Board & Staff
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill
We are grateful for our FOGP volunteer board members and all they do for Garfield Park.
2019 Board Members & Staff
Retired ~ Indy Parks– Garfield Park Manager
Jan Lesniak, Vice president
Retired Attorney
Bob Willsey – Treasurer
President – Bison Creek Advisors, LLC
Joni Anderson — Secretary
Retired- Vice President & Senior Corporation Counsel
Joseph Banfield
Project Coordinator – Total Engineering Solutions Company
Cheryl Dillenback
Neighborhood Leader
Mark G. Ellis, Sr.
CEO ~ EM International Investment Group
John Hornberger
Retired Teacher
Bob Kizer
Regional Sales Manager – BSN Sports
Lisa Laflin
Executive Director -West Indy Development Corp.
Jeff Mader
Principal/Owner – Mader Design
John Masengale
Eli Lilly and Co., Retired
Parks Pifer
Former Garfield Park Conservatory Manager
Retired
Jose Salinas
Presiding Judge, Marion County, Superior Court, Criminal Division 14
Garfield Park Neighbor
David Stokes
Retired Army and Entrepreneur
Darrell Unsworth
Community Development Consultant
Owner/Darrell Unsworth Consulting
Jennifer VanSickle
Assoc. Prof, Program Coordinator
Sports Mgmt, Program, UIndy
Life Board Members
Doug Hardwick
Horseshoe & 500 Gordon Pipers
Retired
P.E MacAllister
MacAllister Machinery Co. , Inc.
Jim Simmons
Garfield Park Neighborhood Leader
Retired – Businessman
Mark Van Auken
Easley Winery
Retried-The National Bank of Indianapolis
Posthumous Life Board Members
Betty Foley
Founding FOGP Member 1998-2015
Richard Hornberger
Founding FOGP Member 1989-2013
George Seybert
Founding FOGP Member 1989-2017
Honorary Board of Directors
Phil Bayt
Attorney, Ice Miller
Jeff Cardwell
President, Cardwell Do it Best
Mike Davis
Community Leader, Retired
Andy Hohlt
Neighborhood Leader
Greg Martz
President, GM Development
David Sease
Partner, Sease, Gerig & Associates
Indy Parks Staff
Fritz Nerding
Garfield Regional Park Manager & Conservatory Manager
Elizabeth Schleicher
Assistant Conservatory Manager
Pete Bolden
Burrello Family Center Manager
Kavita Mahoney
Garfield Park Art Center Manager
Staff
D. Mark Bowell
FOGP Executive Director
DMB Marketing & Management, Inc.
Dale Bowell
FOGP Board Assistant
