Leadership Southern Indiana

A West Virginia native, Mark Eddy has worked in executive roles with many nonprofits (including private Christian education, the Red Cross and the YMCA)before joining Leadership Southern Indiana in August 2010 as their first full-time Executive Director.  In March 2019 his role changed to President/CEO to align with the community engagement and growth of the organization.

 

In his 12 years at Leadership Southern Indiana, Mark has transformed the organization from a one program organization to a suite of generational professionals-in-development programs while diversifying funds to accommodate the growing organization. Mark is also dedicated to community service and has served on many nonprofit boards and committees.

 

Mark has an AA Degree in Business Administration, a BS in Sports Management, and has received certification in fund raising from the IU School of Fund Raising and a certification in DISC facilitation from Cloverleaf.

 

Mark and his wife, Jan, have four adult sons and three grandchildren.  He values time with his family, but is also actively involved in his church and spends time training his two Golden Retriever, Sawyer and Henry.

 

Favorite sport team : West Virginia Football & Basketball 

 

Mark's best quality : Forgiveness 

 

His most used emoji is… Heart or Thumbs Up emoji

 

To Mark, leadership look likes :  "Great leadership is the ability to always bring out the best in others through leading by example, coaching, being accessible and making smart courageous decisions."

 

What feeds his soul? Family

 

Mark hopes to be known/remembered for : "Loving God and raising a strong Christian family."

 

Outside of work, Mark pours himself into the following projects/groups/programs :  "I really enjoy doing home improvement projects.  We invest in programs that support children and helps make our community a better place to live, work and play.  I also enjoy training my two Golden Retrievers."

 

The last show he binge watched :  Madam Secretary