Speakers

Patrick Lenihan serves as Associate Vice President, Strategy & Transformation for Eli Lilly and Company’s Catalyze360 organization, where he leads efforts to advance strategy, drive operational excellence, and prepare the organization for its next phase of growth. Catalyze360 represents Lilly’s next chapter of innovation, partnering with biotech innovators to accelerate discovery and development through collaboration, technology, and scalable models.

Previously, Patrick led Lilly’s Business Transformation Office, guiding more than 120 enterprise-wide initiatives that delivered over $1 billion in value. His work included building Lilly’s enterprise AI strategy, launching a global supply-chain resilience framework to safeguard access to medicines, implementing digital scaling programs that saved more than a million worker hours annually, and leading elements of Lilly’s Covid-19 response.

Earlier in his career, Patrick served as Chief Operating Officer of Elanco Animal Health, where he led a global Operational Excellence program and helped steer the company through its IPO. He began his career in finance and strategy roles across Lilly’s $3B Emerging Markets business and manufacturing operations.

Patrick earned his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and an alumnus of GE’s Financial Management Program.

Jack Boudreau is an award-winning CEO, creator, and operator known for blending bold storytelling with sharp execution. As Co-Founder and CEO of Habits Inc., Jack leads the company’s vision, growth, and go-to-market strategy with a mission to make financial advice radically more accessible for the next generation.

Jack’s content across Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and his weekly blog reaches millions of Millennials and Gen Zers each month—fueling a movement around financial clarity, confidence, and community. Prior to Habits, he scaled venture-backed startups and fintech platforms, building growth engines and launching digital products used by millions. With a background that spans startups, brand, and behavioral science, Jack brings a modern, human-first approach to building companies that matter.


His core belief? Everyone deserves a better relationship with money, especially when life gets messy, busy, or real.

Tracy Page serves as Executive Vice President of Mulhaupts, Inc., a multi-disciplinary provider of integrated security, access control, overhead doors, architectural hardware, and life-safety solutions throughout Indiana. Founded in 1876, Mulhaupts has evolved from a small service shop into a trusted statewide leader offering hollow metal fabrication, commercial overhead doors, electronic security, locksmithing, and 24/7 technical support. Tracy plays a key role in shaping the company’s strategic direction, operational performance, and team development as it continues its long legacy of growth and service.

Tracy’s connection to Mulhaupts spans her entire professional journey. She began her career with the company in 1989 as a project manager and purchasing specialist, advancing into senior project management and corporate leadership roles. During her initial 14-year tenure, she managed multimillion-dollar contract hardware projects for major institutional clients including Purdue University, Indiana University, Eli Lilly & Co., Methodist Hospital, and state correctional facilities. She collaborated closely with architects, engineers, and contractors to develop hardware specifications, ensure code compliance, conduct field surveys, and deliver solutions that met life-safety, accessibility, and performance requirements.

In 2003, Tracy expanded her career into regional and national roles across the industry — serving as a specification consultant for Allegion, later consulting independently, and then joining ASSA ABLOY in increasingly senior architectural leadership positions. Over more than 20 years, she led consulting teams, developed architectural strategy, and supported specification practice across multiple markets before returning to Mulhaupts in 2024 to help guide the company’s continued advancement.

A graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design, Tracy maintains long-standing memberships with the Door and Hardware Institute (Hoosier Chapter), where she served as president, vice president, and secretary, and has contributed to committee and leadership initiatives. She is also an active member of the Construction Specifications Institute, the U.S. Green Building Council Indiana Chapter, and the Indiana Chapter of IIDA. Her professional involvement includes participation in continuing education programs and national leadership conferences, reflecting her commitment to knowledge-sharing and industry standards.

Tracy is also deeply engaged in her community. She serves as President Elect for the Associated Women Business Owners (AWBO), a 2026 Board Member for United Way, a Circle of 1875 Member for the Franciscan Health Foundation, and a Board Member for The Marquis Foundation.

Recognized for her ability to bridge technical expertise with organizational leadership, Tracy is passionate about industry education, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and developing high-performing teams. Her leadership approach is positive and collaborative, always keeping “ONE TEAM” in mind, ensuring alignment across people, projects, and organizational goals while navigating evolving code requirements, technology innovations, and customer expectations.

Tracy’s career and community engagement reflect a commitment to excellence, service, and building lasting impact — both within her organization and throughout the broader Indiana community.

Tony Denhart joined the IEDC as the executive vice president of talent and workforce on Jan. 3, 2022. Prior, Denhart most recently served as the University Relations Director for GE Corporate.

