Larry Yaffe is President and CEO of ESY Financial with 27 years of experience in equipment lending.  Under his leadership, hundreds of millions of dollars of equipment loans have been funded for the travelling carnival industry. Larry served as the Treasurer of the OABA for several years and was the OABA Chair in 2019.  He is currently an OABA Trustee and serves on the Executive Committee.

Gregg Hartley serves as Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of Husch Blackwell Strategies with forty years of insider experience at all levels of government and politics. He’s been recognized as one of the “Top Hired Guns” in Washington by The Hill newspaper in its exclusive list of the best lobbyists in D.C. His success and proven leadership includes managing a House leadership office, guiding one of Washington’s premier lobbying firms, devising political tactics, shepherding political campaigns and deploying successful legislative strategies. 

Since 2004, Cindy Hoye has served as the Executive Director of the Indiana State Fair Commission. Appointed by the governor, Hoye has overseen growth in not just the Fair itself, but the 1,000,000 square feet of facilities that serve as an anchor of the Indianapolis community.  Hoye’s mission today, is to spread the love she had as a child. With less than 2% of the population living or working on farms today, the Fair is more than livestock. And the fairgrounds are more than just event space for two weeks of competitions and exhibitions of animals.