Perry Hines

Perry Hines is the Vice President of Marketing for the Investment Board of Directors. As Vice President of Marketing, he aids in the development of new business and investment opportunities.  Mr. Hines is also the President and majority owner of Opportunity Management, LLC, which provides real estate and strategic marketing advice for small to medium sized companies.  In addition, Mr. Hines recently was appointed as the President of Indianapolis-based Truth @ Work, a non-profit organization providing products & services for Christian small business owners.  From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Hines served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, of Irwin Mortgage Corporation, a national residential mortgage Fund headquartered in Indianapolis.  With his appointment to Irwin Mortgage Corporation in 2002, Mr. Hines became the youngest member of the Fund’s senior executive team, the highest ranking African-American within the organization, and one of the highest ranking African-Americans in the U.S. residential mortgage industry.  While at Irwin Mortgage Corporation, Mr. Hines was responsible for driving all marketing initiatives in both the business-to-consumer and the business-to-business environment and directed the activities of Irwin Mortgage Corporation’s national philanthropic efforts.  Prior to joining Irwin Mortgage Corporation, Mr. Hines was the Senior Vice President of North American Sales & Marketing in the life/health division of Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest life reinsurance companies based in Zurich, Switzerland, where he spearheaded several major corporate-wide global initiatives.  Prior to his work at Swiss Re, Mr. Hines was employed with Lincoln Re and American States Financial Corporation, and a number of other Fortune 500 companies, including General Mills, Target Corporation, Wyeth Corporation, and CKE Enterprises.  Mr. Hines is actively involved in his community and serves as a board member of numerous non-profit organizations, including the Indiana Humanities Council, the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management National Alumni Board, the Indianapolis Zoo, the Indianapolis Urban League, the Madame C.J. Walker Theater, the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP), and Northview Christian Life Church.  Over the years, Mr. Hines has received numerous community and business honors, and also has served as a key advisor to Indianapolis’ first African-American U.S. Representative, Julia Carson.  Mr. Hines holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University and an MBA with a marketing concentration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

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