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

Meet Our Team

Katy Battafarano

Senior Manager
Illinois

Lindsay Bloos

Senior Consultant
Indiana

ERIN BROWN

Consultant
Maine

Wendy Brewer

Director, Proposal Strategy & Appalachian Partnerships
Ohio

Annabeth Butler

Proposal Writer
Indiana

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Jessica Cline

Proposal Writer
Virginia

Headshot of Allison Digilio who is a Business Development Coordinator from Pennsylvania. She has reddish-brown hair, glasses and is wearing a green button up.

Molly Delaney

Project Success Manager
Massachusetts

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Allison Digilio

Business Development Coordinator
Pennsylvania

BRIANNA DINES

Senior Consultant
Indiana

JONATHAN FARIS

Senior Director, Community Impact Partnerships
Indiana

AARON FINLEY

Director, Housing & Community Development
Ohio

Stephanie Flatten

Senior Proposal Manager
Texas

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Jessica Fortner

Senior Consultant
Kansas

BILL FRACKOWIAK

Consultant
Pennsylvania

KELLY FRIEND

Senior Manager
Indiana

BEN HELKOWSKI

Consultant
North Carolina

Dr. Maureen Hoffmann

Senior Consultant
Indiana

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JAMAINE JACKSON

One-Stop Operator
Pennsylvania

JERICA JOHNSON

Data & Systems Administrator
Ohio

SILVANA LAVOR

Chief Operating Officer
Pennsylvania

Michelle McDowell

One Stop Director
West Virginia

Dustin Miller

Director, Finance
Indiana

Teresa Nortillo, CEcD

Director, Economic Development
Illinois

BRIAN NOTTINGHAM

Vice President, Research, Evaluation, & Community Impact
South Carolina

ZACHARY RICE

Director, Economic Development Partnerships
Indiana

ASHLEY SHARPLEY

Consultant
Indiana

KELSEY SIMPSON

Senior Consultant
Indiana

Melanie Thompson

Senior Housing Consultant
Georgia

VICKI THOMPSON

Senior Director, Workforce Growth Partnerships
Ohio

NIKLAS TESSMANN

Senior Proposal Writer
Florida

MORIAH TAFT

Consultant
Indiana

Alex Taylor

Consultant
Indiana

Levi Taylor

Associate
Indiana

Dr. Sara Tracey

Vice President, National Workforce & Education Strategies
Ohio

CONNOR WADDELL

Consultant
Indiana

BRETT WILER

Vice President, Economic Development & Strategic Planning
Pennsylvania

Kylie Wolf

Senior Consultant
Indiana