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Steering Committee (advises on policy,
themes, strategic planning)
Bruce Hetrick (Chair), Principal, Powerful Appeals;
Visiting Professor, Journalism and Public
Relations Dept., IU School of Liberal Arts
at IUPUI
Vicki Bohlsen, CEO, Bohlsen Group
Keira Amstutz, President & CEO,
Indiana Humanities
David Bodenhamer, Executive Director, Polis
Center at IUPUI (ex-officio)
David Hampton, Sr. Pastor Light of the World
Christian Church & Deputy Mayor of
Neighborhood Engagement
Elizabeth Goodfellow, Major Gift Officer, IU
School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI (ex-officio)
Ken Honeywell, Partner/Creative Director, Well
Done Marketing
Charlie Hyde, President & CEO, Benjamin Harrison
Presidential Site
Pegg Kennedy, Sales Associates, Tucker Realty
Leslie Kidwell, Major Gift Officer, American
Red Cross
David Kosene, President, Kosene and Kosene
Development & Management Co., Inc.
Fred Lewis, Senior Minister, First Baptist Church
of Indianapolis
Beth Perdue Outland, Vice President, Community
Engagement & Strategic Innovation,
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Cheri O’Neill, President & CEO, Ball State
University Foundation
Sr. Norma Rocklage, Executive Director, Education
Formation Outreach, Marian University
Gail Thomas Strong, Vice President, Community
Engagement, WFYI Public Media
Robin Thoman, Principal, Paradox Dental Care
Sally Zweig, Attorney at Law, Katz & Korin, PC
Festival Event Selection Committee
Ebony Chappel, Editor-in-Chief,
Indianapolis Recorder
Matt Davis, Artist & Localmotion Host
Asa Gauen, Filmmaker, Videographer ,
Photographer, Harrison Center for the Arts
Heather Hall, Vice President, Community
Development, Sun King Brewery
Uroosa Khan, Planned Giving Coordinator, Islamic
Society of North America
Marc McAleavey, Executive Director, PlayWorks
Leah Nahmias, Director of Programs & Community
Engagement, Indiana Humanities
Beth Perdue Outland, Vice President, Community
Engagement & Strategic Innovation,
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Kathi Ridley-Merriweather, Founder and Educator,
Indy Youthworks & Indiana Repertory Theater
Teaching Artist
Center Activities
• IU Grand Challenge Proposal: The IU Grand
Challenge initiative in which The Polis Center
plays a significant role was awarded in early
2017. “Prepared for Environmental Change”
will help Indiana prepare for the effects of
climate change, improve forecasts, and refine
methods that enable sustainable ecosystems, as
well as understand how these changes will affect
the citizens and culture of the state. Polis will
develop the data and analysis infrastructure,
including deep mapping.
• Special Guests:
>We hosted senior staff from the Center for
Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC) at the
University of Southern California in October
2016. Their research, training, assessment,
and strategic consulting efforts focus on
bringing various constituents together to
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