IMA Staff

Chair
President
Staff

Chair

    Clay Barnes
    President/Owner
    Materials Processing, Inc., Logansport

Clay Barnes is President of Materials Processing, Inc., located in Logansport, Indiana. Materials Processing, Inc. is a privately held holding company with three subsidiaries including Small Parts Inc., ABC Metals, Inc. and HTI. Mr. Barnes currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of all three subsidiaries as well as fulfilling his role as President of Materials Processing, Inc. Mr. Barnes is a graduate of Northwestern University where he earned a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, a Masters of Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. In addition to his contributions to IMA, Mr. Barnes currently serves on the advisory committee for the Mechanical Engineering Department of Northwestern University and is active in church ministry as a member of Zionsville Presbyterian Church.

President

Patrick J. Kiely

Pat Kiely joined the Indiana Manufacturers Association as president and CEO in 1991. He came to the IMA after serving as an Indiana state representative from District 36 from 1978 to 1991. During his service, he was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1982 to 1988, chairman of the State Budget Committee from 1983 to 1985 and from 1987 to 1989, and chairman of the State Tax and Financing Policy Commission in 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1990.

A graduate of Ball State University, Mr. Kiely also worked as vice president/manager of City Securities Corp. in Anderson from 1983 to 1991 and was owner of Computerland of Indianapolis from 1982 to 1984.

Committees to which Mr. Kiely is assigned include the Milken Family Foundation Board, the Indiana Department of Education's State Standards Task Force (since 1992), and the Indiana Economic Development Council (since 1991). He has recently been honored with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's Environmental Impact Award (1996), Ball State University's Distinguished Alumni Award (1995), and Ball State's College of Business Award of Achievement (1995).

In a Dec. 27, 1992, article, The Indianapolis Star chose Mr. Kiely as one of the most important "power players" in the Indiana General Assembly. The article tabbed the IMA as the "preeminent voice of business in Indiana" and stated that Mr. Kiely had "led the IMA to the mountaintop nearly overnight."

You may contact Mr. Kiely by calling 800-462-7762 or by e-mail at pkiely@imaweb.com.