Hall of Fame Program Book

PROGRAM Reception

Welcome

Jennifer Burk, President and CEO
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana

Event Co-Chairs
Jeffrey and Heather Smulyan, 2000 Central Business Hall of Fame Laureate,
CEO and Chairman of the Board, Emmis Communications Corporation

Dinner

Entertainment
Charlie’s Pocket

Emcees
Vinisha Lodha
Aarnav Silodia

Keynote Speakers
Dana Hyde and Daphne Groff, JA Student Ambassador and his Mother

Special Performance
Charlie’s Pocket

Laureate Induction
Sue Ellspermann PhD
Jeffrey A. Harrison
David L. Johnson
Mark D. Miles

Chloe Bowling Keegan Brown

Jasmine Gomez Jack Lamprecht Vinisha Lodha STUDENT AMBASSADORS

Aliyah Quick Jackson Quick Sam Shoulders

Aarnav Silodia Annabelle Vadas

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Dear Friends,
Welcome to the 34th Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame Awards Gala! Since 1989,
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana has proudly inducted 137 Laureates into the
Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame. It is our honor to celebrate and share the
tremendous accomplishments of these exceptional leaders in our community.
We are pleased to introduce them to you as shining examples of the principals Junior
Achievement instills in our young people: hard work, perserverance, passion, and
integrity. We are proud we are able to continue this tradition as we induct the following
2022 Laureates into the Hall of Fame: Sue Ellspermann, PhD, Jeffrey A. Harrison,
David L. Johnson and Mark D. Miles.
These remarkable individuals have undoubtedly touched our lives in multiple ways, and
we all benefit from their commitment to making our city and state a better place to live
and work.
We look forward to sharing these Laureates’ stories with you tonight. Individually and
collectively, they are the embodiment of the principles Junior Achievement helps to
instill in our young people – they model a path to success that is based on integrity,
humility, vision and hard work.
On behalf of Junior Achievement, our board members, staff and student presenters,
thank you for your support in being a part of this very special evening.

Sincerely,

Jennifer K. Burk
Chief Executive Officer
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana

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INTRODUCING

SUE ELLSPERMANN PhD

THE

JEFFREY A. HARRISON

2022

DAVID L. JOHNSON

L A U R E AT E S

MARK D. MILES

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Sue Ellspermann PhD

Even from a young age, Dr. Sue Ellspermann was never content
to settle for traditionalnorms and expectations.

“I wanted to do something big, I just didn’t know what it
was yet!” she says. “As a feminist, I knew I’d have a career.
I believed strongly that women should have the same
opportunities as men.”

Born in Evansville and raised in a family of
eight in the small town of Ferdinand, Sue grew
up working in her dad’s jewelry/gentleman’s
shop on weekends and during school breaks.
By the time she was a teenager, she’d earned
enough trust to be left in charge of the store
when her parents traveled out of town. In spite
of the responsibility, she and her siblings were
never expected to take over the family business.

“It was always assumed we’d all go to college, move away and do big things,” she recalls. “The store made
enough to take care of our family, but there were no college funds. Because I’d worked through school, I
was able to save up a decent nest egg.”

While attending Forest Park High School, Sue made honor roll, lettered in track and led a newly established
rifle corps for the marching band. Academically, she gravitated toward math and science and was the only
girl in her junior class to enroll in mechanical drawing.

“I loved being able to create things on paper in a mathematical
way,” she explains. “That’s when I was first exposed to the idea
of engineering as a career.”

After she graduated high school, Sue headed north to Purdue University,
becoming the first female student from her high school to pursue an
engineering degree. Again, she participated in the marching band
(this time as a clarinet player) along with student government and served as a residence hall counselor. She
was an engineering co-op student which meant working every other semester for General Motors in Flint,
Michigan to pay her way through college and also proved something of a culture shock.

“I went from a small family business to this giant corporation and people didn’t have the same work ethic I
was used to,” she recalls.

