Meet the Indiana Entertainment Foundation Board of Directors.

Reverend Thomas Brown is the pastor emeritus at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Indianapolis, and is board president of the Andrew J. Brown academy.  Tom is the son of legendary civil rights activist Andrew J. Brown.

Bruce W. Buchanan, the fourth-generation owner of this family-held business, is CEO of Flanner and Buchanan. He takes great pride in the family’s six-generation history in Indiana and its nearly 150 years of funeral service in Indianapolis. He is active in both civic and arts groups in Indianapolis.

Dave Fulton started one of the first Indiana new wave bands in 1979, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and in 1980 launched The Last Four Digits, another important band from Indianapolis.  Dave was a founder of the Hardly Music record label which helped document the nascent Indiana punk and new wave scene.  In 2011, Dave received a regional Emmy for his film “Naptown Rock Radio Wars”. Dave’s company, Image Resources, is a leading legal video production company in Indiana.

Nationally recognized saxophonist Rob Dixon has worked with a wide variety of artists, from Illinois Jacquet to Ali from “A Tribe Called Quest.” In addition to working as a full-time performer, Mr. Dixon is one of the principal organizers, and also education director, for the Indy Jazz Fest. A graduate of Hampton University, he is also an alumnus of Indiana University. After completing the master’s program in Jazz Studies at IU, Mr. Dixon moved to New York City in 1996, establishing himself as a professional musician working with the Count Basie Band, Rufus Reid, The Ellington Band, composer Bill Lee (Spike Lee ’ s father), Illinois Jacquet, Jonah Jones, and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, as well as many others. He returned to Indianapolis in 2002 and started Triology (the first group to be signed by the Owl Studios record label). Recently, one of Mr. Dixon’s original compositions ( Soul Talk ) was featured in the major motion picture Big Stan.  .

Lisa Sauce owns and operates Blonde Entertainment, an Indianapolis based booking and talent management company.  Lisa also operates Blonde Hope, a nonprofit charity that hosts special musical events raising awareness and funds for people in need throughout our Central Indiana community and beyond.