Timothy L. Fort, PhD and JD, holds the Eveleigh Professorship in Business Ethics and is a professor of business law and ethics at the Kelley School of Business.

Fort has written nearly 80 articles and 15 books including two winners of the Best Book Award from the Academy of Management for Social Issues: The Diplomat in the Corner Office (2016) and The Sincerity Edge (2017), co-authored with Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg. He has won 12 research awards from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, the Society of Business Ethics, and the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of the flagship journals for each of these associations. He has also won five teaching awards and served as director of an institute, department chair, and interim associate dean.

He currently serves on the board of directors of the Kelley Executive Education Foundation and served for two years on the regional advisory board of Old National Bank.

Todd Haugh, JD, is one of the top scholars in the field of business ethics today. Formerly a U.S. Supreme Court fellow, Haugh practiced criminal defense law in Chicago prior to coming to the Kelley School in 2014. Since then, he has published award-winning articles in  top law journals, advises Fortune 500 companies on behavioral ethics and compliance initiatives, and is regularly quoted in the business and legal press. He currently is an assistant professor of business law and ethics and a board member of the Pointer Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions.

Jeffrey A. Thinnes is CEO of JTI, Inc., which he co-founded in 1999. A graduate of the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University, he focuses on four areas in which he has much experience: business expansion and restructuring, ethics and compliance, corporate communications, and public sector engagement. His team is based in Washington, D.C., but the consulting firm draws on expertise from a network that spans the US and world.

Thinnes has advised some of the world’s largest companies on their ethics and compliance programs and delivered large-scale in-person training and one-on-one coaching sessions for executives around the world. His global business experience is extensive, with senior leadership positions at such firms as the Aspen Institute and Daimler-Benz, and he has founded several non-profits.

Brenda Bailey-Hughes, MA, is an award-winning faculty member at the Kelley School of Business. She’s been teaching business communication and leadership courses since 2001 when she joined the Kelley School. Brenda teaches in the top-ranked Bloomington undergraduate program, the Kelley Direct graduate program, and Kelley Executive Education.

Prior to joining the Kelley School, Brenda spent nearly a decade in human resources specializing in managerial training, mediation, and organizational development. She is a sought after speaker and coach who frequently presents at conferences on over a dozen topics including influence, powerful presentations, leadership through the lens of emotional intelligence, customer service, and change strategies for personal growth. She is an author of nine Lynda.com/LinkedIn classes on various communication topics.

Ray Luther, PCC, is the Executive Director of the Partnership for Coaching Excellence and Personal Leadership at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the Full-Time MBA program at Kelley. Ray is also the Co-Director of the Kelley Consumer Marketing Academy, and is a Founder and Co-Director of the Kelley MBA Leadership Academy.

Ray’s work experience spans a 20+ year career with executive team leadership, strategy, branding, market research, innovation, change management, and operations. Prior to his time at Kelley, Ray worked at Procter & Gamble as a Director in the Health Care Business Unit across the Pharmaceutical and OTC medicine categories. Ray served as a U.S. Army Officer in the 3rd Infantry Division where he was in line roles as a Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer in the Medical Service Corps.

Ray was a lead designer and founding member of the Kelley MBA Me, Inc. career management course and has personally coached hundreds of students while at Kelley. He coaches MBA students on the practice of leadership, strategic visioning and coaching others for high performance. Ray teaches Leadership Coaching through Executive Education to a number of corporate clients. He has also developed and taught leadership courses along with leadership coaching to a number of corporate clients, including Cummins, OneAmerica, and the NFL Players Association, among others.

Ray holds a BS and MBA from Indiana University, was a Distinguished Military Graduate, and is also a Certified Hudson Institute Coach.