Stakeholders Engaged
Candid and ongoing conversation between community stakeholders and Butler leadership is essential to ensuring any efforts to enhance the quality of life and place are truly of mutual benefit for the community and the University. In support of Butler’s existing efforts to align University assets and priorities with areas of expressed community need and existing effort, the following conversations have been completed. Collectively, these engagements were critical to informing the development of the Butler Gateway Project.
- Chris Gahl, Executive VP & CMO, Visit Indy
- Allison Luthe, Executive Director, MLK Center
- Michael McKillip, Past Executive Director, Midtown Indy
- Angelina Moore, Director of Community Initiatives, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
- Stacia Murphy, Past Senior Vice President of Enterprise Development, Indy Chamber
- Aletha Dunston, Director, Indianapolis Economic Development
- David Reick, President, Crown Hill Heritage Foundation
- Lauren Shelton, Executive Director, Indianapolis Center for Arts Education and Innovation at Butler University
- Michael Solari, President, Market Street Group
- Jeremy Stephenson, Managing Partner, 1820, Friends of 38th Street
- Patrick Talty, President, Indiana Sports Corp
- Michael Kubacki, Interim President and CEO, Newfields
- Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, Past President & CEO, Newfields
- David Reick, President, Crown Hill Heritage Foundation
- Monica Richardson, Chief of Staff, Newfields
- Councilor John Barth, District 7
- Ed Fujawa, Past President, Butler Tarkington Neighborhood Association
- Stephanie Patterson-Cline, Butler Tarkington Neighborhood Association
- Mandy Redmond, Past President, Rocky Ripple Town Government
- Randy Sanders, President, Rocky Ripple Town Government
- Judith Thomas, Deputy Mayor, Neighborhood Relations
- Jeremy Stephenson, Managing Partner, 1820, Friends of 38th Street
- Jerry Wise, Chief Financial Officer, Newfields
- Kathryn Haigh, President and CEO, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
- Belinda Tate, Executive Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Vop Osili, President, Indianapolis City-County Council
- Phyllis Boyd, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Indianapolis
- Rusty Carr, CEO of Indy Parks Alliance
- Fady Qaddoura, Indiana State Senate District 30
- Greg Porter, Indiana House District 96
- Reverend Dr. Winterbourne Harrison-Jones, Senior Pastor, Witherspoon Presbyterian Church
- Jeffrey Johnson, Sr., Senior Pastor, Eastern Star Church
- Rev. R. Janae Pitts-Murdock, Senior Pastor, Light of the World Christian Church
- David Reick, President, Crown Hill Heritage Foundation
- Anita Williams, Board Chair, Indy Black Chamber
- Greg Hicks, Chief Financial Officer, Indy Black Chamber
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Civic Theatre
- Forty5 Presents
- AEG Presents
- The Roberts Group
- Restoration Hardware (DeHaan property)
- Daniel Parker, Chief of Staff/Chief Deputy Mayor, City of Indianapolis
- Greg Taylor, Indiana State Senate District 33
- Emily Koshnick, Executive Director, Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee
- Tony Mason, President and CEO, Indianapolis Urban League
- Andrea McGordon, Community and Financial Empowerment, VP