Kimberly joins the American Cancer Society with more than 13 years of nonprofit management and fundraising experience. A certified fundraising expert and professional with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit and fund development industry. An energetic team player with extensive experience in major gift fundraising; knowledgeable in all facets of fund development with a proven track record of program development, gift production, and of organizing, motivating and developing volunteers and staff to fulfill the organization and philanthropic missions. Kimberly is adept at building collaborative partnerships and able to work effectively in a matrix organization. Recognized as enthusiastic, driven, innovative, loyal, resilient, poised and as a team builder.

Most recently, Kimberly served as the President and CEO of Starfish Initiative where she oversaw the organizational management and overall fundraising resulting in nearly $1M annually to support its annual programming servicing more than 400 scholars and their families.

Prior to Starfish Initiative, Kimberly led United Way of Central Indiana’s (UWCI) major gift program and individual leadership giving. There she was responsible for a $13.5 Million portfolio, optimizing individual engagement, portfolio performance, as well as ensuring consistent and strategic integration across the entire fundraising team.

Prior to United Way of Central Indiana, Kimberly served as the Development Director for UNCF - United Negro College Fund Indiana Area Office. As the Development Director, Kimberly was responsible for the fundraising and implementation of action plans as developed by the UNCF national office. She was responsible for helping the regional office meet its $1.4 Million goal as part of the UNCF Indiana Annual Campaign. As Development Director, Kimberly’s fundraising efforts covered the four-region area across the state (Ft. Wayne, Gary, Evansville and Indianapolis).

Prior to UNCF, Kimberly served as the Executive Director for Mt. Carmel Community Life Center. A life-long servant to the community, Kimberly volunteers whenever she can. She has served on many community boards including Indianapolis Weed and Seed of the Far Eastside, Lawrence Township Hunger Coalition, FEAC Far Eastside Action Coalition, and she currently serves on the Steward Speakers Board of Directors. In addition, Kimberly supports many schools and community organizations in their efforts to improve the quality of education for our youth in our community.

Kimberly attended Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia and later graduated from Indiana University where she earned a Paralegal Certificate from the IU School of Liberal Arts; BA in Political Science from the IU School of Liberal Arts; a Graduate Certificate in Public Management/Administration from the IU School of SPEA; and MPA also from the IU School of SPEA.

Kimberly is a CFRE Certified fundraising expert, a veritus scholar and experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in nonprofit organization management.

A dedicated mother and wife, Kimberly has been married for fifteen (17) years to her husband Dion and they have three children Krystal, Tyler and Taylor.

As a co-founder of Ignite Wellbeing, Christy brings a depth of experience as a social worker who has dedicated her career to addressing child, youth, and adult wellbeing. Her experience includes ownership of SCP Consultants, a consulting company focused on supporting whole child development in schools.  She is also the former Mental Health Facilitator for the Indiana School Mental Health Initiative at Indiana University, as well as the System of Care Coordinator for the Indiana Department of Education. Her strengths lie in collaboration, building connections, and big picture thinking.

​Christy lives in Indianapolis with her husband and they have two grown children. She is an advanced practitioner in Mind Body Medicine. She earned her BA in Political Science from George Washington University and her MSW from Indiana University. Christy currently serves on the boards for The Children’s Policy and Law Initiative and Exploradoor, Inc. and believes that to foster wellbeing in our organizations, community and world, we must each begin by healing ourselves.

As a senior sales executive with more than 20 years of people-focused leadership, Camellia brings valuable marketplace experience and success. By driving results through others, she is able to successfully lead launch strategy and implementation, as well as design and implement specialty and account based sales force strategies and capabilities. Importantly, she knows how to lead large scale organizational change. Camellia is a pharmacist by training, and she brings therapeutic expertise in diabetes, neuroscience, and women’s health, most recently spearheading leadership in the oncology business arena at Eli Lilly with sales of over $1B and total staff of 300. Camellia is passionate about developing other leaders from all backgrounds and experiences. She is a recognized mentor and sponsor, and is a certified facilitator of diversity and inclusion conversations in both individual and group settings. Camellia is actively involved in Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, both as current member of the Strategic Planning Committee as well as Past President of the Brebeuf Mothers Association where she remains on the Executive Board. She is a member of Women For Riley organization supporting Riley Hospital for Children. Camellia and her husband Greg have two teenage sons, and are active members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Carmel IN. 

Lee practiced law for over 30 years at private law firms as well as Eli Lilly and Company. Her area of focus was life sciences. Lee advised clients on a variety of issues including commercial, regulatory and compliance matters related to pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices. During her career, Lee participated in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives including leadership and mentoring programs for law students.

In her retirement Lee has explored opportunities to ensure all citizens have equal access to the right to vote. She volunteers with the Indy League of Women Voters and Indiana Vote by Mail. For the last several elections, Lee has worked as either a poll worker or an election protection volunteer. Educating and registering new and youth voters are a particular focus of Lee’s voting-related volunteer work.

Lee and her husband, Nick, are involved in and support the Evan’s Scholars program - Link here: https://www.exploradoor.com/programs/11162021

which provides full tuition and housing college scholarships to high achieving golf caddies with limited financial means.

Lee was raised on the southside of Indianapolis and has lived in Indianapolis most of her adult life. She is married with two children. When not volunteering, Lee enjoys traveling, exercise and gardening.

