Allison Barber

Allison Barber, Ph.D., is the president and chief operating officer of the Indiana Fever, Indiana's WNBA franchise.[1] Previously, she served as the Chancellor of Western Governors University Indiana, president of Sodenta, an adjunct at Georgetown University,[2] and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Internal Communications in the United States Department of Defense.[3]

Allison Barber in 2007

Boards of Directors

Barber was named by Indiana Governor, Eric Holcomb, to the board of the Indiana Destination Development Corporation.[4] She also serves on the board of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation.[5]

Awards

Barber was named Nonprofit Communicator of the Year by PR News,[6] as well as a "Woman of Influence" by the Indianapolis Business Journal.[7]

Barber was presented the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service by Secretary Rumsfeld.[8]

Barber received the Sagamore of the Wabash, presented by Governor Eric Holcomb, who described it as the "highest award in Indiana".[9]

Early life and education

Barber went to Hammond Baptist High School and studied education at Tennessee Temple University. She earned a master of science in education at Indiana University Bloomington and a doctorate of leadership at Tennessee Temple University.[10]

References
  1. Interview on Circle City
  2. Georgetown University.
  3. Wiedeman, Reeves (2016-01-26). "The Rise and Fall of a Fox News Fraud". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. Brown, Alex (2020-07-17). "First IDDC board members named". WISH-TV. Archived from the original on 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. Caring for Military Families: Elizabeth Dole Foundation.
  6. PR News Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. Parent, Tawn. "2011 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Allison Barber". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  8. "American Forces Press Service (Dec. 13, 2006): Rumsfeld presents awards to DoD leaders. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  9. "Allison Barber awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash". WGU. 18 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  10. "Allison Barber – Sagamore Institute". sagamoreinstitute.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
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