In June 2000, broadcast news veteran Gerry Dick and technology entrepreneur Scott A. Jones formed Grow
I
N
diana
Media Ventures, LLC, a media company created to deliver Indiana business news and information through multiple media sources. Mr. Dick is president and managing editor
of Inside
INdiana
Business, a division of IBJ Media
.?
G
IMV
properties include
the EMMY-award-winning
Inside
INdiana
Business with Gerry Dick
, Indiana’s most
-
watched local business television program; InsideIndianaBusiness.com;
Inside
INdiana
Business Radio, The
INside
Edge Morning Briefing and Midday e-newsletters and a variety of interactive
and mobile
media products.?
Mr. Dick is also a frequent keynote speaker and moderator on issues related to the Indiana economy and serves as a business analyst for
CBS4 & FOX 59
(Indianapolis)
and 93.1 WIBC (Indianapolis).
Mr. Dick's broadcast news background includes 14 years as a principal reporter and field anchor at WRTV (ABC) in Indianapolis. While at WRTV, he reported on issues facing communities throughout Indiana and neighboring states. His work received an Emmy nomination for a 1993 series on Indiana companies doing business along the U.S.-Mexico border. He has also held reporter and anchor positions at television stations in Fort Wayne and Terre Haute.?
Prior to the creation of Grow
I
N
diana
Media Ventures, Mr. Dick served as senior vice president of the Indianapolis Economic Development Corporation, where he
was responsible
for
a broad range of initiatives, including
marketing, communications,
advertising
and media relations.
Mr. Dick has t
hree times
been presented with the state’s top honor, the Sagamore of the Wabash,
by Governors
Kernan
,
Daniels
and Pence.
He has also received Ernst and Young’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award and been recognized by the Small Business Administration as its Journalist of the Year.
Inside
INdiana
Business with Gerry Dick
h
as
r
eceived an EMMY
f
ive
times
for best interview/discussion program/series or special
.
Mr. Dick is a native Hoosier, born and raised in the Vermillion County community of Clinton. He is
a graduate of Indiana State University, which has recognized his professional accomplishments with its Distinguished Alumni Award.?
He is a
member of the board of directors of The International Center and
past
board
member
of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce
, serves
on the Board of Advisors at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the Dean’s Executive Council at the Scott College of Business at Indiana State University
and
is a founding
member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Indiana University School of Informatics
.?
Mr. Dick also
serves as
chairman
of the Scholarship Selection Committee for Vectren Corporation
and is
an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.
Mr. Dick is married to the former Roz Redman of Dana, Indiana. Roz and Gerry are residents of Lawrence Township in Indianapolis and have three children.?