In his role, Denhart helps strategically connect and convene Hoosier businesses and talent resources including universities, government agencies, local and regional economic development organizations, staffing agencies, and resources, as well as community stakeholders. The goal being to make it as easy as possible for employers to attract, develop, and retain robust talent pipelines, meet hiring goals and implement training and development programs. He is also a key partner with the business development team as the workforce & talent team tactically alien Indiana’s workforce and training capabilities with companies expanding in and coming to Indiana. Denhart has supported workforce and talent initiatives to help fuel the record-breaking $89 billion committed investment the state has secured from 2022 through 2024. During that period there were back-to-back years of record average wages for new, incentivized jobs.

Denhart is a proven leader, boasting an impressive track record during his career at GE. Denhart joined the IEDC with more than 30 years of developing early career talent attraction strategies and engaging with university recruiting and student relations. Most recently, he led the strategy and implementation of university relations, full-time and internship university hiring needs, military, diversity and campus recruitment initiatives, branding strategy and execution, and research collaboration at GE. Denhart began his career in 1989 as a GE field engineer, in the Field Engineering Program. After several roles of increasing responsibility at GE Energy, in 2007, he was promoted to the role of senior services director where he was responsible for the Midwest region, all client success, field operations and full profit and loss.

Denhart was also involved in his alma mater Purdue University, serving as volunteer as the Campus Relations Leader (CRL) for six years. As the CRL, he oversaw the recruiting cycle, relationships with the deans, faculty, administration, student organizations and research collaboration. Denhart drove the partnership to new levels where student interaction increased, hiring increased and collaborative research increased by ten times.

Denhart serves as an advisor to the Don Wood Foundation and Questa Education Foundation Coalition for Advancing Postsecondary Education and Training Advisory Council, GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program, Purdue Honors College Dean’s Advisory Board and Purdue Student Life Vice Provost’s Advisory Council.

A native Hoosier, Denhart is a graduate of Purdue University and has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University's Polytechnic Institute, Outstanding Leadership Award from the Purdue University Office of the Vice Provost for Student Life, and was inducted into the Professional Practice Hall of Fame from Purdue University. He resides in Noblesville with his wife, Rhonda. They have two grown children, Jake and Nicole.

Dan Elmhurst is a senior technology executive with a distinguished record of creating and scaling breakthrough innovations in silicon, systems, and platform architectures, including the design of next-generation Xeon platforms, the commercialization of Solid-State Drives technology, and the invention of a revolutionary memory technology.

He brings deep insight into technology roadmaps, ecosystem dynamics, and competitive positioning across the data center, AI, storage, and foundry markets, shaped by leadership of global engineering organizations and multibillion-dollar product portfolios.

Dan developed governance experience through 12 years of active service on the Intel–Micron Joint Development Program Board, advising on joint technology investments, product strategy, and collaborative roadmap decisions. His work shaping long-term platform direction, managing strategic partnerships, and contributing to multi-billion dollar transactions, including the $9B Solid-State Drive business sale.

Throughout his career, Dan consistently translated advanced technology into commercial results, guided organizations through strategic inflection points, and strengthened competitive positioning.

Prior to retiring from Intel, as Vice President & GM of Server & Node Validation and Vice President & GM of Platform Architecture, Integration & Validation, Dan oversaw end-to-end platform architecture and validation for Intel’s data center and AI processors, supporting more than $10B in annual revenue. He strengthened execution discipline through quality-based milestone governance, delivered major platform launches with sharply reduced customer issues, accelerated power-on readiness, and drove operational improvements.

As vice president of finance and chief financial officer, David Pugh steers the financial and IT direction of GDM North America, a $600M corn and soybean genetics company.  David’s strategic planning and leadership were instrumental in facilitating the acquisition of AgReliant Genetics, where he served as CFO for the past two years, in August of 2025 by Groupo Don Mario (GDM), a $1.6B international seed company. 

Prior to joining the team, Pugh was the treasurer and vice president of finance strategy and risk management for Elanco Animal Health, where he played a leadership role in taking Elanco public and subsequently established the company’s treasury and risk management teams upon Elanco’s IPO and spin off from Eli Lilly & Company. While at Elanco, David treasury team also secured $7.6B in funding for the acquisition of Bayer Animal Health, earning them a 2020 Adam Smith award for excellence in treasury. Prior to that, David spent 24 years with Eli Lilly where he held a number of positions in finance and information technology including director of global financial planning, CFO of Lilly Russia based in Moscow and executive director of Lilly diabetes finance.

David has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Purdue University and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He serves on Elements Financial Credit Union’s Supervisory Committee and on the Executive Committee of AgriNovus’ board of directors.

Josh Thiel is a distinguished Special Operations Commander and alumnus of West Point, with 20 years of dedicated service. As a Special Forces Green Beret, he led 473 missions and approved over 4,000 during combat operations, including 140+ operations across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. His nine deployments spanned countries such as Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Korea, where he led over 6,000 missions and built deep regional, interagency, and enterprise expertise.

