MEET THE HOPE BOARD
"The best leaders are those who understand that their role is to build a better future for the next generation, creating an America that is stronger, freer, and more prosperous."
— Ronald Reagan
President
Ryan Black
For two decades, Ryan Black has worked across the country to elect strong leaders and drive principled policy solutions on the issues Americans care about most. Ryan began his career working on House races with the Indiana House Republican Campaign Committee, and most recently served as Regional Vice President at Americans for Prosperity. At AFP, Ryan led nine state-chapters and also stewarded AFP's state-level healthcare strategy. Currently, Ryan works for the Stand Together philanthropic community where he leads education strategy and investments nationally. A lifelong Hoosier, Ryan and his family live in Monroe County.
Vice President
Scott Schneider
Scott Schneider is a former Indianapolis City-County Councilman and a former Indiana State Senator serving northern Indianapolis and Hamilton County from 2009 to 2016. He authored or co-authored bills to fully defund Planned Parenthood, to end the federal takeover of education by abolishing Common Core in Indiana, to preserve religious freedom through the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, to eliminate the inheritance tax, and to enact Right to Work in Indiana. He is a business owner and serves on several local boards in central Indiana. Scott remains actively recruiting good candidates to run and serve at all levels of government.
Secretary & Treasurer
James Bopp
James Bopp, Jr. is an attorney with The Bopp Law Firm PC, bopplaw.com, in Terre Haute, IN. His law practice concentrates on not-for-profit corporate and tax law, on campaign finance and election law, on the biomedical issues of abortion, foregoing and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment and assisted suicide, on federal and state trial and appellate litigation, and on United States Supreme Court practice. He represents numerous not-for-profit organizations, political action committees, candidates, and political parties, including serving as General Counsel for the National Right to Life Committee and as former Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Attorney
The Bopp Law Firm, PC
The National Building | 1 South 6th Street | Terre Haute, IN 47807
Board Member
Betsy Wiley
Betsy Wiley serves as the President and CEO of the Institute for Quality Education, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization focused on K-12 education policy, advocacy and engagement and Hoosiers for Quality Education a related 501(c)4. Mrs. Wiley also served as Governor Mitch Daniels Deputy Chief of Staff for six and a half years and as the Director of Cabinet and Agency Affairs for the first 18 months of the Daniels administration. A long-time public servant, Betsy served as Chief Deputy Treasurer for the State of Indiana from 1998-2004 and worked at the Marion County Health and Hospital Corporation from 1994-1998.
Betsy has served on a number of community and governmental boards including the InvestEd Board of Directors, the White River State Park Commission, and The Little Red Door/ Marion County Cancer Society, the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series Board of Directors.
Betsy received Indiana’s highest honor when she was named a Sagamore of the Wabash in 2013. She was the 2010 recipient of the Nancy Maloley award for public service and was named one of IBJ’s Forty Under Forty.
Mrs. Wiley obtained her MBA from Butler University and her bachelor’s degree from Miami University.
Board Member
Daniel Dumezich
Daniel Dumezich represented taxpayers, including major financial institutions, in cases before the Internal Revenue Service and various state taxing authorities. Prior to becoming a tax lawyer, I was a certified public accountant that specialized in tax at a major public accounting firm. He represented over 980 former partners of a large professional firm ("the Coalition members" ), in an IRS Examination and IRS Appeals matter in which the IRS disallowed ordinary loss claims with respect to the capital accounts of the Coalition members.
Board Member
James Purucker
Jim Purucker is a governmental affairs professional who has successfully built and implemented grassroots, public relations, and political strategies for clients in Indianapolis and Washington for nearly 40 years. He serves as the Executive Director of the Wine and Spirits Distributors of Indiana as well as operating his own Governmental Affairs firm, John Frick and Associates. He is considered an expert in the fields of Indiana alcohol beverage, gaming and transportation policy. His firm represents clients in a number of other fields as well. Jim and his wife Kim are active members of the Indianapolis and Culver, Indiana communities.