The NCAA Division I Board of Directors OK’d reforms that give conferences the option of adding more money to scholarships, schools the opportunity to award scholarships for multiple years, impose tougher academic standards on recruits, and change basketball recruiting.
In the last of eight installments of Who’s Who, we profile leaders in education. More than 100 individuals were nominated, representing public and private schools, secondary and post-secondary education, educational think-tanks, legislators and other organizations active in the sphere.
Every business sector has influential players, whether they are in the public eye or wield their influence behind the scenes. This month, IBJ zeroes in on Health Care and Benefits.
While visiting the Indiana Historical Society’s “You Are There 1968: Robert Kennedy Speaks” exhibit, I learned that in attendance on the evening more than 40 years ago were Hoosiers who went on to remarkable careers.
In a monthly feature that runs in the first issue of the month, through October, IBJ is identifying influential players in eight different industry categories. This month, our list draws from among the city’s finest legal minds in education, public-sector law, the judicial system and the broad swath of attorneys practicing solo and in firms of all sizes.
At a time when the not-for-profit sector is buzzing with terms like “scaling impact” and “venture philanthropy,” few native not-for-profits have sown seeds outside Indiana. Leaders and funders emphasize the need the serve the local market first.
While his official tenure doesn’t begin until September, Krzysztof Urbanski’s unofficial coming-out party came May 20-21 when he led the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the first time since being named music director.
Few bank presidents gather their employees once a week and pass out plastic clapping hands to keep the beat to music pulsing full volume through the lobby. Fewer still climb atop a customer-service counter to open the early-morning pep rally with a full grin. Karen Miller does both.
Every business sector has influential players, whether they are in the public eye or wield their influence behind the scenes. IBJ is identifying those people in eight different industry categories. Up this month: commercial real estate.
In this installment of IBJ's Who's Who series, meet key members of the city’s banking and finance sector. They include bankers, fund managers, venture capitalists, lawyers, financial planners and others who influence the movement and availability of money in the local economy.