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Earning her Bachelor of Science in industrial In 2010, Sue ran for and was elected State
engineering, Sue turned down a job offer from Representative for southern Indiana’s District
General Motors, opting instead to join Michelin Tire 74, building a reputation for fair dealing and gra-
Corporation in Greenville, South Carolina. It wasn’t cious behavior. After serving one term, she got a
long before she realized it wasn’t the right fit either. phone call from then-Congressman Mike Pence’s
campaign asking if she’d be interested in becoming
“What I learned there was to not get attached to the his gubernatorial running mate.
‘golden handcuffs,’” she describes. “Michelin paid
very well. Becoming accustomed to making good
money doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best job, and
it makes it harder to leave if you find out it doesn’t
match your goals and aspirations.”

After Michelin, Sue moved to Dallas to work her

way through progressive supervisory and industrial

engineering roles with Frito-Lay. When she and her

then-husband decided to move back to Indiana, Sue

continued with Frito-Lay in a consulting role, an

opportunity that would blossom into a 20-year stint

as owner of her own independent firm licensed in “I thought it was an April Fool’s joke,” she laughs.
Simplex Creative Problem Solving. As she raised her “It was a very divisive time, and I had to really
family, Sue also earned a M.S. and Ph.D. from the think about it. I said yes, but only if we could run
University of Louisville in Industrial Engineering. with high integrity and no mudslinging. He agreed,

“It took me almost 10 years to complete my we ran a civil campaign, and we won.”

doctorate, but I knew when I finished it in 1996 that

I would pursue higher education at some point,” she

says. Goal accomplished. Between 2006 and 2012,

Sue served as the founding Director of the Center of

Applied Research and Economic Development at the

University of Southern Indiana (USI). She gained

teaching experience there, at University of Evansville,

and University of Louisville. Then public service

came calling.

From 2013 until 2016, Sue proudly served as
Indiana’s 50th Lieutenant Governor,overseeing a
number of agencies, chairing commissions and
leading overseas trade missions. Little did she
realize at the time how much getting to know all of
the state’s 92 counties would serve her well in her
next role.

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In fall 2015, an Ivy Tech trustee approached Sue to gauge her interest in applying for the position of
president. Her experience with setting educational attainment strategy for the Indiana Career Council
combined with her USI role and teaching qualifications made her an attractive candidate. After discussing
the opportunity with Pence, Sue stepped down as Lt. Governor and in July 2016, took the helm at Ivy Tech,
becoming the first female president in the history of the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide
community college.

“I had met so many Hoosiers who felt like they’d been left behind. Ivy Tech is the state’s most inclusive
institution that would allow them to enter the middle class by earning a degree,” she says. “Also,
employers need talent. I’d worked closely with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and I
knew how important this institute is to the future of the state.”

Having faced many challenges throughout the different seasons of her career, Sue has her current work cut
out restructuring Ivy Tech to serve the contemporary needs of Indiana employers, students and
communities.

“I’m a problem solver at heart,” she mentions. “Six years in, we’ve done a lot, but there’s still a long way to
go. We serve 160,000 students across the state. We are the community college system for Indiana, and we
need to own that.”

To Sue, being a good leader means getting involved in things you’re passionate about, setting yourself up
for positions where you can make a difference, and leaning in.

“It’s about doing the best you can in every opportunity that’s put before you,” she expands. “Sometimes, it’s
reshaping those opportunities to make maximum impact. It’s possible to do that in different ways.”

Sue credits the support she’s received from family, colleagues, educators and advisors for instilling a belief
in herself and her abilities, and offers similar words of encouragement to today’s youth.

“If you want to pursue it, you can do it,” she insists. “Doing things the right way with high integrity doesn’t
always mean you will win, but you’ll build a track record of trust that you can be proud of. There is no such
thing as easy success. It takes time, hard work and patience.”

Even in light of all her achievements, Sue simply wants to be remembered for one thing.

“That I cared about Hoosiers and wanted to make the state of Indiana better.”

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More about Sue Ellspermann:

Family: Sue has been married to Jim Mehling, a former
principal at Forest Park Junior-Senior High School, for 18
years. They share a blended family of four daughters —
Lauren, Kara, Laura and Grace — and seven grandchildren.

Hobbies: An avid walker, Sue hopes to someday learn to quilt
on her grandmother’s frame. She still loves marching bands
and attending Purdue football games.