Thiel’s operational leadership proved decisive across multiple high‑stakes times for the Nation. As Commander of Special Operations Task Force–Afghanistan, he designed the campaign strategy, developed new technology, and led 2,000 U.S. Soldiers, NATO SOF, and 20,000 Afghan Commandos in an effort that destroyed ISIS in Afghanistan. His command there spanned SOF, intelligence, legal, drone, logistics, and aviation units.  Earlier, as Operations Director for Joint Special Operations Task Force–Philippines, Thiel directed joint operations, logistics, and aviation during the Typhoon Yolanda response, commanding 500 Operators, two destroyers, and an Air Force squadron.  He later led the combined 30,000‑soldier U.S.–Philippine force during the three‑month response to the Zamboanga uprising. 

Throughout his career, Thiel led strategic initiatives for Special Operations Command, integrating drone platforms, edge communications, and custom software. He tested 6 software suites and 11 communications platforms, prioritizing fieldability and mission relevance. His precise use of technology helped defeat ISIS in Afghanistan in four months—ending their four‑year territorial expansion—and set conditions for SOF readiness in Ukraine. From 2019 to 2020, as Commander of Special Operations Training at the National Training Center and Joint Readiness Training Center, Thiel modernized SOF training by rebuilding peer‑threat air defense scenarios, integrating cyber and social media, resulting in the certification of more than 20,000 Special Forces, PSYOP, Civil Affairs, MARSOC, Ranger, and 160th SOAR personnel.

While serving as Chief Growth Officer at Hinz Consulting, Thiel led marketing, sales, and the AI Center of Excellence. In building the AI practice, he evaluated more than 43 software platforms for enterprise use, securing strategic partnerships with nine AI platforms and creating a new revenue stream. He directed technology selection, negotiations, and integration efforts for ten enterprise‑level DoD Prime vendors, ensuring smooth adoption of mission‑critical capabilities. Thiel later launched his own company, Fourth Offset, focused on delivering cutting‑edge technology for peer competition.

Steven Emch serves as the President of Orr Fellowship, a renowned two-year post-graduate program dedicated to developing the next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs in Indiana. He is responsible for the overall strategic direction and operations of the program across its Indianapolis and Evansville regions. Steven's vision focuses on providing high-achieving college graduates with transformative professional development, critical networking, and unique opportunities to accelerate their careers.

Prior to joining Orr Fellowship in August 2022, he oversaw Venture Development and Entrepreneurship Planning at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and gained valuable experience in software sales at the Orr Fellow-founded company, Lessonly. Steven holds a Bachelor's Degree from Grand Canyon University and is deeply committed to community service; currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Shepherd Community Center, Winamac Early Learning Academy, and the Indianapolis Zoo.

He lives in Zionsville with his wife, Paige, two boys, Edison and Sutton, with a third child due in February 2026.

Darrick Weeks is the President and CEO of Purdue Federal Credit Union, where he leads with a commitment to being members trusted financial partner for life. With over 35 years in financial services, Darrick brings a broad skill set and a deep understanding of what it takes to help people and organizations thrive. Before joining Purdue Federal Credit Union, he was President/ CEO at Marine Credit Union. Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles in credit unions ranging from $150M in assets to over $5.0B.

Known for his approachable style, Darrick is passionate about blending business acumen with tech-forward insights. He has led successful transformations and growth in multiple organizations, always emphasizing transparency, collaboration, taking care of employees, and member-focused innovation. His strengths lie in strategy, digital transformation, service excellence, market growth, and talent development.

Darrick earned his Master’s degree in Information Technology from the University of Denver and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a focus in Finance from California State University, Fullerton. He is also an active community leader and board member who enjoys spending time with his wife, Cay, and their three children—daughters Riley and Addison and son Jordan. They enjoy Sunday family FaceTime, watching movies, game nights, and traveling.

Leadership Philosophy & Values

Guided by transparency, integrity, member-centricity, innovation, and collaboration values, Darrick fosters a culture where diverse perspectives are celebrated. He also deeply believes in the "3-Stakeholder Model," which fundamentally states that if we treat our employees better than anyone else, they, in turn, will treat our members better than anyone else. As a result, our members will show their appreciation for the credit union by entrusting us with more of their hard-earned business.

Matt Arens is chief executive officer, portfolio manager and founder of First Light Asset Management. He has been fortunate to combine two distinct passions in his career: investments and life sciences. Since entering the investments field in 1997, Arens has followed smaller-cap stocks, with a particular focus on identifying innovative health care companies with a high probability of driving outsized returns. He has been managing dedicated health care portfolios since 2008. His longest-running strategy is currently ranked the #1 U.S. small-cap growth strategy based on performance since inception by PSN/ Informa.*

Arens founded First Light in 2013 and has grown the firm to more than $1.1 billion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2025. The firm invests exclusively in the health care sector and across its industries, including biotech, medical devices and equipment, specialty pharma, diagnostic tools and services, health care information technology, and life science tools and services. Prior to establishing First Light, Arens was president and senior portfolio manager at Kopp Investment Advisors. While at Kopp, he served as the sole portfolio manager for the firm’s health care-focused investment strategy.

