Congratulations, 2008 Indy’s Best
and Brightest Winners & Finalists!
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and Winners
Indy’s Best and Brightest Winners
Announced
600 guests attend luncheon at Gene B. Glick Junior
Achievement Center
Indianapolis, IN
September 26, 2008....
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, Inc. announces this year’s
list of Indy’s Best and Brightest award winners, presented by KPMG LLP.
At an awards luncheon
held yesterday and attended by 600 guests, 100 of central Indiana’s most
outstanding young professionals, age 40 and under, were recognized. One
winner was selected in 10 separate categories.
Winners in each
category include:
|
Accounting |
Scott
Geans, Sr. Financial Analyst, Eli Lilly |
|
Banking & Financial Services |
Amber
R. Van Til, VP, Government Relations, Indiana Bankers Assoc |
|
Education & Nonprofit |
Larry
Smith, Director, 3rd Millennium Initiative, The
Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University |
|
Government |
Ryan
Kitchell, Director, Office of Management and Budget, State of
Indiana |
|
Health & Life Services |
Dr.
Erin Albert, Assistant Professor, Butler University, Founder
Yuspie ILC |
|
Law |
J.P.
Hanlon, Partner, Baker & Daniels, LLP |
|
Manufacturing, Retail & Services |
Dave
Lindsey, President & CEO, DEFENDER Direct |
|
Media, Entertainment & Sports |
Sarah
Fisher, President, Chief Executive Officer, Sarah Fisher Racing,
LLC |
|
Real Estate Development &
Construction |
Ersal
Ozdemir, President & CEO, Keystone Construction Corporation |
|
Technology |
David
Cain, President, MediaSauce |
The ten winners receive
significant benefits including enrollment in the “Lacy Leadership LEAD
Program” – a 6-session leadership training program. This year’s winners
circle will also benefit from a new partnership with the Greater
Indianapolis Progress Committee, also known as GIPC.
The Best and Brightest
initiative was created by Junior Achievement to recognize up and coming
talent and the next generation of leaders in our community. Finalists in
each category were judged on professional accomplishments and leadership
qualities.
About Junior Achievement®
(JA)
JA is the world's
largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people
to succeed in a global economy by promoting experiential learning
techniques to address financial literacy, work-readiness, and
entrepreneurship. Through a dedicated staff and volunteer network, JA
provides in-school, after-school and on-site experiential learning
simulations and programs for students in grades K-12. Today more than
140 offices reach approximately four million students in the United
States, with more than three million students served by operations in
more than 100 countries worldwide. For more information, visit
www.ja.org
or
www.jaindy.org.
Indianapolis is known for having the largest and most unique
experiential learning center in the country today and they continue to
be innovators and leaders in their community, the not-for-profit sector,
and throughout the JA organization worldwide
2007
Indy’s Best and Brightest
(click to view last year’s Finalists
and Winners)
