Our Advocacy and Public Affairs Team
The Indiana Chamber champions free enterprise and works to create an economic environment that enables Hoosier businesses and the workforce to prosper. We do that by fiercely defending the business community against costly and job-killing regulations and legislation, while driving action on our latest visioning plan for the state, Indiana Prosperity 2035.
We represent the interests of companies of all types and sizes throughout Indiana – including the most small businesses of any organization.
Our track record of success for our member companies is due to the approach we take on public policy that taps into the talent and knowledge across the Chamber.
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Our legislative action group advocates for pro-jobs, pro-economy public policies at the Statehouse and in Congress. We look forward to working with lawmakers, the Governor and other stakeholders to advance these related bills.
VANESSA GREEN SINDERS
President & CEO
- Top Chamber Priorities
- General Business Matters
- Federal Relations
ADAM BERRY
VP, Public Policy; General Counsel
- Economic Development
- Innovation
- Employment Law
CAMILLE BLUNT
VP, Government Affairs
- Education
- Workforce Development
- Housing
- Infrastructure
NATALIE GOODWIN
VP, Government Affairs
- Healthcare
- Tax and Public Finance
- Free Enterprise
- Energy and Environment
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
As we advocate for the business community and to achieve the goals found in our sweeping Indiana Prosperity 2035 plan for the state, it’s crucial that we support the election of thoughtful, pro-business candidates to the state Legislature. Indiana Business for Responsive Government (IBRG) is the non-partisan political action program of the Indiana Chamber.
JEFF BRANTLEY
Senior VP,
Political Affairs
- Political Engagement
- Policy Grassroots
POLICY THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Through the Indiana Chamber’s affiliate organizations – Indiana Chamber Foundation, Institute for Workforce Excellence and Wellness Council of Indiana – we advance the goals of Indiana Prosperity 2035 through thought leadership and programmatic engagement in key areas such as talent development, healthcare and wellness, and policy research.
TODD HURST
Senior VP, Strategic Partnerships & Impact
- Chamber Foundation
- Institute for Workforce Excellence
- Wellness Council of Indiana
MESSAGING
To help build awareness of and consensus for Chamber public policy initiatives, our various communications documents – including Legislative Agenda and Legislative Report/Interim Update – play an integral part. So do the many press statements, social media postings and media briefings/interviews generated during the legislative session and in the interim.
REBECCA PATRICK
Senior VP, Communications & Marketing
MATT OTTINGER
Director, Digital Media & Legislative Communications
ECONOMIC PLAYBOOK FOR HOOSERS
Explore the Indiana Chamber’s roadmap to drive growth in our state. The aim is for Indiana to become an even better place for businesses to operate and people to live, work and visit.
Indiana Prosperity 2035 identifies six pillars – workforce, education, economic growth and innovation, infrastructure, quality of place, and health and wellness – and the much-needed policy goals for each, and serves as a guide for the Chamber’s public policy efforts.
