The Honorable Mitch Daniels
Gov. Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. was elected as the 49th Governor of the State of Indiana in 2004, in his first bid for any elected office. He is a former president of Eli Lilly and Company’s North American Operations and CEO of the Hudson Institute. His roles in government include chief of staff to U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, senior advisor to President Ronald Reagan and director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to President George W. Bush. Upon taking office, Governor Daniels created Indiana’s first OMB to look for efficiencies and cost savings, leading Indiana to its first balanced budget in eight years without a tax increase. He was re-elected in 2008 to a second and final term, receiving more votes than any candidate for any public office in the state’s history. Daniels is a graduate of Princeton and Georgetown universities.
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