June 23, 2025 Waterfield Appointed to Indiana Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors
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Mr. Richard R. Waterfield is honored to accept an appointment by Governor Mike Braun to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s (IEDC) Board of Directors, where he will serve as Chair of the Entrepreneurship Committee. As a part of an entirely new slate of members selected by the Governor, Mr. Waterfield will leverage decades of experience running Waterfield Enterprises & The Waterfield Private Equity Funds in his role on the IEDC board. The IEDC is focused on growing new jobs and wages for Hoosiers.
“Indiana is blessed with a number of differential advantages,” according to Waterfield, “Indiana is quite possibly the best place in the world to raise a family, and Hoosiers have a long history of humble, entrepreneurial family businesses. Governor Braun is building upon that entrepreneurial spirit, a superb idea. It will lead to long term, broad-based Hoosier prosperity.”
Conservative values, leading educational institutions, friendly taxes, a customer service-oriented culture, and beautiful pastoral settings make Indiana the ideal place to start a business and raise a family at the same time.
Business owners don’t need to suffer in large, dangerous, liberal cities to grow a successful company. Indiana’s towns are fertile soil for generations of entrepreneurs who will continue the state’s history of innovation.
Mr. Waterfield looks forward to working with Governor Braun to bolster the state’s economy through the growth of businesses and wages across the entire state.
ABOUT MR. WATERFIELD
Richard R. Waterfield is Chairman of the Board & CEO of Waterfield Enterprises, LLC, an American investment holding company with interests in technology, energy, financial services, defense, management consulting, real estate, hospitality, and agriculture. Waterfield has acquired operations dating back to 1887.
Mr. Waterfield also serves as Chairman & CEO of Waterfield Asset Management (Est. 1989), Founder & Managing Principal of Waterfield Private Equity Fund(s) I, II, and III, (Est. 1999, 2000, and 2004 respectively), and a Founding Partner of Waterfield Merchant Banking (Est. 1998). He serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of the following Waterfield subsidiary companies: Waterfield Financial (Est. 1928), Waterfield Technologies (Est. 1989), Blueworx Cloud Solutions (formerly IBM Websphere), VoxGen Artificial Intelligence Solutions, Vox Network Solutions, Dice Communications, Digital DataVoice (DDV), and Speech-Soft Solutions, and Chrysalis Software, Inc. He is Chairman Emeritus & Former CEO of Waterfield Group (Est.1928), as well as a Former Chairman of YPO Orange County, YPO | Northern Indiana, Culver Military Academy Summer Schools & Camps, and Waterfield Energy (Est. 2009). He is Chairman of Waterfield Utilities, Waterfield Ranches & Farms Waterfield Natural Resources™, Waterfield Preserve™, and The Waterfield America Foundation™. For more on Mr. Waterfield, please visit www.waterfield.com.
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