Jeff Dubberley
Presenting FFE Keynote: Trends & Insights from the 2025 Donor & Alumni/ae Engagement Survey | Monday, Aug. 25 from 9 – 10:30 a.m.
Jeff Dubberley is Vice President of Cygnus Applied Research, where he leads a team dedicated to driving member engagement and fundraising performance using informative surveys and rigorous data analysis. With over 20 years of consulting experience, Jeff is privileged to have directed four national studies on behalf of the Foundation for Fraternal Excellence, the 2025 edition being the largest survey ever conducted of fraternal alumni and giving.
He has worked with more than fifty nonprofit and membership organizations – including Harvard Business School, the YMCA, the American Red Cross, and five major metropolitan children’s hospitals – using data-driven insights to deepen alumni and donor connections and elevate fundraising results. His models and research have driven multi-million-dollar revenue gains and informed donor-centered strategies across higher education, healthcare, and membership sectors. His experience in translating complex data into clear strategies ensures organizations can use data to strengthen bonds with their members while driving sustainable fundraising growth.
Dave Lewis & Sarah Myer
Presenting FFE Keynote: Game On: Winning Through Trust, Leadership, Vision & Grit | Monday, Aug. 25 from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Dave Lewis, President & CEO of the Indy Championships Fund
Mr. Lewis most recently served as President & CEO of the Indy Championships Fund and, as an individual expert, provides consulting services on tax policy and other matters. He is also the retired Vice President-Global Taxes & Assistant Treasurer of Eli Lilly and Company. Mr. Lewis is a member of the Board of Directors of OIA Global, a global logistics, packaging, and materials sourcing multinational company, and Metabolics Pharma, a pre-commercialization biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Lewis also serves on numerous not-for-profits boards in both Indiana and Washington, D.C., including Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based thinktank. Finally, Mr. Lewis has raised extensive funds for marquee events in Indianapolis including Super Bowl XLVI, the 100th Running of the Indy 500, the 2022 College Football Playoffs National Championships Game, the 2024 NBA All Star Game, and the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
Mr. Lewis served as a Managing Director from 2018-2022 within PricewaterhouseCoopers, first, within the WNTS Tax Policy Services group in Washington, D.C. (focusing primarily on the biopharmaceutical sector) and, second, in the PwC-driven CEO Action for Racial Equity fellowship based in New York City, which he joined with others to standup in 2020 and to which he provided leadership through 2022. This first-if-its-kind, business-led policy-focused initiative mobilized businesses and organizations nationwide to advance policy change at federal, state, and local levels.
In March of 2018, Mr. Lewis retired from the role of Vice President-Global Taxes & Assistant Treasurer at Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. In this position, Mr. Lewis had global responsibility for all aspects of the Company’s tax and tax-related matters. Mr. Lewis joined Eli Lilly and Company in 1988 and held several roles within the global tax organization in his 30 years of service at Lilly, including as the company’s chief tax executive for 19 years and leading the Financial Transformation team in the early 2000s. While at Lilly and PwC, he was recognized as an established leader within the U.S., international and, specifically, biopharmaceutical industry, regarding tax policy and tax-related matters, as well as supply chain matters such as strategic sourcing and transfer pricing. Prior to 1988, Mr. Lewis engaged in the private practice of law, focusing primarily in the areas of taxation, securities, banking, and corporate law. At both Lilly and PwC, he was also a regular speaker on building trusted business partnering relationships.
Mr. Lewis is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington in 1984, Wabash College in 1981 with a major in Economics, and Arsenal Technical High School in 1977, the latter of which has honored him as a Distinguished Graduate. He was also inducted into the Indianapolis Public Schools’ Hall of Fame in 2021 as an “Inspiring Alumni”. He is admitted to practice law before the Indiana State Bar and the Federal District Courts, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana.
Mr. Lewis is married to Lynn, and they have three adult children, two daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, and three grandchildren. They reside in Indianapolis.
Sarah Myer, Chief of Staff & Strategy at Indiana Sports Corp
Sarah Myer is Chief of Staff & Strategy at Indiana Sports Corp where she has served since April of 2019. A Cleveland, Ohio native, Myer graduated from Butler University in 2006 with a BA in Journalism, Public Relations and a minor in Media Arts.
At Indiana Sports Corp, Myer provides strategic guidance and operational leadership to support the organization in fulfilling its mission of impacting the community through sports. Myer also most recently served as the Event Director of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming event in 2024 at Lucas Oil Stadium. In addition, Myer was a producer of “Made for this Moment: An Indiana Sports Corp Story,” a documentary of the history of the sports strategy in Indianapolis and how it set up the community to host the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.
Prior to her time at Indiana Sports Corp, Myer served as Vice President of Marketing for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In this role, Myer managed the Marketing & Communications team while overseeing all marketing campaigns promoting 200+ concerts. Ticket sales increased 66% during Myer’s tenure.
Myer currently serves on the boards of Leadership Indianapolis, YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, Dance Kaleidoscope, and 2025 WNBA All-Star, in addition to teaching classes at numerous local YMCAs. She was awarded the 2020 United Way Community Ambassador Elevate Award, was part of the 2021 IBJ Forty Under 40 Class, and was named a 2024 IBJ Woman of Influence. She currently resides in the near eastside neighborhood of Indy with her husband Jaden and loves to explore local concerts, festivals, sporting events, restaurants, and breweries – and is always in search of the perfect soft pretzel.
Patrick Alderdice & Aaron Parker
Presenting FFE Keynote: Our State of the Industry — By the Numbers | Tuesday, Aug. 26 from 8 – 9:15 a.m.
Patrick Alderdice, CEO of Pennington & Company
Under Patrick’s leadership as CEO, Pennington has become a fraternal foundation leader raising more than $1.2 billion in support of fraternities and sororities. Patrick has served Delta Chi Fraternity as a Leadership Consultant, Director of Chapter Development and Director of Chapter Services, and was elected International President both in 2022 & 2024. He’s been recognized with interfraternal service awards from FarmHouse, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Chi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Psi and the NIC. He is a past president of the Fraternity & Sorority Political Action Committee, and he chaired the Fraternities Matter Campaign and The Campaign to Defend the Fraternity & Sorority Experience. Patrick lives in Indianapolis, and he proudly serves his Alma Mater as the Chairman of the Ball State University Foundation Board.
Aaron Parker, Vice President of Pennington & Company
Aaron Parker, as Vice President of Pennington & Company has directed capital campaigns for fraternities nationwide. Aaron started his development career with the University of Iowa, focused on a $50 million campaign for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. His passion for Greek Life has led him to Pennington & Company where he’s raised nearly $50 million for fraternities. He continues his commitment to student development as an ambassador of the Phi Kappa Psi Foundation, an advisor to the board of the Iowa Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, and as the President of the Nashville Iowa Club. Originally from Iowa and a Phi Psi from the University of Iowa, Aaron now resides in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Bethany and son Campbell.
Marianne W. Lewis
Presenting FFE Keynote: Both/And Thinking for Navigating Tensions | Tuesday, Aug. 26 from 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Marianne W. Lewis is dean at the Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati and prior at Bayes Business School, City University of London. Her latest book Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problem, published by Harvard Business Review, received the 2023 Thinkers50 Breakthrough Award. Lewis has been recognized among the world’s most-cited researchers in her field (Web of Science) and received the Decade Award (2021) from the Academy of Management Review. Her work also appears in such media outlets as Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Newsweek and MarketWatch.
