130th Beefsteak Dinner

First Course
Caesar Salad

Second Course
6 oz Filet with Peppercorn Sauce, Caramelized Onions with Dauphinoise Potatoes, and Vegetable Medley

Third Course
Pavlova with Cheesecake Mousse, Macerated Strawberries, and Fresh Cream

Charles A. Hyde

Charles A. Hyde is a native Hoosier and grew up in Indianapolis. He majored in history at Hanover College and spent his senior year at the University of Oxford in England. After graduation, Charlie jumped directly into the non-profit field with an eight-year tenure at Conner Prairie Interactive History Park. From 2007-2014, he served as the Indianapolis Zoo’s Director of Membership & Engagement, posting an impressive multi-million dollar revenue increase and helping direct the zoo’s innovative public campaign efforts to promote the “new team in town” of orangutans. Since September 2014, Hyde has served the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site as its president & CEO. He has led the organization forward as it has developed multiple 5-year strategic plans, setting itself the ambitious challenge to become recognized as, “the most innovative, impactful, and civically engaged presidential site in the United States”. During his tenure, the Presidential Site has experienced significant growth, increasing attendance and receiving national attention for its Future Presidents of America and Project POTUS initiatives, groundbreaking New Century 3D eCollection, and Emmy-award winning documentary A President at the Crossroads (which has now aired more than 1,200 times on over 200 public media stations nationally). Most recently, Hyde has successfully spearheaded the $6.8 million “Old Glory, New Vision” capital campaign, restoring the National Historic Landmark and transforming the grounds for visitor engagement and accessibility. He is a past president of the Indianapolis Consortium of Arts Administrators (ICAA), serves on multiple civic and cultural boards, including the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee (GIPC), Hoosier Art Salon, and National Sculpture Society. Charlie Hyde and his wife Samantha have two sons, and in his leisure time engages in wide ranging interests, including as an amateur sculptor, kayaker and avid reader.

Congressman Jefferson Shreve

Jefferson Shreve represents Indiana’s Sixth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

A lifelong Hoosier, Congressman Shreve came to Congress after a career in business, civic leadership, and local public service. Before his election to the 119th Congress, he founded Storage Express and spent three decades building it into a multistate company before its merger into a national firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He later served on the board of Extra Space Storage, an S&P 500 company. He also co-owned and grew the software company e-Tracker before its sale to a public company, spent more than a decade as an operating partner in oil and gas wells in the Illinois Basin, and invested in farm and ranch land.

In Congress, Shreve serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Before coming to Washington, he served two terms on the Indianapolis City-County Council, where he focused on practical, results-oriented work.

Shreve is a graduate of Indiana University and holds a master’s degree in international studies and diplomacy from the University of London, as well as an MBA in agribusiness from Purdue University. He has long been active in Indiana civic and higher-education leadership, including service as national chairman of the Indiana University Alumni Association. He continues to serve on advisory boards for IU Bloomington and IU Indianapolis and has also served in leadership roles with the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and a regional hospital system.

He and his wife, Mary, live on Indianapolis’s Southside and are members of the Columbia Club.

– 25 YEAR COLUMBIANS –

Mr. William Barrett
Mr. Dale Basham
Mr. Rodric Bray
Mr. Joseph Broecker
Mrs. Pamela Burks
Dr. Dianna Dowdy
Mr. William Eckman
Colonel William Foley
Mr. James Hawkins
Mr. Charles Hyde
Dr. Raymond Ingham
Mr. Floyd Kehl
Mr. Robert Kelso
Rep. Sheila Klinker
Mrs. Christine Merchent
Mrs. Virginia Mills
Mr. Peter Morse
Mr. Marty Murphy
Mr. Greg Shelton
Mr. Wynn Smiley
Mr. Christopher Stager
Dr. Charles Trimble

– 50 YEAR COLUMBIANS –

Mr. Michael Farrar
Mr. Harold Force
Mr. Graham Graham
Mr. Wayne Gray
Mr. Stephen Huse
Dr. Rehme
Mr. Alex Rogers
Mr. Fred Sipe
Mr. Slash

– BOARD OF DIRECTORS –

Anne Hathaway – President
Gregory Goode – Vice President
Greg Fuller – Treasurer
Richard Hester – Secretary

William Barrett
Jon Canter
Shannon Enloe
Jeff Mittman
Bradley Moss
Chuck Pennington
Mark Rowlands
Diane Gerber Thompson