Arens graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor of science degree in financial planning. He has been a keynote speaker at the PricewaterhouseCoopers CFO Forum and featured speaker at DeviceTalks West, a forum where leading experts explore the latest technologies and trends shaping the medical device industry. Arens also has been featured in publications, including BusinessWeek, Barron’s, Pensions & Investments, Hedge Fund Alert, Investment News, Minneapolis Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press.

* First Light investment strategy data from 9/30/2008 (inception) through 9/25/2013 reflects a representative account that held the majority of the assets managed by First Light’s senior portfolio manager while affiliated with a prior firm. From 9/26/2013 forward, performance represents the First Light Health Care Non-Advisory Composite.

Rankings from PSN/Informa are based on trailing returns reported gross of fees, so as not to take into account varying fee structures across managers. Performance is self-reported by participating advisers or strategies. Rankings reflect reported performance to PSN/Informa as of 9/30/2025. First Light does not pay to be included in the PSN/Informa ranking, but did formerly subscribe to its services.

Bevin M. Maguire is currently the CCO and VP of Corporate Communications and Brand for Applied Materials in Silicon Valley. Previously, she was the CCO at Honeywell, based in Charlotte, N.C.

Bevin spent 25 years at IBM, holding both marketing and communications roles across the company, including four years as CMO and head of Communications for Global Technology Services (later spun off to form Kyndryl).

Bevin led marketing and communications for IBM Consulting across the growth markets, based out of Shanghai, China. Bevin started her career at The Rockefeller Group in New York City. Bevin chairs the alumni award committee for New York University's College of Arts & Science Alumni Board.

Korie Nash is Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Corporate Functions at Eaton, based in Cleveland, Ohio.

In this role, Korie leads the global human resources strategy for Eaton’s corporate functions, operationalizing talent strategies and overseeing business transitions to drive organizational excellence and collaboration across the enterprise.

Previously, Korie served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Eaton’s Industrial Sector, where she was responsible for talent management, leadership development, and cultivating growth throughout the sector. In this role drove strategic impact by streamlining global HR processes and implementing talent programs that advanced Eaton’s enterprise priorities.

Korie joined Eaton through the Cooper Industries acquisition in 2012, where she held a series of HR leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including roles in the corporate office, Lighting, and Bussmann divisions.

Korie holds a bachelor’s degree in Management from Purdue University.

Mary “Mickey” Swortzel is an operating partner, board member, and technology-focused executive with a distinguished track record of building, scaling, and exiting high-growth software and technology-enabled companies. Her leadership spans strategic finance, operational scale, governance, and go-to-market execution across sectors including artificial intelligence, autonomy, electrification, and advanced software platforms.

Mickey brings deep insight into company building at scale, shaped by hands on leadership of growth stage organizations, oversight of complex capital and operating structures, and board level engagement during periods of rapid expansion and strategic inflection. . She is recognized for translating strategy into execution, including designing operating systems, financial frameworks, and partner ecosystems that enable sustained growth while preserving culture and discipline.

As co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of New Eagle, Mickey helped lead the company from early-stage development through profitable scale and a successful exit. Under her leadership, New Eagle achieved consistent year-over-year revenue growth, transitioned from project-based work to a recurring revenue model, expanded globally, and became a DCAA-approved prime government contractor. She directed the strategic and operational choices required to scale, including development of proprietary software IP, establishment of a global partner and supply chain network, and successful participation in government-funded innovation programs.

Mickey has developed extensive governance and advisory experience through service on multiple boards and investment committees, where she contributes to go-to-market strategy, human capital development, compensation design, and investment decision-making. In her current role as Operating Partner at Roll Tack Ventures, she supports sourcing, diligence, and portfolio company execution, advising founders and leadership teams on growth strategy, operational readiness, and long-term value creation.

Throughout her career, Mickey has consistently guided organizations through complexity—balancing growth with discipline, aligning stakeholders, and strengthening competitive positioning in dynamic markets. She is a trusted advisor, navigating scale, transition, and leadership development.

Mickey holds an MBA from the University of Dayton and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Miami University. She has been recognized nationally for sustained profitable growth and workplace culture, and her insights on entrepreneurship and leadership have been featured in leading business publications. 

She married into Purdue through her husband Rich, an Electrical Engineering graduate, and is a proud mom of recent Chemical Engineering graduate Michael. A devoted Purdue fan, she is a season ticket holder for basketball, football, and volleyball.