Business

Chris Mahlmann launched Ideas in Motion, a business development agency, in January of 2006. In 2007, he and his family moved to Valparaiso, Indiana to move closer to his wife’s family, and the business really began to grow.  The 20+ years of...

After graduating from Highland High School in 1977, Tom Lounges spent a year at Purdue Calumet and then a year at Indiana University Northwest before receiving a job offer for a print and radio gig and never went back to college. Someday he hopes to...

Actively involved as an educator for over thirty years, Jeff Brown has participated in Artist Residencies through the National Endowment for the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, Illinois Arts Council and National Endowment for the Humanities.He has...

Bruce Evans is instructor of jazz bass and contrabass, and has been on the VU faculty for more than twenty years. He received a B.M.E. from Defiance University and an M.M.E. from Roosevelt University, where he studied with Harold Siegal. He currently...

Billy Foster, a respected pianist, composer, educator, and producer, has been jazz piano instructor at Valparaiso University since 1979. In this capacity he has conducted many jazz clinics, lectures, and educational performances on campus, in the...

Ed Soliday was born and raised in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he has lived for over 50 years. He attended Valparaiso High School, where he ran cross-country, played basketball and ran track and field. He is married to the former Mary Kay Wagoner of...

For 36 years, Charbonneau was employed by U.S. Steel Corporation. For ten of those 36 years, Charbonneau operated as head of the government and community affairs for U.S. Steel.  In 2006, Charbonneau was appointed the Interim President and CEO of...

U.S. Senator Evan Bayh's signature legislative efforts are aimed at strengthening our national security, creating more jobs through the growth of small businesses, protecting American workers from unfair trade practices, encouraging responsible...

Dick Lugar is an unwavering advocate of U.S. leadership in the world, strong national security, free-trade and economic growth. This fifth generation Hoosier is the most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate and longest serving U.S. Senator in Indiana...

Joe Donnelly is the congressman from Indiana’s 2nd District. As a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, he is a Democrat committed to a moderate agenda that includes fiscal discipline and strong national security. He is also on three committees that...