In just four years, Michelle Study-Campbell has put Reach for Youth on firm financial footing while expanding its staff and services. The not-for-profit offers counseling to Indiana youth and their families and works with the juvenile justice system by operating a nationally recognized teen court for non-violent first offenders.
Sherron Rogers is up at 3 a.m. to hit the gym. “It works well for me,” laughs Rogers, a self-described high-energy person who was recently promoted to vice president of patient support services at Indiana University Health. “I try to exercise a bit, and get my day started with work.”
In September 2001, Chad Pittman had a nice career going as a lawyer with Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, and his wife was about to deliver the first of their now-four children. Then 9/11 happened.
Una Osili has one foot in the global community and the other in Indianapolis. A renowned researcher on philanthropic trends, she also is a wife and mother who serves on St. Richard’s Episcopal School board and helped her husband, Vop Osili, campaign for public office.
Doran Moreland discovered political science at Indiana University. After graduating in 2000, his real education in politics began, working for Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, then U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh.
For the past few years, the Statehouse has been almost a second home for Lawren Mills.
Some people start on the ground floor. Josh Miles started in the basement, launching Miles Design LLC in his home.
As the corporate fundraiser for the Salvation Army Indiana Division, Mel McMahon is responsible for seeing that their red kettles stay full to “do the most good.”
Jayson Manship’s job title is Lead Nerd.
Co-founder of Indianapolis-based inSourceCode, Manship and his 12 coworkers write code for websites serving clients ranging from major political entities to professional sports teams. He has also done the Web work for the two “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” projects in Indiana.
Becca Manolov left Indiana 10 years ago to try something new. Now she’s back to promote something new—CityWay, the apartment/hotel/retail/YMCA complex downtown.
In 2009, Matt MacGregor was working as a consultant in Vietnam when Chuck Dietzen, the founder of Timmy Global Health, asked him to apply for the executive director’s job at Timmy.
Anyone who knew David Leazenby at Westfield High School must have figured he’d end up in some area of design and development.
Rob Laycock says that when he’s at work, there’s no better feeling than seeing Bankers Life Fieldhouse packed with fans. As vice president of marketing for Pacers Sports & Entertainment, he has a hand in making that happen.
“It’s a collaboration of everyone who works here,” he said. “This is a great organization, and I’ve been given a lot of opportunities.”
Hannah Joseph has a fondness for small businesses—the one she owns with her husband, Brent—King David Dogs—and the 150 or so that are her clients at law firm Katz & Korin.
Michele Jackson splits her week between her Harden Jackson Law LLC firm, where she handles domestic adoptions and reproductive law cases, and MLJ Adoptions, where she specializes in the sometimes exhilarating, sometimes heartbreaking world of international adoption.
From frat boy to fundraiser to faculty—that’s how Matthew Holley describes his career trajectory.
As founder and executive director of Growing Places Indy, Laura Henderson sees the big picture. People making healthier food choices feel better, and when many people feel better, the result is a healthier community.
Andrew Held had an impressive law career going—as an Indiana University-Bloomington law student, he clerked for federal Judge Sarah Evans Barker and Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Margret Robb before joining Hackman Hulett & Cracraft LLP and then Bose McKinney & Evans LLP in its Real Estate Group.
Ben Gale grew up in Anderson, graduated from Anderson University, left town for a few years and came back “committed to being a positive influence in a community that’s really struggled.
