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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.

Michael Martin Drain,
Chair
President/CEO, StepUp, Inc.

Edreece Redmond,
Vice Chair
Assistant Director of Administrative Operations,
Purdue University

Melissa Steever, Treasurer
Plan Chief Financial Officer, MHS

Tamara Franklin, Secretary
Director, Community Engagement, Eskenazi Health

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

Emil Ekiyor, Director
CEO, Innopower

Levi Funches, MD, Director
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine

Charlie Harris, Director
Director Opportunity Youth, EmployIndy

Davita Johnson, Director
President, Tikur Solutions

Nicole Sheetz, Director
Gilead Scienes, Sr. Director of Design & Innovation

Max Siegel, Director
CEO, USA Track & Field
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