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W. Michael Wells elected to IU Foundation Board of Directors
Oct. 18, 2000
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- W. Michael Wells, president and chief executive officer of Conseco Risk Management Inc. of Indianapolis, has been elected to the Indiana University Foundation Board of Directors.
"Michael's passion and involvement with Indiana University will be an asset to our dedicated board of volunteer directors," said IU Foundation President Curt Simic.
Wells is currently a member of the Indianapolis Club and the IU Foundation's President's Circle. He is currently on the board of directors of the Indianapolis Art Center, the Carmel Clay Education Foundation and the Dean's Advisory Council of the Kelley School of Business.
He has served as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana and received their Young Agent of the Year Award and Agent of the Year Award in successive years. He also has served as a member of the international board for the Young President's Organization and as a board member for the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee. Wells also has been involved as an instructor with Junior Achievement of Central Indiana.
Wells is a 1972 graduate from IU Bloomington, with a bachelor of arts degree in political science. He graduated with a master of business administration degree in finance from IU's Kelley School of Business-Indianapolis in 1983. While a student at IU, Wells was a member of the IU Student Foundation and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
He currently is an associate of the Well House Society, a life member of the Indiana University Alumni Association, and a member of the Varsity Club, the Hoosier Hundred, the Pacesetter Club and the Board of Associates for the IU Student Foundation. He has served on the Kelley School of Business Alumni Board.
The IU Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that serves IU by raising funds from the private sector and providing stewardship and administrative services for donors and for IU. During the 1999-2000 fiscal year, the IU Foundation raised and received in excess of $100 million.
(Barbara Coffman, 812-855-1422, coffman@indiana.edu)