At 7 on January 11, 7 pm, my guests will be Jennifer Christie and Matt Hook. We shall discuss the environment and issues related to it. In particular we shall discuss global climate change as caused by people. 1/6

Jennifer Christie is a scientist, mom of four children, and an advocate for Indiana’s environment. She worked for decades as a process improvement leader in the pharmaceutical industry where she focused on improving clinical trials, managing teams and projects internationally. 2/6

Jennifer has also worked as an Environmental Chemist and Naturalist. She currently teaches Science. After running for US Congress on a platform to solve the climate crisis, Jennifer founded Indiana’s first and only environmental PAC (Indiana United for our Future, INUF). 3/6

She believes that our greatest challenges are also our greatest opportunities and that the environment is important and concerning to all of humanity. 4/6

Matt Hook was Sr Partner at Centerfield Capital Partners, an Indiana private equity firm, from 2001 until retiring in 2017. Prior to joining Centerfield, Matt was VP & Gen'l Counsel of Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Co, Inc., a NY-based private equity firm specializing in mgnt buyouts of mfg companies. 5/6

In addition, Matt was a corporate attorney at Ice Miller & a CPA w/Ernst & Young and KPMG. During his career, Matt has served as a director on numerous Boards of public, privately and not-for-profit boards. He holds undergrad degree in accounting from IU (1981) and a J.D. from IU School of Law (1989), cum laude. 6/6