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To close out this podcast series we are joined by a familiar face to the Indiana Bondcast, the 55th Indiana Treasurer of State and Chair of the Indiana Bond Bank, Kelly Mitchell!

Kelly Mitchell was elected as the 55th Indiana State Treasurer on November 4th, 2014. In this role, Treasurer Mitchell serves as the Chair of the Indiana Bond Bank, the Statewide E-911 Board, the Indiana Education Savings Authority, the ABLE Authority, and the Sole Trustee of the State Police Pension Trust, among a number of other positions. As the state’s chief investment officer, she oversees the management of $10 billion on a daily basis.
Treasurer Mitchell currently serves as Immediate Past President of the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) and is a member and Past President of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF).
In this podcast you’ll hear from Treasurer Mitchell about:
- 1 key thing she learned as County Commissioner that she brought to the State Treasurer’s Office
- How a Masters from the U.S. Army War College changed her leadership style
- The secret sauce to creating culture
- The future of the Bond Bank…and more…

In this episode, we are joined by Barry Gardner, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations at MSD Wayne Township! Also having served as Chief Financial Officer at MSD Wayne Township and Brownsburg Community School Corporation, Barry’s experience in public finance alone could speak for itself. Luckily, Barry agreed to join us on the podcast and speak more to an overall theme of being a “new-school” School Business Official.

In this podcast episode, you’ll hear more from Barry about:
- How to create innovation and change within large organizations
- The need to tell your story
- What it’s like to operate a school building as large as 200 single family homes
- Doing hard stuff…like testifying in front of state legislators
- Why a continuous learning mindset is critical
- The power of authenticity

In this episode, we are joined by Hardi Shah, who at the time of this recording served as the Deputy CFO of IndyGo, also known as the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation, the major public transit agency and municipal corporation of the City of Indianapolis. Since the recording of this podcast, Hardi has transitioned to a new position as Chief Financial Officer at Engaging Solutions a firm created to help governmental agencies and private businesses with complex solutions.

In this podcast episode, Hardi shares here experiences with:
• Starting from the bottom after a 10-year professional career
• Navigating COVID in an industry built on putting unrelated people into the same enclosed space
• Approaching work with a #howmightwe attitude
• Infusing mission into every role, at every level
• Navigating difficult conversations about sticky subjects in the hardest of times (Covid)
• Her philosophy that “no work is small work”

In this episode, we are joined by Nathan Flynn, Managing Director in the Public Finance group at KeyBanc Capital Markets where he focuses on project finance transactions with a particular focus on the Indiana market. Throughout his nearly 25 years in the industry, Nathan’s work has centered on high-level quantitative assignments, including those involving interest rate derivatives and Public Private Partnerships. Nathan joined KeyBanc two years ago and is based out of their Indianapolis office.

In this podcast episode, hear from Nathan about:
- Accidental journey into public finance
- The “Filter Approach” to career exploration
- The Venn Diagram approach to team building
- Finding – and maintaining – mentors as an introvert
- Lawnmowing as a metaphor for public finance
- Communicating hard concepts