Business Equity for Indy (BEI)
is a collection of stakeholders on a mission to drive change and advance racial equity
Our Priorities
Impediments to Health
Learning and Talent
Procurement and Participation
Hiring and Promotion
BEI is Collaborating Creating Investing
Bringing Together Business & Grassroot Leaders
- Reinforce a Bias for Action
- Accelerate and Leverage Commitments, Investments and Good Work Already Established
- Improve Accessibility and Experience
Creating Accountability and Consistency Across the Region
- Follow Through on Commitments
- Change How We Operate
- Shift Mindsets
Empowering and Investing in Priority Areas
- Learn from Lived Experience
- Build Sustainable Outcomes
- Prioritize Our Efforts
Why We Started
Growing Awareness & Understanding
Growing Awareness & Understanding
Racial Reckoning
Racial Reckoning
Data and Disparities
Data and Disparities
Our Team
Jeffrey
Harrison
Chairman
Citizens Energy Group
Gail
Boudreaux
Elevance Health
Justin
Christian
BCforward
Kristen
Corbitt
Mays Chemical Company
Scott
Davison
OneAmerica
Jason
Eckerle
PNC Bank
Claire
Fiddian-Green
Richard M Fairbanks Foundation
Dennis
Murphy
Indiana University Health
Mamon
Powers III
Powers & Sons Construction
Mario
Rodriguez
Indianapolis Airport Authority
Dr. Adrienne
Sims
IU Health
John
Thompson
Thompson Distribution
Ilya
Yuffa
Eli Lilly and Company
Planning Committee




Business Equity for Indy (BEI) exists to help businesses take action and advance racial equity. We are bringing together business leaders, changing processes that no longer serve our community and creating measurable strategies that hold us accountable to make large-scale changes across our region. Over the past year, the global pandemic has challenged our community in ways that we did not think possible. While hardships caused by COVID-19 have affected us all, these impacts are felt unequally. Our Black neighbors and communities of color have suffered disproportionately from COVID-19 in all its health-related, social, and economic impacts. Black populations and other people of color are experiencing one of the most tumultuous chapters in recent history, and we continue to see devastating racial disparities for individuals, families, and communities.
As business leaders, parents, children, friends, and human beings, we are strengthening our commitment to advance racial equity. We recognize that we play a vital role in removing barriers, reducing disparities, and expanding access. We have an extraordinary opportunity and responsibility to shift business behaviors that will help impact the quality of people’s lives while creating inclusive growth for a more equitable future.