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Late Officer Breann Leath – posthumous honor At a young age, Breann accepted Christ into her life. As a born-again Christian, she returns to His loving arms. Breann graduated from Southport High School in 2014, where she served as captain of the dance squad. She had a passion for public service. After graduation, following in […]

Sampson Levingston is an Indiana History Lover from Indianapolis! Sampson, under his platform Through2Eyes, travels the state of Indiana hunting and gathering stories to share. Levingston’s historical videos, which can be found on YouTube and Facebook, have been viewed over 100,000 times! In June of 2020, Sampson started hosting historical walking tours that he calls, […]

Ashley Scott Martin is a mission-driven community builder and her purpose is to connect youth, women, and communities of color to organizations that improve their quality of life. As Founder & CEO of Cerulean Consulting Group, she and her team of multicultural marketers root clients large and small in the principles of both marketing and […]

Trayce Xavier Jackson-Davis is a Greenwood, Indiana Native. A graduate of Center Grove high school and their only reigning Mr. Basketball. A two-time metropolitan conference player of the year, Mcdonalds All American, and U18 USA Gold medalist. He plays currently at Indiana University. His College achievements include 1st Team all Big 10 and Third Team […]

In her role as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Sherron Rodgers leads the development of new system-wide functions with a focus on growing revenue, improving operations, and analyzing new growth opportunities for Eskenazi Health. As part of this, she leads the organization’s business development team and manages the various development teams. Through her […]

Dr. Harvey Middleton, who was the first African American physician to practice medicine at a major Indianapolis hospital, will be recognized Friday, July 10, at a celebration at the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital. Eskenazi Health has named Dr. Harvey Middleton Way on its main campus in his honor. Family and friends of Dr. Middleton […]

Portia Bailey-Bernard, a summa cum laude graduate of IU McKinney in 2017, is the Vice President of Indianapolis Economic Development. Bailey-Bernard most recently served as an attorney at Kroger Gardis & Regis and had previously worked at Barnes & Thornburg. She advised businesses and local government entities with respect to state and local government incentives […]

A native of Indianapolis, Bruce Bryant launched Promotus Advertising in 1983, during a time when African American marketing firms did not exist in Indiana. Bruce was told many times his agency would fail. Well, he went on to build the oldest and most successful African American-owned agency in the state. As president and creative director, […]

Arnold Lee Mickens Jr. “Mick” was born October 12, 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana He attended IPS and Franklin Township schools. He graduated from Broad Ripple High School in 1991. He received his BA from Butler University in 1996 and his MA from Indiana State University in 2009. Arnold had many accomplishments throughout his life. He […]

Joyce Q. Rogers, Esq. is a senior executive, visionary, and leader driving teams within complex organizations to achieve core business missions so they can grow and thrive through innovation, stewardship, and consensus-building. With more than 20 years of experience across operations, philanthropy, administration, marketing, diversity and inclusion and nonprofit areas, she is respected and recognized […]

As Deputy Chief of the Oversight, Audit and Performance Division Kendale Adams oversees policy development, general crime analysis, body-worn cameras, discipline and internal governance of the department. Deputy Chief Kendale Adams oversees the strategic direction of the department working closely with external, community and practitioners within the profession of law enforcement. Deputy Chief Adams has […]

Gregory W. Porter is a member of the 122nd Indiana General Assembly and is now serving his 14th term for the 96th Indiana House District in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is currently ranking minority member of the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee and is a voting member of the State Budget Committee. Porter is also […]