Gerry Dick

President, Grow Indiana Media Ventures, LLC

Creator and Host, Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick

In June 2000, broadcast news veteran Gerry A. Dick and technology entrepreneur Scott A. Jones formed Grow Indiana Media Ventures, LLC, a new media company focused on creating and delivering Indiana business and technology news and information through multiple media sources. Mr. Dick is President of Grow Indiana Media Ventures. Mr. Jones serves as Chairman.

Currently, Grow Indiana Media's primary properties include Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick, Indiana's most watched local business television news program; www.InsideIndianaBusiness.com, an internet site featuring real-time Indiana business and technology news and streaming video content from the television program; Inside INdiana Business Radio, daily syndicated radio content for statewide distribution; and the INside Edge, a business e-newsletter distributed each business day.

Prior to the creation of Grow Indiana Media Ventures, Mr. Dick was Senior Vice President of the Indianapolis Economic Development Corporation, where he was responsible for a broad range of managerial and operational initiatives, including marketing, communications, advertising and media relations. While at IEDC, Mr. Dick led the creation and implementation of a new brand image for the Indianapolis region.

Mr. Dick's broadcast news background includes 14 years as a principal reporter and field anchor at WRTV (ABC) in Indianapolis. While at WRTV, Mr. Dick covered business and economic development-related stories and issues facing communities throughout Indiana and neighboring states. His work received recognition from numerous organizations, including an Emmy nomination for a 1993 series on Indiana companies doing business along the U.S.-Mexico border. He has also held reporter and anchor positions at television stations in Fort Wayne and Terre Haute.

Mr. Dick is a native Hoosier, born and raised in the Vermillion County community of Clinton and a graduate of Indiana State University. He is a vice president at the Indiana Sports Corporation, a member of the board of directors at Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, the Better Business Bureau of Central Indiana, the Dean's Advisory Council at the Indiana University School of Informatics and is also an active volunteer in a variety of community events. Mr. Dick is married to the former Roz Redman of Dana, Indiana. Roz and Gerry are residents of Lawrence Township in Indianapolis and enjoy raising three children. The entire family is active in school, church and youth sports activities.