Nate Feltman is CEO and owner of IBJ Media, parent company of the Indianapolis Business Journal, Inside Indiana Business and the Indiana Lawyer. He also serves as Publisher for the Indianapolis Business Journal and the Indiana Lawyer and writes a bi-monthly column for the IBJ that covers business, politics and community, and hosts “Off the Record”, a podcast featuring influential Hoosiers.

Nate also serves as Chairman and co-owner of the Indiana Liquor Group, the second-largest alcoholic beverage retailer in the state of Indiana.

Nate began his career as a corporate lawyer working in Moscow, Russia in the 1990s for the global law firm Baker & McKenzie, then as a partner at Chicago (Altheimer & Gray) and Indianapolis (Ice Miller, Baker & Daniels) based law firms focusing his practice on mergers and acquisitions. He made the leap from law to business in 2010 serving as co-owner and CEO of the medical equipment company Home Health Depot until its sale to Lincare in 2017.

Appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels, Nate served as Secretary of Commerce for the State of Indiana and CEO of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) from 2007–2009 and was a member of Governor Daniels cabinet during Daniels’ first term. He served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at the IEDC from 2005 – 2006 and helped create the IEDC after Governor Daniels signed its enabling legislation in 2005.

Nate serves on the board of directors of Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Indiana State Chamber, Economic Club of Indiana, Indiana University Foundation, Indy Chamber, Liberty Fund and National Bank of Indianapolis. He also serves on the IU-Indianapolis Board of Advisors, IU-Indianapolis Kelley School of Business Dean’s Council, Dean’s Advisory Counsel for the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global & International Studies, the IU McKinney School of Law Board of Visitors (Chair).

Nate holds a BS in Business from the Kelley School of Business and a BA in Political Science from the School of Arts & Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington. He received his law degree from Indiana University McKinney School of Law and an LL.M. in Russian law from the Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia).

Nate and his wife Jo-Ann live in Carmel, Indiana with their two children.