United Way’s leadership development program kicks off 2025 session
INDIANAPOLIS – This week, United Way of Central Indiana welcomes 31 participants to its newest session of Leadership United, a program that trains professionals on how to serve on nonprofit boards.
United Way has offered the program for more than three decades.
Over the next eight months, participants will complete service projects and receive training in fundraising, marketing, finance, legal issues, ethics, and diversity, equity and inclusion related to serving on a nonprofit board. They will learn about United Way’s work in data and research, grantmaking, sector support, equity action and public policy – and about poverty and the population United Way serves.
Participants also will be matched with one of United Way’s accredited community organizations and serve on that nonprofit’s board as a fellow for six months.
To learn more about Leadership United, visit uwci.org/leadership-united.
Participating in this year’s program are:
Katie Abernathy, Alpha Gamma Delta
Aaron Bean, F.C. Tucker Company
Valerie Booker, Capital Group
Stacy Caldwell, Citizens Energy Group
Eloise Eve, Allied Solutions
Garrett Gossard, The Farmers Bank
Shelby Hartman, Citizens Energy Group
Blake Huddleston, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Fatima Johnson, Brightlane Learning
Beth Lefevers, EmployIndy
Sam Lewis, United Way of Central Indiana
Prakash Mortha, Klipsch Group, Inc.
Mike Nickell, The Farmers Bank
Smita Patnaik, MISO
Dylan Pittman, Barnes & Thornburg
Prasad Raghu, Corteva Agriscience
Ariel Relf, Indy Black Professionals
Lindsay Rozzel, Indianapolis Airport Authority
Hyacinth Rucker, Conner Prairie
Hope Steel, Meals on Wheels of Central Indiana
Doug Steen, BMO Harris Bank
Jessie Streeval, United Way of Central Indiana
Emily Stump, Indiana University Health
Brandon Taylor, LISC Indianapolis
Gary Thompson, retired
Kris Turner, Capital Group
Augusta Vaughan, Eli Lilly and Company
Amanda Vipperman, Adult and Child Health
Monica White, Centers of Wellness for Urban Women
Darrell Williams, Eli Lilly and Company
Logan Zimmerman, KeyBank