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The Indy Chamber has hired Matt Mindrum as CEO. Mindrum, who has spent his career in marketing positions at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Eli Lilly and Co. and Butler University, is set to begin his new job with the Indy Chamber on Dec. 1. Mindrum will succeed Michael Huber, who stepped down in September 2022 after nearly 10 years as CEO of the Indy Chamber to become Indiana University’s vice president for university relations. Indy Chamber launched a CEO search for a successor in March with consulting firm Korn Ferry. Moira Carlstedt, former head of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership, has served as interim CEO. From 2016 to 2020, Mindrum was vice president of marketing and communications for IMS. He worked in that same role at Butler University from 2013 to 2016. His career began as a sales representative for Eli Lilly and Co., where he worked in various marketing positions from 2007 to 2013. Most recently, he worked remotely for Denver-based DaVita Kidney Care as vice president for growth and strategy. Mindrum will manage an approximately $10 million operating budget and 55 total staff members, according to the job description. Melissa Proffitt, chair of the Indy Chamber board and a partner at law firm Ice Miller, said Mindrum brings a complex skillset that includes a data-driven approach and a focus on storytelling. Mindrum was selected by an 11-member selection committee. More than 250 people from around the country sent in applications, Proffitt said. Mindrum is a graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves on several community and not-for-profit boards and is an alumnus of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series.