INDIANAPOLIS — Mayor Joe Hogsett recently announced appointments to the board of the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation. The public education corporation is a new municipal corporation charged by the Indiana General Assembly to oversee facility and transportation management for public schools within the Indianapolis Public Schools boundary. The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation was created as part of House Enrolled Act 1423, passed during the 2026 legislative session. This legislation was based on the recommendations of the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance, led by Mayor Hogsett, which met throughout 2025.
As laid out by HEA 1423, Mayor Hogsett’s appointments to the IPEC board were required to include: three members of the IPS Board of School Commissioners, three charter school leaders, and three community members with expertise in management, capital planning, facilities, transportation, or logistics, or experience in working with vulnerable student populations and communities.
The board of the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation will be made up of the following members:
•Hope Star (President, IPS Board of School Commissioners)
• Ashley Thomas (IPS Board of School Commissioners)
• Deandra Thompson (IPS Board of School Commissioners)
• David Harris (President and CEO, Christel House International)
• Janet McNeal (President, Herron Classical Schools)
• Dexter Taylor (Director, Paramount Brookside)
• Patricia Castañeda (Vice President, Key Bank)
• John Hammond (Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP)
• Edward Rangel (Founding CEO, Adelante Schools)