Philanthropy: A strong supporter of organizations that serve
women and girls, Sue stays active with the Indiana Conference
for Women, the Women’s Fund and the Central Indiana Girl
Scouts Council, and proudly contributes to the Sisters of St.
Benedict’s Women of the Rule giving circle as well as Ivy Tech’s
Circle of Ivy.

Plans for the future: With eyes on retirement in a few years,
Sue and her husband aim to do some extended motorcoach
traveling. She also plans to remain on the boards of One America,
German American Bank and OFS. “And getting all the grandkids
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Jeffrey A. Harrison

After more than three decades in the local utility industry, Jeffrey Harrison
knows that the true power of success stems from perseverance, passion and
hard work.

Born in Jeffersonville, IN, Jeffrey grew up in a family of six children. As a young man in the 1970s and
1980s, he spent summers assisting his father, a bricklayer, on the job as a hod carrier.

“I did everything except actually lay the brick; I’d get his station
set up, use brick tongs to carry the brick up scaffolding or
ladders, and mix the mortar by hand,” he explains. “My father
could sketch and plan a job, but back in the 1950s and 1960s, it
was difficult for him to succeed. Even as skilled as he was, the
business environment wouldn’t promote him and he couldn’t
become a supervisor, so he eventually struck out on his own.”

Jeffrey hoped to one day follow in his father’s footsteps and become a bricklayer himself. Although he
fondly recalls close-knit relationships with his siblings and loving parents, Jeffrey admits the circumstances
of his youth were sometimes challenging. Sadly, his mom passed away when he was just 14.

“We grew up on food stamps and got reduced school lunches,” he says. “My dad worked hard to get us into
a nicer neighborhood, but we still occasionally faced threats of homelessness.”

In spite of these struggles, Jeffrey’s family always welcomed folks in.

“You’d knock on our door – which we always kept unlocked – and we’d
tell you to come on in, sight unseen,” he reminisces. “If we were eating,
we’d invite you to grab a plate and sit down at the table, then tell us
what you wanted.”

While attending Jeffersonville High School, Jeffrey dedicated himself to
a rigorous sports schedule, participating in football, basketball and track. He graduated at age 17 and
applied to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology at the suggestion of his guidance counselor.

“I’d never even heard of the school – my first thought was ‘Rose? Who’s she?’” he laughs.

The plan was for Jeffrey to take a year of prerequisite classes at Vincennes University before moving on to
Terre Haute, but his financial aid ran out after the first semester. He went in to talk to the university
president and was instead directed to a dean whowas so impressed with Jeffrey’s academic performance, he
helped him secure a student loan to come back in the spring. The following school year, Jeffrey transferred
to Rose-Hulman.

“It’s now the No. 1 undergraduate engineering school in the nation 24 years running, and it was a difficult
journey,” he says.

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Jeffrey managed to balance his course work with basketball, making it all the way to the NCAA Division
III tournament his senior year and receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1989.
As his college days wound down, he began interviewing for jobs, looking for a place to call home where he
could become part of the community.

“I came to Indianapolis to meet with IPL (now AES Indiana) but wasn’t sure the city would be the right
place for me,” he remembers. “As I walked around downtown, I realized that the people were incredibly
friendly. The city was clean, it was fun and welcoming.”

After graduation, Jeffrey joined the utility company as a supply-side planning engineer, progressively
moving through a path of positions that included Corporate Strategist, Director of Steam Distribution,
Business Development Project Coordinator and Team Leader.

“I enjoyed some unique opportunities at IPL, including being able to present to the senior leadership
team,” Jeffrey says. “One of my breakthrough presentations was about helping them understand fuel cells
and their potential business applications. I got great feedback; it was a watershed moment that helped me
decide to go for a master’s in business to complement my engineering degree. STEM education is so
important, and if you can combine that with a business degree, it’s a skill set that’s very valuable.”

Jeffrey earned an M.B.A from Indiana University, and would also go on to complete the Stanley K. Lacy
Executive Leadership Program, the Hoosier Fellows Program, and the Diversity Leadership Academy of
Greater Indianapolis.

In 2004, Jeffrey accepted the role of Vice President of the Coke Manufacturing Division for Citizens Ener-
gy Group (coke is a solid carbon material that is used as a fuel primarily by steel mills and foundries). His
subsequent rise at Citizens has taken him through the
positions of Vice President of Engineering and Facilities
Management, Vice President of Capital Programs and
Engineering, Senior Vice President of Engineering
and Sustainability, and Executive Vice President and
COO. Since 2015, he has served the company as
President and CEO.

