2021 Forty Under 40: Johnathan Goo
Johnathan Goo, president and CEO of MAVPAK, said he received a sign from God in 2015 to start his industrial-packaging distributor.
Johnathan Goo, president and CEO of MAVPAK, said he received a sign from God in 2015 to start his industrial-packaging distributor.
Colleen Powers, an attorney shareholder and board member for Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, works with hospitals and other health care service providers on pressing issues facing our health care system.
Ryan Goodwin is a flight instructor at Lift Academy, a flight school owned by Republic Airways that serves as a pipeline for Republic’s future pilots.
In his role as president of his family’s company, the Hageman Group, Shane Hageman is responsible for leading the business that invests in commercial real estate, agriculture and more.
Jesse Rice, founder and owner of Black Circle Brewing Co., has transcended his business’s identity as a brewery and morphed it into a place where all are welcome.
Peter Hanscom is vice president of Marketing & Digital Engagement at United Way of Central Indiana.
Angka Hinshaw is deputy public defender and immigration supervisor at the Marion County Public Defender Agency.
Suranga Kasthurirathne is a research scientist at the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Regenstrief Institute and assistant professor
in the department of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Justin Keller is vice president of marketing at Terminus.
John Roach is president of Resultant (formerly KSM Consulting), which helps its clients overcome complex challenges using data analytics, technology and digital transformation.
Adrian Russell is director of diversity, equity & inclusion/procurement at Shiel Sexton Co.
Taylor Schaffer is chief of staff and chief deputy mayor for Mayor Joe Hogsett and the City of Indianapolis.
During Vaughn’s time as president, the Sports Corp. has hosted or won bids to host an NBA All-Star Game, multiple Big Ten championships, the College Football Playoff national championship, and myriad NCAA tournaments and championships—including the 2021 Men’s Basketball Championship, which took place wholly in Indiana.
Jennifer Baker took a leave from her job as executive director of the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana to help the Indiana Sports Corp. host the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this spring in Indianapolis.
IBJ chose the Indiana Sports Corp.’s president, Ryan Vaughn, and board vice chairman, Jennifer Pope Baker, as the first recipients of the Forty Under 40 Alumni Award in recognition of their work to pull off the unprecedented NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this spring. IBJ talked to Vaughn and Baker about how the process went.
Andy Seibert is the executive director of KIPP Indy Public Schools.
Nick Smarrelli is CEO of GadellNet Consulting Services.
Shannon Stahley, senior manager of corporate affairs at Citizens Energy Group, represents the company at the local, state and federal levels, including the Governor’s Office and the General Assembly. She led the remediation and redevelopment of Citizens Energy Group’s former Indianapolis coke plant site, now home to the city’s Community Justice Center.
Chris Stowers, senior director of biotechnology at DSM, leads a team of scientists and engineers responsible for developing sustainable processes for the production of nutritional products such as vitamins, carotenoids and lipids. Previously he led a team at Corteva Agriscience.