Ted Grossnickle, CFREChairman
Ted began his career in higher education at his alma mater, Wabash College, as an admissions officer, and shortly thereafter moved on to Northern Illinois University as the assistant director of development. Later, Ted joined Franklin College as Vice President of Development and Public Affairs and eventually served as Acting President in 1993. After a successful 10 years at Franklin, Ted co-founded JGA in 1994, the same year he was named Fundraising Executive of the Year by the Indiana Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (now the Association of Fundraising Professionals). Ted currently sits on the Board of Trustees at both Wabash College and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and is the Chair of the Board of Visitors for the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Ted is the Chairman of Achieve, LLC and has also served as a member of the Board of Lambda Chi Alpha International Fraternity, Leadership Johnson County and the Franklin Redevelopment Commission.