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Lead Generously

A year ago, LLA launched its first fundraising campaign. With a bold vision to assure an expanded pipeline of engaged community leaders, we reached out to you, our LLA community. Your contributions helped us to offer over 30 scholarships enabling a diverse generation of new leaders to take action. Your support allowed us to enhance LLA programming, engage 284 new community leaders, address critical community issues and provide the opportunities for our leaders to learn and work together to build a more vibrant and sustainable city.

You ARE an integral part of the success of our city and of LLA! We are asking you to renew your personal commitment to LLA by making a gift to the 2011 campaign.

Today, Indianapolis is in the midst of a changing leadership landscape. The needs for growing community leaders and developing their skills to seize opportunities facing our city, our corporate community and our not-for-profits are critical. We, at LLA, are more committed than ever to developing the next generation of Indianapolis’s community leaders.

Thank you for your consideration, your leadership and your contributions to the success of our community!

Sincerely,

Greg Fennig

LLA Board Chair

Lacy Society Donor

Support LLA today!

LLA welcomes gifts at all levels.

Your philanthropic investment through donations and planned giving instruments will help secure LLA’s position in the community.

LLA is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax deductable.

Where Does My Money Go?

Supporting a Bold, New LLA

Indianapolis can reach its future with skilled leaders ready to answer the call. Additional philanthropic support will enable LLA to enhance member programming, expand community outreach, and develop a system of leadership cadres that involves members in Indianapolis’s most pressing issues.

LLA is creating a leadership force willing and able to build a stronger Indianapolis. The financial need above and beyond membership is two-fold - the need for scholarships and operational support.

The Need for Scholarships: Building the Leadership Pipeline

To ensure the leadership pipeline of Indianapolis, a scholarship program provides financial assistance to leaders unable to meet the full financial requirements to participate in SKL, LEAD and Opportunity Indianapolis.

LLA has provided more than 75 scholarships since 2005. Going forward, and with your support, we aim to provide $10,000 in scholarships each year.

The Need for Operational Support: Developing Innovative Programming

Member dues, combined with program revenue, account for just 40% of the organization’s overall budget. The remaining 60% is supported by individual donors, sponsors and foundations. To secure LLA’s position in the community – and to help LLA further increase its positive impact on Indianapolis – philanthropic investments are required to augment member dues and program revenue. Through general operational support in the form of cash donations and planned giving instruments, LLA will be able to maintain current program fees, as well as expand member benefits and member programming.

Additional philanthropic support will enable LLA to enhance member programming, expand community outreach and develop a system of leadership cadres that address Indianapolis’ most pressing issues. This innovative programming, which is beyond what member dues support, will enable members to do even more in and for the community. There is a need to take the emerging system of cadres to a higher level. In addition to cadres, there are other exciting, creative opportunities to harness the talents of LLA members for the betterment of greater Indianapolis. Philanthropic support for such initiatives will provide personnel and technology resources that better leverage the skills and expertise of community-minded LLA members.

LLA Donors

LLA would like to acknowledge the following individuals for their support.
Join your fellow members and alumni and support LLA today.

LACY SOCIETY DONORS

Melanie Audette & Mike Grimme
John & DeAnn Baker
Elaine E. Bedel
Sherrie Bossung
Brad & Norma Boyd
Scott A. Brown*
Bob & Julie Burns
Karen Lake Buttrey⁺
Kathy & Eddy Cabello
Matthew B. Carter*
Nancy Clifton-Cripe*

Margot Lacy Eccles
Greg Fennig*
David R. Frick
Louis Hensley III

Matthew Huffine
Susan R. Jones-Huffine
Bob & Rhonda L. Kaspar

Robert E. Knowling, Jr.
Katie Kruse
Elizabeth & J.A. Lacy
Jill & Peter Lacy
Julia & Andre Lacy
Howard J. Lacy
Martha D. Lamkin
Michael G. Martin
Susan Matthews*

Suzette Brown Miller
James T. Morris
Steven P. Osborn, P.E., S.E.*
Brian & Gail Payne
Yvonne Perkins
Russell B. Pulliam

Randy Rogers
Donna L. Reynolds &

David P. Whitman
Aaron Schamp
Roger H. Schmelzer
Wayne Schmidt
Bob Schultz*
Dr. & Mrs. Gene E. Sease

Yvonne Shaheen

Kathleen McDonald Siegmann &

Eric Siegmann

Mike Smith
Dianne M. Wagner &

Wendell J. Walls
Frank & Jane Walker

Emily West

Christine Woodward-Duncan*

"I’m a Lacy Society member because I’m grateful for my SKL experience and truly believe that LLA will help create a sustained pathway that will better our entire community."

Susan Matthews

SKL XX

Lacy Society Donor

LLA Board Member

"Lacy Leadership Association fills an important gap in our community - perhaps now more than ever. I can think of no better investment that a leader can make in themselves and our community than to support LLA."

Matt Carter

SKL XII

Lacy Society Donor

LLA DONORS

Nelson D. Alexander &

Ana Pinto-Alexander

Katherine & Jon Allen

Jeanie Andes

Daniel Appel

Sue E. Arnold

James Art

Carol Baker

Hugh J. Baker, III

Mike Becher

R. Robert Brafford

Thresette Briggs

Linda Broadfoot

Mary Ann Browning

Wayne C. Burris

Romona Camarata

James E. Campbell

Molly Chavers

Sonia Chen

Children's Bureau, Inc.