In this modern day and age, industry loyalty as Jeffrey’s
career demonstrates is rare. He credits a constant
evolution of responsibilities with keeping him interested
and engaged in the utilities field.

“There are lots of nuances within the industry,” he notes. “I started in electric, then moved to a coke facility,
a gas utility, water and wastewater, and thermal energy. Each offers its own unique challenges. In addition,
I’ve been able to work in a number of different capacities within each industry, from out in the field to
executive leadership.My career has been a really well-rounded experience, and it’s been very fulfilling.”

Growing up in a family that frequently worried about how to pay the bills and keep the lights on has also
instilled in Jeffrey a sense of empathy.

“I understand the challenges some of our
customers face, and I don’t take Citizens’
commitment to serving our customers lightly,”

he says.

With infectious enthusiasm and a seemingly boundless
amount of energy, Jeffrey gives back to the city and the
state through participation on a number of different
boards — IUPUI, 16 Tech, Central Indiana Corporate
Partnership, Goodwill, Indiana Chamber of Commerce,
Indiana Sports Corp, Indianapolis Urban League, Indianapolis
Zoo and the YMCA to name just a few.

“It’s a reflection of my passion for the community,” he says. “There are so many worthy organizations out
there. At this point, I’m enjoying working with younger leaders to help them step up and contribute to these
groups.”

Jeffrey’s definition of success revolves around setting a goal that’s personally valuable, achieving it, then
repeating the process.

“Salary isn’t the true measure of success,” he adds. “You could be anything and feel fulfilled in your daily
work. That, to me, is being successful.”

When failures and disappointments do occur, Jeffrey encourages today’s youth to stay strong.

“Don’t give in, and don’t let anyone tell you what you can’t do,” he advises. “I was told at times that I
would never rise to the level of supervisor. You get discouraged or mad, you go home, you cry a little bit,
then come back and ask for help in understanding how to grow. You can be and do anything you want.”

To those who look at Jeffrey’s success and think he must have been born with a silver spoon, he’s quick to
point out how hard he’s worked to beat the odds.

“From being raised by parents who didn’t graduate high school to earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees,
and even an honorary doctorate, I can’t help but feel an obligation to acknowledge the fact that no one gets
to where they are all by themselves,” he says.

“Many people have helped me along the way, and I just hope to keep paying it forward.”

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More about Jeffrey Harrison

Family: Jeffrey is the proud father of two sons —
Zac, a mechanical engineer and fellow
Rose-Hulman graduate; and Devin, a senior at the
University of Michigan.

Hobbies: Jeffrey enjoys basketball, exercise and
boating, and in his free time, he also likes to read
research texts to keep learning new information.

Philanthropy: Organizations that focus on
education and youth-oriented programs remain near
and dear to Jeffrey’s heart.

Plans for the future: “Just to continue to try to
make Central Indiana an amazing place to live, to
keep collaborating with others to grow and develop
young leaders, and to treat each day as the blessing
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David L. Johnson

David Johnson was born into a faith-filled family, but his own calling has
centered around generating support for building strong communities.
“My father was a Presbyterian pastor, and my mother was the
daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Presbyterian pastors,”
he says. “I grew up in a bubble in a lot of ways, withoutmuch money, but
with access to lots of interesting people and conversations.”
Originally from Toledo, David was 7 years old when his father accepted a call to move his family to a
church in Indianapolis, with the public school system proving a strong selling point. Although David’s late
brother spent one semester at Princeton Seminary,neither son was expected to go into the “family business.”
“I just don’t have the patience to be a pastor,” David admits. “I’ve always been interested in questions of
faith, but vocationally, it was not for me.”
So interested in fact, that David would later write a book centered around the relationship he had with his
father and his own views on religion. He also ruled out becoming a doctor early on — “I was squeamish at
the sight of blood!” — but did give some thought to future career possibilities in law or academics.

