Eric Holcomb

Eric J. Holcomb, 57, the President of A Better Way Policy Institute and the 51st Governor of the State of Indiana, is a lifelong Hoosier, born in Indianapolis, Indiana,‬ graduated from Pike High School and Hanover College in southeastern Indiana. He went on to serve six years active duty in the U.S. Navy, first at Naval Station Great Lakes‬ and later at Naval Air Station Cecil Field Florida and then‬ overseas at CINCIBERLANT NATO Command in Portugal.‬ Holcomb recently finished serving his second term as‬ governor having been elected in 2016 and 2020 when he‬ received the most votes for governor in Indiana history.‬ Prior to his election as governor, Holcomb served as‬ Indiana’s 51st Lieutenant Governor.‬ Holcomb has earned a reputation as a problem-solving‬ consensus builder focused on creating new opportunities‬ for all. He frequently traveled throughout the state, visiting‬ with Hoosiers about how to make Indiana the best place in‬ the world to live, work, study, play and stayed focused on‬ economic, workforce and community development.‬ Under Holcomb’s leadership, Indiana soared to new‬ heights including record investments and outcome in infrastructure, education and healthcare and‬ becoming the economic envy of the nation.‬ Holcomb and his wife, Janet, live with their miniature schnauzer Oliver in central Indiana.