Meet your leaders: Matthew S. Skelton

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As the Hamilton Co. Leadership Academy approaches its 25th anniversary, Current is highlighting local leaders who have helped build and sustain the program, which focuses on strengthening our community by developing informed leaders. In June, another class of engaged citizens will join the 600-plus graduates already working to make a difference.

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Matt Skelton, HCLA Class of 1998 

Hometown: Indianapolis/Logansport

Lives and works: Westfield

Family: Wife, Teresa

Career: Skelton was a town planner in Westfield before getting his law degree in 2004, and he returned to the now-city as director of economic and community development in 2009.

Nice to know: “I’m not a bad drummer, if I do say so myself.”

What impact has HCLA made in the community? “HCLA builds great relationships among its class members.”

Best connection made through the program—and why: “Ken Alexander. We were roomies at the leadership retreat in 1997. We’d never met before. He worked for a prominent local developer, and I worked for the then-Town of Westfield. We became pretty good friends during the leadership academy experience. We kept in touch here and there over the years, but we often went for years without any communication. We reconnected a few years ago for lunch. Little did I know that the planets would align to bring him to the City of Westfield. Not long after that, Ken became the Director of Public Works and then later he became the first Director of the Grand Park Sports Campus. Westfield is lucky to have him, and I am honored to be working with him to make our little part of the world a better place.  If we hadn’t connected in the Class of 1998, well, who knows?”

Last book you read?  Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham

Favorite Hamilton Co. restaurant, park, venue, etc.: MacGregor Park

Best-kept Hamilton Co. secret: “I’m not telling…”


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