INDIANAPOLIS — Scott Bowers, senior vice president, member, and government relations at Hoosier Energy in Bloomington, has been named a director on the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Board.
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce will begin 2025 with 24 new directors. More than 200 individuals from member companies from diverse industries make up the entire Indiana Chamber board.
They are presidents, CEOs, and high-level executives from organizations throughout the state.
All new board members will serve three-year terms through fall 2027.
“We’re adding many talented professionals from around the state as we head into a pivotal year,” says Indiana Chamber President and CEO Vanessa Green Sinders. “We will call on our board members to apply their specific knowledge and talents to get engaged and help shape not only the Chamber’s future but the state’s as well.”
“These new leaders come from key sectors of the state’s economy and will also help us bolster efforts toward initiating action that aligns with the goals in our Indiana Prosperity 2035 economic vision plan,” she adds.
The new board members were officially installed during the Chamber’s fall board meeting in November. They include:
- Christopher Broome, president at Draper (Spiceland);
- Ben Brydges, executive vice president, North America at dormakaba Americas (Indianapolis);
- Mike Dilts, chairman and CEO at Shiel Sexton (Indianapolis);
- Nate Feldman, CEO at IBJ Media (Indianapolis);
- Dr. Mike Godard, president at Indiana State University (Terre Haute);
- Joey Graziano, EVP of strategy and new business ventures at Pacers Sports & Entertainment (Indianapolis);
- Nick Heiny, general counsel at Metal Technologies (Auburn);
- Nick Hoagland, chief revenue officer at Backhaul Direct LLC (Indianapolis);
- Ian Hyatt, chief of staff at Purdue University (West Lafayette);
- Kent Kramer, president and CEO at Goodwill Industries of Central & Southern Indiana (Indianapolis);
- Bob Kuzman, SVP of member and government relations at MISO (Carmel);
- Jim Lancaster, president, recon and global headquarters executive director at Zimmer Biomet (Warsaw);
- John Martin, CIO at LDI, Ltd. (Indianapolis);
- Geoffrey Mearns, president at Ball State University (Muncie);
- Vince Parisi, president and COO at NIPSCO (Merrillville);
- David Parker, vice president communication and government affairs at USIC (Indianapolis);
- Michael Roch, chief customer officer at Kimball International (Jasper);
- Megan Savage, vice president of external affairs at The Heritage Group (Indianapolis);
- Robert Shegog, president and CEO at Recorder Media Group (Indianapolis);
- Nathan Stallings, president at Matrix Integration (Noblesville);
- Jason Troutwine, president at Reid Foundation/vice president at Reid Health (Richmond);
- Paul Witte, president and COO at First Bank Richmond (Richmond); and
- Dr. Ram Yeleti, chief physician officer at Community Health Network (Indianapolis).
The board will be led by its new chair, Indianapolis employee benefits attorney Melissa Proffitt. Proffitt is the partner-in-charge of client relations at Ice Miller LLP, one of the largest general practice firms in the state and with 10 locations throughout the country.
Proffitt’s overall Indiana Chamber participation includes being outside general counsel and serving on the organization’s top volunteer leadership body, the Chamber Executive Committee. She also sits on several policy committees and the PAC group.