After going through IPS School 59 (now Sidener Academy), David attended Broad Ripple High School
during a turbulent time of integration. He gravitated toward science courses like physics and chemistry, and
served as the student body president during his junior year, but says he’s most proud of his participation in a
group called the Human Relations Forum that was established to address the school’s volatile racial
tensions.
“When incidents happened, we would call a special meeting for all the students to talk it out,” he recalls.
“And it helped. People cared about the fact that someone was trying to actually do something and make a
difference rather than everybody just retreating to their own separate corners.”

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After graduation, David joined the Ivy League at Harvard University where he majored in an
interdisciplinary social studies program that combined elements of political theory, philosophy, history and
government. As strikes and protests erupted over the Vietnam War, the Harvard administration brought
students — including David — into discussions on faculty governance in order to improve communication.

David graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in 1974, then headed to England as a Rhodes
Scholar to spend two years at the University of Oxford’s New College working toward a Master of Arts
degree with honors. After that, it was back to Harvard. Receiving a law degree cum laude in 1979, David set
his sights on Washington D.C.

“Having lived abroad for two years, I was very
interested in foreign policy issues, and I learned
that the fastest way to get involved was to get on
a Senate or House committee member’s staff,” he
remembers.

As luck would have it, David found himself in the right place at the right time to learn that Frank Church,
the new Senate committee chair, was hiring. He quickly snagged a spot on the team, becoming one of the
committee’s lawyers and a Southern Africa policy expert, making frequent trips to the continent. By the
time four years had passed, David began to entertain thoughts of applying to D.C. law firms.

“I was working with people who’d been on committees for their entire careers,” he says.“I didn’t think I
wanted to be a senator or a lobbyist, so in my late 20s, I started looking at other opportunities. At that time,
you needed to start at a firm within 3 or 4 years of finishing law school; any later and you’d become
unhireable.”

David considered an offer from an international trade firm, but after making his company pitch over lunch,
the hiring partner — a fellow Rhodes scholar — folded his napkin and told David to get out of D.C. and
move back home.
“He said, ‘You’ve got to be from somewhere, know real people and
do real things,’ “ David explains. “I was getting married at the time,
and it was a lightbulb moment. That’s what brought me back to
Indiana.”

In 1983, David joined the Indianapolis law firm of Baker &
Daniels, where he stayed for the next 20 years. During that stint,
he stepped forward as a community volunteer to help organize and
launch BioCrossroads, a Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
branded sector initiative aimed to grow, advance and invest
in life sciences and medical technologies.

“My legal practice was doing public finance work, which
takes awhile to learn and put me in contact with people who
were doing public-private deals,” David says. “I eventually
switched from the public side over to the corporate side

representing companies that were expanding or looking to come here, and I basically never went back.”

As chair of the BioCrossroads’ capital formation task force, David organized the Indiana Future Fund I – a
$73 million venture capital project that focused on fueling investment in promising Indiana-based biotech
startups.“BioCrossroads was the first big thing CICP did from a project standpoint, and it set the bar for
future endeavors,” David recalls. “It took 18 months of hard, mostly volunteer, work, and really encouraged
me to step outside my comfort zone. It also gave the community a great deal of confidence in what we were
doing and provided a solid return on investment.”

His talent for fostering economic development from a law perspective made David a logical candidate for
the role of BioCrossroads President and CEO, which he accepted in 2005. At the urging of prior CICP CEOs
Mark Miles and Dave Goodrich, the CICP Board of Directors named David as the organization’s new CEO
in December 2012.

Under David’s tenure, CICP has grown from 30 to 113 employees, added two more branded initiatives –
AgriNovus Indiana and Ascend Indiana, and spearheaded numerous strategic projects including activation
of the mixed-use 16 Tech Innovation District in a historically underserved westside neighborhood with the
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute as an anchor tenant.

“There’s never been an asset in the city like this to drive growth, economic opportunity, jobs and food/
grocery availability,” David says. “We are very committed to being good stewards of the area.”

After a decade of service with CICP, David announced his retirement this summer, aiming to step down by
the end of 2022.

To David, success all boils down to the ability to work well with others.

“Every single project I’ve been involved with that’s been successful has required a pretty intense level of
collaboration,” he says. “You need leadership to see the opportunity, but you have to be able to work with
other people to get things done.”

Whether a goal succeeds or fails, David feels the effort itself is what’s most important.