Bernard Mickle is currently serving as the Chief Violence Reduction Officer for the Indianapolis Mayor's Office of Public Health & Safety. Before joining the Mayor’s Office, Bernard served as the Director of Youth Engagement Empowerment & Outreach for McCoy (Marion County Commission on Youth) and Executive Director, Senior Advisor of the Council. A native of Indianapolis, Bernard grew up on the eastside of Indianapolis and is an alumni of IPS, where he graduated from Arsenal Technical High school. After high school, Bernard took his talents to Indiana University, where he studied and obtained his bachelor's degree in social work. Bernard began his career serving as a community advocate and social worker. During his time serving his community, Bernard desired to make a deeper impact both from a tangible level and spiritual level. As a result, Bernard moved to Dallas, Texas to attend Dallas Theological Seminary, where he studied and obtained his Master's of Arts in Christian Education, Educational Leadership. He has spent the last decade of his life developing his skills and serving in multiple facets of leadership, including ministry, youth/ family programming and advocacy, community development, social work and education. He has created and supervised processes and systems as a Program Manager, Social Worker and Director. His educational, personal, and professional background has equipped him to serve unique persons and populations holistically from an evidence-based best practice, social, emotional and educational perspective.

Anna is a seasoned career strategist who knows what it means to:

🚫 have true and perceived barriers and roadblocks

👀 not know your potential because you can’t see where you would fit

🎓 know the feeling/need for a degree to open doors (She earned four just to achieve her goals)

🪑 stand in rooms where she looks and feels like she doesn’t belong much less could she see a seat for herself “at the table”

❤️💪🏻All of these feelings and experiences over the past three decades and many chapters in her story have formed her into an empathetic and energetic change agent

⏰ Education is a phenomenal place to make incremental change but after almost two decades she knew she was ready to make a bigger impact which is what led her out of the role of a full time educator.

Anna has a deep commitment to coaching, mentoring, and teaching people about finding their unique place in the world. She has enough experience, energy, heart and mind to lead differently to create change systematically in order to, I believe, make a difference in our community.

Her 𝐖𝐇𝐘: Her commitment to learning/teaching, her podcast, her upcoming book, and personal mission is to “𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩”. Be there for others so they do not have to earn a degree to open every single door like I did. She has proudly taught every generation in some version of a classroom during her management and then my high school through graduate teaching experiences. She has a full understanding of the struggles of knowing yourself and where/how you fit in a system. She’s also an experienced brand professional, so she uses that lens along with all of that to help others tell their own story for a unique audience.

For over two decades, she has worked with a wide variety of students and mentees to empower them to identify their strengths and develop talents to compliment them, to develop a professional network, and to create a personal brand with confidence and consistency that helps make their career flow naturally and for them to thrive at every opportunity.

James Davis is currently Manager, Event Operations at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In his current position, James assists with the planning and execution of the Indianapolis 500 pre-race and post-race festivities, while also managing and executing other various special events that take place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Before joining IMS, James served as an assistant manager at Teachers Credit Union where he provided various banking services to members and worked to educate members on financial literacy topics. As a native of Indianapolis, James has always been a car and auto racing enthusiast and has attended numerous NASCAR and NHRA events throughout his life.. While working at IMS, James is committed to breaching the cultural divide between motorsports and the minority groups. As a working member of Penske Entertainment’s “Race for Equality and Change,” James works to introduce students to motorsports through interactive events held at IMS. These events allow all guests to learn about motorsports, but also learn more about what career options are available to students that are interested in working in the sporting and events industry.

Bryan Duncan is a Portfolio Manager at Old National Bank. He is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis at IUPUI with a degree in finance.

Bryan lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Abigail. He is passionate about the community and has had the opportunity to volunteer with a number of organizations in Indianapolis through Old National Bank’s ONB Cares Initiative. He also serves on the leadership committee for Old National’s Young Professionals Impact Group which promotes career development and helps young professionals build strong networks throughout the business community in central Indiana.

Forming part of the first group of Explordoor Ambassadors, Jose Quintana, quickly understood the vision Exploradoor had for minority communities.Using his youthful ambition and tenacity he sought to fulfill the mission he had accepted as an Ambassador.Being a minority student himself he was able to connect in a unique way with his fellow peers. Always stressing the importance of taking advantage of opportunities even when they may seem daunting.In his tenure as an ambassador he was able to pave the way and set precedents for the new wave of ambassadors. His experience as an ambassador has proven invaluable, the skills he has learned such as time management and planning have proven useful in his various endeavors.

He attends Marian University (Class of 2027) and will be majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He wants to learn to think as an engineer and wishes to combine the technical aspect of engineering with the Values held at Marian (Dignity of the Individual, Peace and Justice, Reconciliation, Responsible Stewardship). Now more than ever in this rapidly evolving technological world there will be a need for technologically educated Stewards of the Earth who use their knowledge to stand up for the Dignity of the Individual. He desires to use his education as a stepping stone into new avenues and wishes to diversify his knowledge and expand his worldview.

He currently serves as sub-coordinator of the Pastoral Juvenil Hispana de la Arquidiocesis, an emerging branch derived from the Hispanic Ministry of the Archdiocese. That serves primarily the Hispanic young adult population of the Archdiocese by creating times and spaces for the youth to be protagonists of the Catholic Church. In his role as sub-coordinator he serves as the right-hand man of the coordinator, gives direction to the committee, and puts a Christ-centric approach to every meeting and plan.

He is a young formidable leader who has been taught largely by the school of life. Education and opportunity are highly important to him. He has been able to walk through doors thanks to those in his community and desire to open doors for others.