Hudnut served an unprecedented four terms as mayor of Indianapolis, racking up an impressive list of accomplishments. He hosted the city’s first NCAA Final Four, presided over the construction of the Hoosier Dome, and lured the Baltimore Colts to Indianapolis.
Harris spent five years as the mayor’s charter schools director, and in 2006, he co-founded The Mind Trust, which has developed 29 schools and 12 education not-for-profits.
MacAllister ran mayoral campaigns for Richard Lugar and Bill Hudnut, founded the Indianapolis Parks Foundation, and, as a member of the Capital Improvement Board, played a vital role in developing the Hoosier Dome.
Thompson serves as chairman and CEO of four Indianapolis companies, including First Electric Supply Co. and Thompson Distribution Co. But over the years, he has built an equally impressive resume for volunteer service and philanthropy.
Crawford’s legislative accomplishments included co-authoring the Second Chance Act, which gave those with criminal records a path to rejoin society; creating the Low-Income Housing Trust Fund and the Minority Teachers Scholarship Fund; and supporting the drive to ban the execution of the mentally ill in Indiana. He died in 2015.
Though the redevelopment of downtown was the work of many, it’s hard to argue that the single, most game-changing moment wasn’t the sudden arrival of the Colts from Baltimore in 1984.
Becker has launched five Inc. 500 tech companies during his career and served as the first chairman and a founding member of TechPoint.
The Simon brothers not only founded and ran the nation’s largest shopping mall company, they saved the Indiana Pacers by buying the franchise at a crucial moment and helped make Circle Centre mall a reality.
A former Anthem executive, Frick helped broker some of the biggest deals in Indianapolis, including those to bring the Colts to the city and keep the Indiana Pacers here.
The former CEO of Long Electric Co., Shaheen has been active for decades at the University of Indianapolis, Arts Council of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Symphony, and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, where several dinosaurs on the museum’s exterior are named for her and her family.
Former mayors Greg Ballard and Bart Peterson as well as Tony George and Mari Hulman made our honor roll.
After selling a company she co-founded for $825 million, DeHaan dedicated her later life to providing education for poor children across the world and in Indianapolis.
The former lieutenant governor headed up Lilly Endowment Inc. and PSI Energy and helped found the not-for-profit Lumina Foundation and White River State Park.
Boehm, a former Indiana Supreme Court justice, led the organizing committees of the National Sports Festival and the Pam Am Games and was first president and CEO of Indiana Sports Corp.
Browning has helped develop Indy’s downtown with signature projects including Pan Am Plaza and the NCAA headquarters and he’s been a key part of the efforts to make Indianapolis a sports powerhouse.
After ExactTarget founder Scott Dorsey sold his company in 2013 for $2.5 billion—a record for an Indiana tech company—throngs of former employees used their newfound wealth to launch central Indiana tech ventures. Meanwhile, ExactTarget’s buyer, San Francisco-based Salesforce, continued to grow the Indianapolis operation, eventually moving into the state’s tallest building and rechristening it Salesforce […]
In his six terms as mayor, Brainard has overseen Carmel’s transition from a simple bedroom community into a bona fide destination, by building a pedestrian-friendly downtown from scratch.
Brown has launched four companies, including three that have been acquired, and donated $30 million to establish Indiana University’s Brown Center for Immunotherapy.
Lloyd served as CEO of Methodist Hospital as it became the first non-university hospital to perform heart transplants, but he also owned radio station WTLC-FM, and was founder, chairman and CEO of Midwest National Bank.
Business leader Tom Binford boasted an eclectic resume, but there was one skill for which he was particularly famous—fixing things.