A. Scott Chinn

Robert M. Clark

Carolyn Coleman

Andrew Collier

Carol Warren Collins

Matthew Conrad*

Mark Craft

John A. Crisp

M. Travis DiNicola* &

Elizabeth Garber*

Michele Dole

Mark E. Douglas

Ron Dow

Jennifer Dzwonar

Joseph Eaton

David Eckel

Sandra E. Emmanuel

Susan Finkam

Kevin Flynn

Kristian Gaynor

Lisa Christine Gomperts

David W. Goodrich

Molly Hahn

Linda Hajduk

Kären Sullivan Haley

Bill Harris*

Colleen Heeter

Debbie Hesse

Dan Hintz

Abigail W. Hohmann

Liz Hoover*

Joan Isaac

Rebecca Jacklin

Linda Jackson

Lisa Jeff

Shelley R. Johnson

Steven Lloyd Johnson

Jennifer Jones-Katona

Martha Karatz*

Walter F. Kelly

Rebecca O. Kendall

Tom King

Kevin M. Kohart

Sally Lanham

Paul C. Larsen, P.E.

Sharon Laukhuff

Mark Lawrance

Lisa Leventhal

Mike Lewinski

Patrick Lindley

Charlotte Lippert

Tony Macklin

Rob MacPherson

James M. McClelland

Alison McConnell

Robert C. McDonald

Roxanne McGettigan

Andrea McGordon*

Hugh McGowan

Susan McKenna

Martha Miles

Richard Miles*

Kendall Millard

Curt Miller

Sally Bindley Millman

Charlie Morgan

Michael Moriarty

Craig W. Mullins

MusicCrossroads

Thomas E. O'Brien⁺

Bryan* & Kristen Orander

Kendra Patrick*

Jennifer Butsch Petit

Dan Philpott

Chad Pittman

Marty Posch*

Ruth Purcell-Jones

Theresa Rhodes

Jeffrey D. Roberts

Steven C. Robinson

Kristen Rollison

Katherine Tyler Scott

Mr. & Mrs. David G. Sease

In honor of Frank and Jane Walker

Michael R. Semler

Jack & Karen Shaw

Joseph Slash

Cassie Stockamp*

James R. Sweeney, II

Terrence Sweeney

Dennis Trinkle

Fred Tucker

Joanna Tuohy

Lee Ann Vriesman*

Douglas Walker

Jim Wark

David R. Warshauer

L. Alan Whaley

Kim White

John Willey*

Jeff Willman

Nichole Wilson*

Barry & Margaret Wood

Kelly Young

Boyd Zoccola

*LLA Board Member

⁺Deceased

"I am a strong believer in the power of connectivity in this city, and no organization facilitates those connections better than the Lacy Leadership Association. I’m a member because I enjoy it and reap great rewards. I’m a donor because I believe in what they do for other emerging and established leaders."

Linda Broadfoot

LEAD 2006, SKL XXXIII

Member

LLA Donor

What Donors Are Saying

	"Lacy Leadership Association fills an important gap in our community – perhaps now more than ever. I can think of no better investment a leader can make in themselves and our community than to support LLA." Matt Carter SKL XII Member Lacy Society Donor		"I’m a Lacy Society member because I’m grateful for my SKL experience and truly believe that LLA will help create a sustained pathway that will better our entire community." Susan Matthews SKL XX Member Lacy Society Donor LLA Board Vice Chair
	"Our city needs to be able to draw upon a strong group of dedicated citizens to affect positive change for the good of the community. LLA is that group." Susan Brock Williams SKL XX LLA Member		"A vibrant city requires vibrant leaders. LLA programs assure that Indianapolis has a deep resource of talent today, and in the future. The impact LLA has had on Indianapolis is powerful, overwhelming and significant, really beyond calculation. It is truly remarkable the way the Lacy family and the community have sustained such a strong leadership program for so many years." Jim Morris SKL XXV Moderator Member Lacy Society Donor
	"Without an LLA scholarship, I would not have had the opportunity to connect with other leaders to make Indianapolis better. I thank the donors who support LLA and who have enabled me to be a better leader.' Nichole Wilson LEAD 2008, SKL XXXIV LLA Member LLA Donor LLA Board Member		"LLA Cadres are taking a bold, forward-thinking approach to tackling some of our community's toughest challenges. By supporting this initiative, you can make it an inspired investment in the future of Indianapolis." Bill Harris SKL XXXI LLA Member LLA Donor LLA Board Vice Chair
	"Right after graduating from SKL, I joined LLA and have been a member ever since. My membership has allowed me to stay onnected with my class members and also to a larger group of city leaders. The Straight Talk Second Tuesdays, the CEO Events and the Cadre Program all allow insight and involvement on a community level that isn't available anywhere else." Christine Woodard-Duncan SKL XI LLA Member LLA Donor LLA Vice Chair		"There is no more important element to success than effective leadership. Whether a city, business, community organization or even a team, leadership defines and even drives its success. LLA is the organization I look to and entrust with the charge of developing leaders in our community." Greg Fennig SKL XXIII Lacy Society Member LLA Board Chair