“I’m a big fan of the poet T.S. Eliot, and there’s a line in East Coker, one of The Four Quartets, that I find
both haunting and inspiring,” he explains. “ ‘For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.’
What you’re doing may or may not have lasting value. It’s not about you. It’s about the trying to get
something done.”

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More about David Johnson:

Family: David and his wife, Anne Nobles, are celebrating their 40th
anniversary in 2022. Their daughter, Catherine, lives in Alexandria,
Virginia and works in the tech industry.

Hobbies: David has discovered a recent zeal for running — “I’m not
good, but I’m faithful and will continue to do it until my knees give out!”
He also plays guitar and is a voracious reader.

Philanthropy: Having grown up in a tithing family, David believes that
a big part of life is giving back. To that end, he contributes to a number
of local organizations including 16 Tech Community Corporation,
Indianapolis Urban League, IU Health Foundation, United Way and
Second Presbyterian Church.

Plans for the future: As David transitions into his retirement from
CICP, he hopes to find new ways to remain involved in the Indianapolis
community. “What that might look like going forward, I’m not sure yet!”

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Mark D. Miles

Mark Miles wasn’t born with racing in his blood, but seems to have found himself on a
winning track that’s successfully merged the lanes of politics, civics and sports.

An Indianapolis native, Mark grew up with three sisters and a brother in the area now
considered South Broad Ripple. His mom was a homemaker and taught piano lessons while his dad worked in
finance at Eli Lilly. In his youth, Mark recalls riding bikes to the local parks, participating in Boy Scouts, and getting
to know the neighbors through his paper routes carrying the Indianapolis Star and the Indianapolis News.

Mark’s interest in politics and public service developed early
on. During Birch Bayh’s “Hey, Look Me Over” bid for a U.S.
Senate seat in 1962, Mark remembers deviating from his
parents’ Republican leanings and taking public transit
downtown to stuff envelopes at Bayh’s campaign headquarters.

“When Kennedy was assassinated, it was really a galvanizing
moment for my generation,” he says.

“JFK represented the higher-minded ideal of public service; I was interested in maybe pursuing a law angle
intersecting with that.”

Mark attended Broad Ripple High School for his freshman year, then switched to North Central when his family
moved into Washington Township following a house fire. A decent student, Mark played trombone in the all-city high
school band; participated in debate, Key Club and student government; and played football and baseball. After high
school, it was on to Wabash College where Mark joined Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, played tennis and remained
active in campaign politics.

Bored with polishing floors at Eli Lilly as a summer job, Mark was introduced to Mitch Daniels,
who quickly put him to work on Richard Lugar’s 1974 Senate campaign — against Birch Bayh.

“Obviously, there was a full-circle element,” Mark says. “I stayed out of school for a year to play
a role in the Youth for Lugar campaign, and eventually doing scheduling and advance work in
traveling with Lugar. Then I went back and finished my political science degree in 1976.”

Mark’s first full-time job out of college was running a congressional campaign for Larry
Buell against Congressman Andy Jacobs before he transitioned into an immersive role
working for Indiana House Majority Leader Ned Lamkin. Those experiences led
Mark to the Indiana State Medical Association and a position helping to lead the
organization’s political action committee and lobbying efforts. In 1979, David Frick
approached him with a proposition to run Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hudnut’s reelection campaign, and when Dan
Quayle launched his 1980 Senate run, Mark managed that campaign as well.

Following Quayle’s victory, Mark branched out to launch a direct marketing agency that along with other assets
became CompuCom Development Corporation and was taken public. The brand-new Indiana Sports Corporation was
an early customer.

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As a volunteer, Mark was involved in the National Sports Festival in 1982, which led to him becoming President of
the Organizing Committee for the Pan American Games in 1987 while volunteering as President of the Host Commit-
tee for Indianapolis’ professional tennis tournament. After the games, Mark joined Eil Lilly in a corporate relations/
public affairs capacity until the ATP lobbed him an attractive serve, one that would require relocation to Florida.

“While I was considering the CEO
position with the ATP, I was shopping
for a children’s birthday party gift at
a local bookstore,” Mark reminisces.
“My wife and I happened to pick out
a copy of ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’
by Dr. Seuss. We read it right there
and about three minutes later, decided
to take the job. Life’s a journey, after
all!”

