Meet #TeamTPMA
Your Partners in Success
TOM MILLER
Founder & Board Chairman
After spending over 30 years in strategic consulting on a multitude of economic and workforce development initiatives all over the US, Tom knows what truly produces results – solid leadership. Under his executive leadership, TPMA has grown to serve an impressive, international client base with a matching roster of innovative and impactful strategic projects. In 2017, TPMA was ranked #6 on the Indianapolis Business Journal’s FAST 25 ranking of fastest growing private companies in Indianapolis.
Tom is a master of connecting expertise with opportunities which has enabled TPMA to draw on best practices and proven methods from across disciplines and industries in developing communal solutions. As the first president of the Indiana Technology Partnership (now called TechPoint), he successfully led the organization to raise more than $2 million in operating capital; increase collaboration among technology-based Hoosier companies and entrepreneurship culture; and create metrics for measuring tech competitiveness with other states.
MARK GRAMELSPACHER
CEO & Managing Partner
Mark’s experience ranges from starting companies to helping legacy companies reorganize product and service offerings and supporting startups at various growth stages. He’s consulted with businesses across the country and the globe.
A native of Jasper, Ind., he began his career working in his family’s businesses in retail service and manufacturing and taught elementary school in Puerto Rico before becoming a lawyer, entrepreneur, and executive advisor. His civic involvement includes graduating from the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Program, serving on the boards of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and LISC Indianapolis, and serving as a trustee and officer for an independent primary school in Indianapolis. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and IU Maurer School of Law.
Advisory Board
Senior Leadership
SILVANA LAVOR
Chief Operating Officer
Pennsylvania
Dr. Sara Tracey
Vice President, National Workforce & Education Strategies
Ohio
LAURA WALDMAN
Vice President, Impact & Consulting Services
Indiana
JONATHAN FARIS
Senior Director, Business Development
Indiana
TOM DEBAUN
Senior Director, Indiana Economic & Community Development
Indiana
MEGAN WAGNER
Senior Director, Client Experience
Ohio
BRETT WILER
Senior Director, Economic Development & Strategic Planning
Pennsylvania
DUSTIN MILLER
Director, Finance
Indiana
Senior Advisors
NIOKA CLARK
Senior Advisor, Engagement & Innovation
Indiana
BRIAN NOTTINGHAM
Senior Strategic Advisor, Research & Impact
South Carolina
VICKI THOMPSON
Senior Advisor, Education & Workforce Strategies
Ohio
DR. BEN WILSON
Senior Advisor, Workforce Solutions & Transformation
Pennsylvania
Leadership
Wendy Brewer
Director, Proposal Strategy & Appalachian Partnerships
Ohio
AARON FINLEY
Director, Housing & Community Development
Ohio
STEVEN GAUSE
Director, Strategy & Growth Initiatives
Tennessee
Stephanie Bradley
Senior Manager
Missouri
KELLY FRIEND
Senior Manager
Indiana
Team
Katy Battafarano
Senior Consultant
Illinois
Lindsay Bloos
Senior Consultant
Indiana
ERIN BROWN
Consultant
Maine
KAYCEE BUNCH
Senior Consultant
Kentucky
VERONICA COWARD
Project Administrator
Florida
Molly Delaney
Proposal Process Administrator
Massachusetts
BRIANNA DINES
Consultant
Indiana
BEN HELKOWSKI
Consultant
North Carolina
Dr. Maureen Hoffmann
Senior Consultant
Indiana
JAMAINE JACKSON
One-Stop Operator
Pennsylvania
JERICA JOHNSON
Data & Systems Coordinator
Ohio
John Johnston
Consultant
New York
KATIE MASELL
Consultant
Ohio
JENNIFER MOSES
HR Generalist
Indiana
CHRISTINA ORTEGA
Consultant
Indiana
ZACHARY RICE
Senior Consultant
Indiana
ASHLEY SHARPLEY
Associate
Indiana
KELSEY SIMPSON
Consultant
Indiana
MORIAH TAFT
Consultant
Indiana
Alex Taylor
Consultant
Indiana
NIKLAS TESSMANN
Senior Proposal Writer
Florida
Melanie Thompson
Senior Housing Consultant
Georgia
BRENDA VOGLEY
Senior Project Manager
Ohio
MICHAELA WISCHMEIER
Proposal Writer
Indiana
CONNOR WADDELL
Consultant
Indiana
KYLIE WOLF
Senior Consultant
Indiana