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Our Leadership Team
Elizabeth A. Elkas
President and CEO
Elizabeth A. Elkas joined Riley Children’s Foundation as President and CEO in 2019. She is a well-respected fundraising leader who is committed to developing trusting relationships with donors and helping them achieve their philanthropic goals.
Liz’s fundraising career began at the Indiana University Foundation in 1985. In 1987 she was recruited to help build the nascent fundraising program at IU School of Medicine, the largest medical school in the United States. Over three decades she led the school through multiple comprehensive campaigns and other fundraising initiatives that raised more than $1.5 billion, making it the most successful fundraising program at Indiana University.
Liz is an alumna of Bucknell University with a BA in English and Fine Arts and went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University. She and her husband, Dave, live in Bloomington, Indiana. They have two grown children.
Meghan Miller
Chief Operating Officer
Karen Spataro
Chief Campaign Strategy and Communications Officer
Bill Hale
Vice President, People
BJ Cripe
Vice President, Finance
Cara Lathrop
Vice President, Community Giving and Interim Vice President, Leadership Giving
Alane Helmer
Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Giving
Meghan Freeman
Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Kate Sarlitto
Manager, Executive Office
Our Board
Riley Children’s Foundation is grateful for the visionary leadership of the philanthropic community members and business leaders who constitute our Board of Governors.
J. Murray Clark
Board Chair
J. Murray Clark joined the Riley Children’s Foundation Board of Governors in 2015 and was elected chair in 2020. He is a partner in the Indianapolis office of the law firm of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath and previously served as an Indiana State Senator. Clark received his bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College and his law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
Cory Martinson, M.D.
Vice-Chair and Secretary
Otto N. Frenzel, IV
Treasurer
Kate Sarlitto
Assistant Secretary
Faraz Abbasi
John Ackerman
Gabriel Alejandro
Amy Balcius
Marta Birge
Mary Boelke
Regina Cross
Casey Crouse
Steve Dawson
John Dillon
Julie Eskenazi
C. Perry Griffith, Jr. Chairman Emeritus
Jana Hageman
Dan Hann
Jerome F. Henry, Jr.
Jay L. Hess, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Janet Holcomb
Robert G. Jones
Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.
Laurie Burns McRobbie
Dennis M. Murphy
Jonathan Owens
Joyce Rogers
Marisol Sanchez
Alan L. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.
Georgette A. Smith
Mark A. Smith
Michael L. Smith
Kristian Stricklen
Alonzo Weems
Pamela Whitten, Ph.D.
Life Governors
John K. Banks
Robert R. Baxter
Fred Fehsenfeld, Jr.
Kristin G. Fruehwald
Karen Ferguson Fuson
Anton H. George
Rebecca Kubacki
R. Matthew Neff
Ronald Remak
David A. Ricks
Glenn Scolnik
Jacqueline Simon
Cindy Simon Skjodt
Gene Tempel
John Thompson
Richard D. Waterfield
Board Of Managers
Melissa January
Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin
Donna Spears
Join Our Team
Looking for a career with purpose? Riley Children’s Foundation team members have the opportunity to transform lives through the work we do every day. We’re regularly looking for new team members who model our values of compassion, trust and innovation.
Get in Touch
Please feel free to contact the Riley Children’s Foundation office at 317.634.4474 or toll-free at 1.877.867.4539. Our office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. You can also email your questions to riley@rileykids.org.