TRAFALGAR, Ind. A conservation group plans to use a $1 million donation to help reforestation work and add property to a 700-acre woodland it protects in central Indiana.
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Newfields trustees have elected a new leader, one who will help steer the art and nature campus as it works on community relationship-building and becoming anti-racist in the wake of a controversial job posting earlier this year.
Darrianne Christian was elected to be the new chair at Newfield s 138th Annual Meeting. She had previously served on the Board of Trustees but will be the first Black woman to hold the chair, according to the museum. Several new board members were elected as well, bringing the total of Board of Trustees members of color and from marginalized identities from 8% to almost 25%. Newfields action plan, which was released in March, promised that the institution would reach those demographics by May.
Newfields announces new executive structure
Since joining the Newfields team in early 2016 as a Deputy Director, Jonathan Wright has brought extraordinary energy and vision to Newfields expansive natural resources.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND
.-Newfields announces new executive structure featuring three new appointments as part of a long-term succession plan designed to ensure continued growth and positive momentum for Newfields. Newfields Board of Trustees has established the new position of President of Newfields and enabled the President to appoint The Ruth Lilly Director of The Garden and Fairbanks Park; and The Melvin & Bren Simon Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.