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Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors provides the vision, leadership, and accountability that keep our mission strong, they help ensure our programs remain impactful, sustainable, and rooted in the needs of the families we serve.

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Michael Martin Drain,
Chair

President/CEO, StepUp, Inc.

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Edreece Redmond,
Vice Chair

Assistant Director of Administrative Operations, 

Purdue University

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Melissa Steever, Treasurer 

Plan Chief Financial Officer, MHS

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Tamara Franklin, Secretary

Director, Community Engagement, Eskenazi Health

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Larry Smith, Director

President/CEO, Fathers and Families Center

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Robert Draper, Director

Vice President, Immunology, 

Innovation and Strategic Insights Hub Eli Lilly & Company

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Emil Ekiyor, Director

CEO, Innopower

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Levi Funches, MD, Director

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine

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Charlie Harris, Director

Director Opportunity Youth, EmployIndy

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Davita Johnson, Director

President, Tikur Solutions

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Nicole Sheetz, Director

Gilead Scienes, Sr. Director of Design & Innovation

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Max Siegel, Director

CEO, USA Track & Field

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