Mark spent much of the next 15 years
in Jacksonville as Chairman and CEO
with the ATP Tour, the international

men’s professional tennis league, moving his family to France for two of them. Just as he was deciding to retire from
tennis in 2005, Dave Goodrich came calling to suggest that Mark return to Indy and become the new President and
CEO of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP).

“When I left town for the ATP, the CICP didn’t exist,” Mark says. “CICP was a group
of university presidents and corporate CEOs and was the parent organization from
which BioCrossroads was born. My role was really about working with the most
senior leadership of our region to develop and execute strategies for economic growth.”

As he was finding his footing with CICP, Mayor-elect Greg Ballard called Mark to talk
about putting together a bid for Indianapolis to host the Super Bowl.

“I’d met him exactly once and he told me, ‘When I think about the Super Bowl, I see
your face,’ ” Mark laughs.

“I told him he must be delusional!”

Under Mark’s leadership and direction, Indy won the bid and he went on to chair the Super Bowl Host Committee
from 2008 through the event’s culmination on Feb. 5, 2012.

As if he wasn’t already busy enough, Mark somehow found time to spearhead the Legacy Project civic effort on
Indy’s near Eastside with special emphasis on Youth Education Town, revitalization of the East 10th Street business
corridor and restoration of homes in the St. Clair Place neighborhood. His career shifted gears once again as he
joined Hulman & Company, initially as a member of the Board of Directors and eventually as President and
CEO in 2013.

“I knew zero about cars and all the racing history,” he mentions. “I’d attended Indy 500s and watched them overseas
in hotels when I was with the ATP, but I wouldn’t say I was an informed race fan.”

Fortunately, Mark’s experience with running large-scale sporting events and league management duties that included

scheduling, sponsorships and event promotion dovetailed nicely into his new milieu. In January 2020 when Penske

Entertainment Corp. took ownership of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar and IMS Productions, Mark came

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“It wasn’t a big change in scenery for me, but it was a significant change in the business approach, and it was exactly
the right deal for the Hulman-George family, the Indianapolis community and the state of Indiana,” he describes.
As Penske Entertainment’s President and CEO, Mark admits that he actually finds the racing industry easier to
navigate than the world of professional tennis.“Managing all the stakeholders in both leagues, but especially in
tennis, is probably the hardest part,” he says. “In tennis, the sport was very fragmented. The people who are invested
in racing really want to see it succeed, have been willing to align interests and we’re off to a great start.”

For Mark, aiming for growth, exceeding expectations and preserving the confidence of stakeholders are the keys to
achieving success. Maintaining a sense of perspective also helps Mark face challenges along the way. At one point
when he found himself “up to my ass in alligators,” he asked Mitch Daniels for advice.
“He said, ‘Just remember, they can’t eat you,’ ” Mark chuckles. “And he’s right. At the end of the day, no one’s going
to boil you in water and have you for dinner.”
Although he admits he’s not the most touchy-feely executive, Mark hopes that his colleagues appreciate him for
being honest, direct and loyal. “I try to push people to think outside the box; I never want to accept binary choices or
marginal changes in the status quo,” he says. “There are lots of things that can make you successful – smarts, effort,
integrity, but the most important thing is trust. Being a person who means what he says, and delivers.”

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More about Mark Miles:

Family: Mark has been married to his wife, Helen, since 1980.
They have four grown children — Donald, Kelly, Sam and Jack;
and six granddaughters between the ages of 9 and 2 years old.

Hobbies: Mark names spending time with his grandchildren as his
favorite pastime, and also enjoys outdoor activities like hunting,
fishing, boating, golf, skiing and hiking.

Philanthropy: A former Boy Scout and Eagle Scout, Mark sup-
ports the United Way, The Mind Trust and other organizations that
offer services for people in need. “You can’t provide remedies for
the human condition if people don’t have access to education and
opportunities in life.”

Plans for the future: Mark loves what he’s doing right now at
Penske Entertainment, and intends to keep working for as long as
he feels he’s still making a contribution. “I’ve never had a plan;
things just kept popping up that have been challenging and fun.
We’ll see where we go from here!”

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