Charles L. Evans has served as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago since September 2007. In that capacity, he serves on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve System’s monetary policymaking body. Before becoming president in September of 2007, Evans served as director of research and senior vice president, supervising the Bank’s research on monetary policy, banking, financial markets, and regional economic conditions.

His personal research has focused on measuring the effects of monetary policy on U.S. economic activity, inflation, and financial market prices and has been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Evans is active in the civic community. He is a trustee at Rush University Medical Center, a director of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a governing board member of Econ Illinois, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago board of directors, and a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Civic Consulting Alliance board. Evans has taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the University of South Carolina. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a doctorate in economics from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Michael Huber has served as president and CEO of the Indy Chamber since the fall of 2013. In this role, he leads an organization of nearly 2,000 member businesses from the Indianapolis region. The Indy Chamber serves to unite the business community to grow Indianapolis’s economy in an inclusive way and to tell the Indianapolis story across the nation and world.

Under Huber’s leadership, the Indy Chamber has led Indianapolis’s regional economic development strategy and the coalition supporting mass transit expansion, including the successful November 2016 referendum. Recently Huber, in partnership with Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, created the $10 million Rapid Response Loan Fund for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus.

Huber’s past roles include senior director of commercial enterprise at the Indianapolis Airport Authority and deputy mayor of economic development for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard. In addition, he has previously worked in the Indiana Office of Management & Budget for Governor Mitch Daniels.

Vop Osili is president of the Indianapolis City-County Council, and represents District 11, which covers a large portion of downtown Indianapolis and parts of the Near West Side, including the campus of IUPUI. Osili was elected president of the City-County Council by a unanimous vote in 2018. He is currently chairman of the council’s Rules and Public Policy Committee, and serves on the Parks and Recreation Committee. Working with his fellow public servants on both sides of the aisle, Osili is committed to addressing the important issues—equity, fair and affordable housing, homelessness, reentry, police/community engagement, and inclusive urban development—impacting the daily lives of Indianapolis citizens.

First elected to the Indianapolis City-County Council in 2011, Osili has collaborated extensively with community groups, civic organizations, and the business community on the expansion of work opportunities, skills training, and disadvantaged small-business financing. He helped establish Indianapolis’s first city-funded microloan program targeting residents and businesses operating in neighborhoods with households well below area median income, and he continues to implement new initiatives to incentivize fair wages.

Osili was a member of the Indiana Fire and Building Services Commission from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of one of the Indianapolis Boards of Zoning Appeals from 2005 to 2008. He serves on several civic boards in the community, working at various times with organizations such as the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, United Way of Central Indiana, and Children's Museum of Indianapolis. In 2010, he was the democratic candidate for Indiana secretary of state.

With a background in architecture, Osili has led urban design and architecture projects throughout the United States, Africa, and the Middle East. He was a founding partner of A2SO4, an Indianapolis-based architectural design company that was one of the first LEED-certified firms in the nation. He also served as a missionary to Haiti and other developing countries.

Osili graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a bachelor's degree in architecture and earned a master's degree in architecture and urban design from Columbia University.

Pamela Ross is Central Indiana Community Foundation’s (CICF) first vice president of opportunity, equity, and inclusion. She leads the organization’s internal process of ensuring equitable policies and practices are operationalized and exemplified in all of the foundation’s work. She is also responsible for leading CICF’s organizational initiatives that support increased equity, inclusive economic growth, and racial awareness in central Indiana. Ross joined CICF in September 2016 as a community leadership officer and was promoted to her current position in April 2018.

Ross has her master’s in social work from the University of Georgia, with a concentration in community development and program evaluation. She has over 25 years of professional experience in the social services field, managing multiple programs dedicated to improving the plight of children and families. Ross serves on the boards for the Kennedy King Memorial Initiative and the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, as well as several other committees focusing on disparities in multiple sectors. She is a 2019 Tobias Fellow and vice chair for Indiana Blacks in Philanthropy, an affiliate of the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance. She frequently provides presentations, serves on panels of discussion, and partners with many organizations delving into issues of race, equity, and inclusiveness. Ross has traveled to multiple countries in Africa, including Tunisia where she had an internship for the African Development Bank. Ross has a great passion for making a difference in the lives of people often left behind. Above many things, she values her family and a purposeful life.