Meet the LifeSmart Leadership and Administrative Team

We are proud to have a staff and board who dedicate themselves to our mission of fostering successful lives by empowering youth to make responsible choices and adopt healthy behaviors.

Staff

Tammie Carter

Chief Executive Officer

Tammie began her career in the corporate sector at Duke Energy where she worked in Employee Relations Safety & Training, Community Affairs, Public Strategies, and Supplier Diversity roles. The last 15 years of her career have been spent in the not-for-profit sector, having served as Sr. Vice President of Public Strategies for The Indy Chamber and President & CEO of TeenWorks. Tammie is also a small business owner of Accent Interior Designs. Tammie has served on numerous boards including The Indianapolis Urban League, The Mayor’s Crime Prevention Taskforce, Tangram, Indiana INTERNnet, The Indianapolis Legal Foundation, and The Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Tammie has been recognized for her accomplishments by the YMCA, National Council of 100 Black Women, and the Governor of Ohio for her work in Supplier Diversity.

Nikki Sullivan

Director of Health Education Programs & Training

Nikki comes to LifeSmart Youth with a decade of experience in public programming, education and non-profit project management. Nikki received her BA in Art History and Psychology from Franklin College and her MA in Art Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As a founding member of the Indianapolis Art Center’s DEI committee, Nikki brings this experience to LSY and remains dedicated to amplifying the voices of underserved and underrepresented audiences as well as committed to a pedagogical approach and leadership style that believes not in creating for but creating with.

Board of Directors

President

LeRoy Lewis, III, MBA

Director, Community & Media Engagement, Indianapolis State Fairgrounds & Event Center

1st Vice President

Jessica Moore, M.A.

Director, Diversity & Inclusion, YMCA of Greater Indianapolis

2nd Vice President

Una Hartzell-Baird, MPA

Writer, Split-Second Consulting

Treasurer

Andrew Cavallaro

Finance Manager, NT Supply

Secretary

Cydaria Cooke, MBA, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker/Therapist, Unified Solutions, LLC

Board Members

Ryan Achterberg

Enterprise Solution Architect, Resultant

Amanda Bieber

Area Operations Director, Eskenazi Health

Tami A. Earnhart, JD

Partner, Ice Miller, LLP

Josie Fasoldt

Chief Data & Strategy Officer, State of Indiana, Office of the Chief Equity, Inclusion, & Opportunity Officer

Rebecca Ford, MBA, MS

Consultant Engineer, Commissioning and Qualification Lead – Global Facilities Delivery, Eli Lilly and Company

Leadership Team