Indiana Humanities elects new slate of officers

Columbus resident Katie Glick is new board chair for the statewide nonprofit

The Indiana Humanities board of directors has elected its slate of officers for 2025-26. Katie Glick, practice group director with Ice Miller LLP, has been elected chair.

Indiana Humanities is a statewide nonprofit that infuses the humanities into our daily lives through grants, convening discussions, uplifting humanities scholars, spotlighting humanities organizations and activities, and creating our own programs that help Hoosiers think, read and talk.

“The expertise and perspectives that our board members bring to the table make us all better at what we do,” said Keira Amstutz, president and CEO of Indiana Humanities. “We deeply appreciate their dedication to our work and look forward to seeing what we accomplish together in the coming year.”

The slate of officers and full board include:

Chair

Katie Glick
Practice group director, Ice Miller LLP (Columbus)

Secretary

Cheryl Taylor
Retired president and CEO, Foellinger Foundation (Fort Wayne)

Treasurer

Jonathan Weinzapfel
General Counsel, Indianapolis Airport Authority (Indianapolis)

Immediate past chair

Tiffany Tolbert
Senior director for preservation, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, National Trust for Historic Preservation (Hobart)

President and CEO

Keira Amstutz
President and CEO, Indiana Humanities (Indianapolis)

Additional board members

• Sara Ayoubi, chief communications officer, Indianapolis City-County Council (Indianapolis)
• Marquisha Bridgeman, vice president, Community and Business Banking Partnerships, 
• Merchants Bank of Indiana (Indianapolis)
• Dr. Edward Dallis-Comentale, assistant vice president for arts and humanities research and professor of English, Indiana University (Bloomington)
• Dr. Del Doughty, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Southern Indiana (Evansville)
• F. Brooke Dunn, counsel, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Indianapolis)
• Dr. Ted Frantz, chair of the Department of History and Political Science and professor of history, University of Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
• Ryan Hatfield, attorney, Hatfield Law (Evansville)
• Dr. Jon Kay, director, Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University (Bloomington)
• Domini Martin Urban, founder and CEO, Blüm Relocation Technologies (Indianapolis)
• Jennifer Proud Mearns, CEO, JPM Consulting (Muncie)
• Dr. Sara Mehltretter, Professor of Rhetoric, Wabash College (Crawfordsville)
• Dr. Sarah Noonan, associate professor, Saint Mary’s College (South Bend)
• Dr. Jay Ruckelshaus, climate strategist, Gravity (Indianapolis)
• Rabbi Sandy Sasso, retired founding director, Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts Initiative, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University Indianapolis, and Rabbi Emerita, Congregation Beth-El Zedeck (Carmel)
• Dani Tippmann, Kiikiyonka community food program director, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (Fort Wayne)
• Yecenia Tostado, senior program officer, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust (Indianapolis)
• Dr. Joseph Tucker Edmonds, associate professor of Religious Studies and Africana Studies, Indiana University Indianapolis School of Liberal Arts (Indianapolis)