance Kaleidoscope, Carter said he’s been able to connect with patrons and donors across many generations, bringing some lapsed donors and patrons back to the nonprofit.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Jordan Caldwell
In 2025, Jordan Caldwell’s company Caldwell Inc. acquired three sanitation (portable toilet) companies, and his company Caldwell Environmental closed on two environmental acquisitions.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Kim DalSanto
At Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Kim DalSanto leads complex commercial and environmental lawsuits, manages client strategies, mentors younger attorneys and assists the firm with recruitment and retention of talent.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Brad Foster
Since joining Gaylor Electric in 2011, Foster has helped secure and manage some of the company’s large-scale traveling construction projects.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Kayla Ernst
In her work as an employment attorney, Kayla Ernst counsels employers on legal compliance as well as practical considerations of how to best communicate with and treat employees.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Ben Canary
As CEO of Herculean Prepared Meals, Canary has helped the company establish five brick-and-mortar locations in Indiana, plus a nationwide delivery service for its frozen meals.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Brian Carman
Since joining Regions Bank, Carman has overseen more than $30 million in lending and investment across the bank’s Mid-America market.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Porsche Chisley
Chisley Consulting Group has started statewide and national education initiatives yielding more than $130 million in education investments.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Maureen Glunt
Mo Glunt leads Star Financial Bank’s treasury management sales team, which handles services that a customer, business or government unit might need to manage their cash.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Vincent Ash Jr.
At Lauth Group, Vincent Ash focuses on driving business development for build-to-suit clients, supporting new construction through predevelopment , and leading operations and process implementation across the company.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Taylor Bilger
In eight years at Lucas Oil Stadium, Taylor Bilger has moved up from project manager to program manager to senior program manager to assistant general manager for external operations.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Spencer Anderson
Spencer Anderson is responsible for using data, technology and strategic planning to create a competitive advantage for the Indiana Pacers.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Lindsay Gramlich
Lindsay Gramlich leads a team of 20 staff and 20 board members and oversees a $2.2 million operating budget and a $2.5 million endowment for Girls Inc., representing the local chapter among 76 other affiliate leaders from across the country.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Quincy Cunningham
Quincy Cunningham serves in Bose’s public affairs practice group and is responsible for lobbying local, state and federal government on behalf of his clients.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Joe Glass
Joe Glass was hired by his predecessor, Sarah Riordan, in a staff position at the Bond Bank in 2018.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Christine Zetzl
Zetzl guides Visit Indy’s paid advertising strategy for leisure and business audiences, working to attract general travelers and meeting planners evaluating Indianapolis as a host city.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Jeremy Wolley
Since Jeremy Wolley became principal of Pike High School in 2023, Pike has achieved graduation rates above the state average for three consecutive years.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Tammy Williams
As president of Cooke Financial Group, Tammy Williams focuses on the company’s culture, developing its team, and positioning the firm to serve clients through one of the largest generational wealth transfers in history.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: MacKenzie White
MacKenzie White directs End Lung Cancer Now, an initiative that began in 2021 to eliminate tobacco use in Indiana, screen all eligible patients with chest CT scans and increase participation in lung cancer research.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Keeanna Warren
Keeanna Warren is responsible for setting the vision and long-term strategy for Purdue Polytechnic High Schools and ensuring that they deliver results for students, families and the community.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Kyle T. Resetarits
Kyle Resetarits says that being a real estate and land-use attorney gives him the opportunity to advise clients who are transforming the landscape and improving the economies of communities around Indianapolis and throughout the state of Indiana.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Joe Pellman
Pellman leads the Indy Chamber’s efforts to drive employer and population growth across the 10-county Indianapolis region.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Matt Olsen
Matt Olsen leads Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath’s real estate litigation and eminent domain team.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Amanda Noth-Matchett
Amanda Noth-Matchett’s interest in health care began when she watched a family member receive care and felt compelled to support others in the same way.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Ryan O’Connor
Ryan O’Connor says his role at Roche enables him to support patient health, well-being and longevity by working at a company that develops innovative medicines, personalized health care solutions and advanced diagnostics to enable early disease detection and effective treatment.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Ronald Morrell Jr.
Ronald Morrell Jr. made history in November 2023 when he was elected the first Black mayor of Marion, and the first Black Republican mayor in Indiana.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: David McKissic
McKissic and his organization, Cerebro Creative House, directed the capital campaign for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis’ 100th anniversary in 2025.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Thomas J. Lyons III
Thomas Lyons is a securities, capital markets, corporate, mergers-and-acquisitions and private-funds attorney who advises SalesAi — a voice-based, automated artificial intelligence platform that supplements sales and support teams — and its affiliated entities.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Dr. Russell J. Ledet
Dr. Russell Ledet grew up in poverty in Louisiana, where for much of his childhood he believed college was only for people with resources his family did not have.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Danny Leckie
Danny Leckie leads the Carmel-based hunger-relief organization Hatch for Hunger, which distributes chicken, beef, pork, eggs and more to food banks in more than 40 states and has helped families save more than $50 million in food costs.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Laura Lachowecki
Laura Lachowecki spent the early part of her career as the pastry chef in “high-level kitchens,” but after the birth of her daughter, she wanted the flexibility to have nights, weekends and holidays to spend at home.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Brett Kramer
Kramer’s role as director of the Indianapolis Colts’ Kicking the Stigma program allows her to combine two of her biggest passions: sports and mental health.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Patrick Klooz
This year marks the five-year anniversary of Lebanon-based Klooz Brewz, which Patrick Klooz built from the ground up into a thriving brewery and public house.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Faren Jones
When a former supervisor called her for help with that very problem, she took on that project and turned it into Kuumba Strategies.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Jennifer Hostetter
Her practice has a particular emphasis on high-conflict divorces, contentious custody and parenting-time disputes, post-decree modifications and complex financial issues related to property division, support and asset valuation.
Read More2026 Forty Under 40: Burnell K. Grimes Jr.
In his role with Carrier Global, Grimes’ responsibilities include managing litigation, employment matters, supply and vendor transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and ethics and compliance matters.
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