Leadership

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Executive Leadership

Extended Leadership Team

Directors

Board of Directors

Lifelong learning requires real leadership

At Conner Prairie, every guest has the opportunity to pursue knowledge and fun in a way that is tailored to them. This pursuit requires strong, dedicated leadership. Our Board of Directors oversees operations and engages community members in supporting the museum. Conner Prairie thanks these individuals who contribute their time and expertise.

Conner Prairie Foundation

The Conner Prairie Foundation board of directors oversees the management of the museum's endowment and the land and structures of the museum, including the William Conner House.

Berkley Duck

Berkley Duck

Managing Partner (retired), Ice Miller

Berkley Duck retired from Ice Miller, an Indianapolis-based law firm, in 2001, when he was one of the firm’s managing partners. He joined the Conner Prairie board of directors in 1996 and was its chairman at the time of the board’s removal by Earlham College in June 2003. As chairman of the advocacy group Save the Prairie, Inc., Berkley led the effort in support of Conner Prairie’s independence from Earlham. Following independence in 2006, he served as the chairman of the board of directors of both the museum and Conner Prairie Foundation. Berkley has also served as the board chair of the Indiana Repertory Theatre and Crown Hill Cemetery, as well as Fishtown Preservation Society and the Leland Township Public Library in Leland, Michigan, where he and his wife, Nancy, now reside. He is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School.

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