William Shrewsberry served for 17 years as president and CEO of Shrewsberry & Associates, LLC, an engineering consulting firm he founded in 2001. He has been instrumental in the development of several major projects in Indianapolis, including the new Indianapolis International Airport midfield terminal, Eskenazi Hospital, and the Indianapolis/Marion County Community Justice Campus.

Prior to founding Shrewsberry & Associates, he retired from Ameritech after more than 20 years in engineering and management.

After four terms on the Jeffersonville City Council, he served as a member of Governor Evan Bayh’s senior staff, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Administration, deputy mayor of public policy for Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, and executive director of the White River State Park.

Shrewsberry was appointed the first chair of the Mayor’s Charter School Board, a role he held under Mayor Peterson and Mayor Greg Ballard. He has served on the boards of The Mind Trust, IUPUI, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IU Methodist Health Foundation, Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Indiana Sports Corp., GIPC, and Madam Walker Legacy Center. He has also served as a Hanover College trustee and the 2012 Super Bowl Operations Division Chairman.

Shrewsberry earned a Bachelor of Science-Management from Indiana University Southeast and a Master of Science-Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Indiana University. He and his wife, Brenda, have two daughters and a son, Michelle, Monica, and Micah. 

Nationally renowned in the world of sports and entertainment, Max Siegel has been the CEO of USA Track & Field (USATF) since 2012. In the years since, he has led USATF to unprecedented financial growth, successfully bid for the U.S. hosting of the 2021 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, and secured an historic contract with Nike.

He previously served as president of global operations at Dale Earnhardt Inc., where he sold tens of millions of dollars in sponsorships, as senior vice president at Sony/BMG, and as president of Zomba Gospel, Tommy Boy Gospel and Verity Records, where he led one of the most profitable divisions in the Sony/BMG system.

As the owner of Rev Racing since 2010, Siegel has led NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity (D4D) program to bring more multicultural and female talent to the sport, advancing it from a fledgling effort into a competitive juggernaut on the racetrack.

He is a member of the board of directors of the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), as well as the board of trustees at Martin University and Brebeuf Jesuit High School in Indianapolis. He is an accomplished author of three books and a film producer.

The first African-American to graduate with honors from Notre Dame Law School, Siegel is a native of Indianapolis. He and his wife, Jennifer, are parents of three children, Max II, Matthew, and Madeline. 

An Evansville native, John Dunn founded the Dunn Hospitality Group in 1978. Since that time the group has built or acquired over 50 hotels in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. Dunn continues to serve as their chairman and CEO. 

He is also chairman of the board of directors for Tri-State Youth for Christ, a member of the Advisory Council for Indiana University Medical School, and a trustee and member of Church of the Cross in Evansville. He is treasurer of the P-47 Foundation of Evansville. He was the past chairman and director of the Oakland City University Foundation, the past chairman of the board of trustees for University of Southern Indiana, and the past chairman and director of Welborn Baptist Hospital and Welborn Baptist Foundation. 

He has retired from the corporate board of directors for South Central Communications, Inc., Old National Bank, and Vectren, Inc. He also served on the board of directors for Boys and Girls Club of Evansville, Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce, YMCA, and the Salvation Army, and is the past president of St. Mary’s Health Systems Seton Corporation.

Dunn is an alumnus of Oakland City University. He served on Oakland City’s board of trustees for 12 years and was awarded their Honorary Doctorate of Humanities. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Southern Indiana. 

Dunn and his wife, Gail, have three daughters, two sons, ten grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. 

Linda White has worked as an administrator at Deaconess, in Evansville, since 1985, serving as president and CEO of the Deaconess Health System for 15 years. She currently holds two positions, chief administrative officer of Deaconess Henderson Hospital (formerly Methodist Hospital) and executive director of the Deaconess Foundation.

White earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Indiana State University, completed the Deaconess School of Nursing diploma program, and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Evansville. She later earned a Master of Business Administration from UE and designation as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

The Southwest Indiana Chamber named White as the city’s 2001 Athena Award recipient, and she was later inducted into the Evansville Regional Business Hall of Fame. Her long list of civic and community involvement includes serving on the board of directors for Leadership Evansville, Operation City Beautiful, the Ark Crisis Nursery, and Junior League of Evansville. She is a past president of the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Evansville and the Evansville Sports Corporation. She is a member of the board of trustees of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and is the former chairman of the board of trustees at the University of Evansville. Membership also includes the Old National Bancorp board of directors and the Indiana Economic Development Committee. Past involvement has included board memberships with the YWCA, the United Way of Southwestern Indiana, the Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of Commerce, and the American Heart Association.