Erin Lewis joined the Center for Innovation and Change in June 2015 as a program director, became interim director in 2019, and was appointed director in 2021. In 2013, she was one of only three graduate students to receive the William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion for service to the community, and was UE’s 2018-2019 Administrator of the Year. Prior to joining the Center, she served as former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s Director of Outreach at iCivics, directing its national field networks, communications and partnerships. She also served as a Research Assistant at the Indiana University Public Policy Institute, Indiana's Director of Civic Education for six years, and is a former United States Marine, having completed Officer Candidate School in Quantico. She obtained her Masters of Public Affairs in Policy Analysis with Honors from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. While there, she helped create the Center for Civic Literacy, and completed IU’s rigorous Oxford University summer program in England, which studied climate change from an interdisciplinary lens. In 2013, she was one of only three graduate students to receive the William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion for service to the community. She serves as UE's Ballroom Club Advisor, and is a proud UE alumna - having received her B.S. in Political Science and Psychology from the University of Evansville in 2001.

Johnna Denning-Smith serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor, Design Thinking Specialist, and Director of the MS in Leadership Program at UE. She has been at the University of Evansville since 2016. Johnna completed her doctorate in Educational Leadership, specializing in Organizational Leadership at Western Kentucky University. Her dissertation is titled, Design Thinking as a Common Language between Higher Education and Industry. She is certified in Design Thinking by IDEO and IBM. She also holds a BSW from the University of Southern Indiana, and a MPSA from University of Evansville. In her role with the Center, Johnna has sought to create innovative ways for students and community members to learn new skills that will be applicable for their future careers.

Brooksie joined the University of Evansville in July 2016. Brooksie collaborated with the Center for Innovation and Change as the Program Coordinator in 2019. She was promoted to Associate Director in 2021. She is a proud UE Alum having received her Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership from the University of Evansville. She will complete her Master of Science in Leadership, with an emphasis in Higher Education, from the University of Evansville May 2021. Brooksie simultaneously serves the UE Change Council, UE CFIC Advisory Board, UE Friends of Art Board of Directors, UE Board of Trustee Spouses as Liaison, and UE Parents Council. In 2010, Brooksie received the Lifetime Achievement Award, Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. This award is given in recognition of devoted and distinguished service to children and youth. Brooksie Smith has over 20 years of servant leadership in family, school, and community partnerships. Brooksie received the UE Employee Excellence Award for February 2020, and the 2019-2020 UE Employee of the Year Award. Brooksie was elected by her colleagues as the 2021-2022 UE Staff and Administrators Assembly President.

Cindy graduated from Indiana State University of Evansville in 1982 with a B.S. in Psychology and Marketing. She came to the University of Evansville in 2007 after 19 years at St. Vincent’s Evansville. Cindy enjoyed working at UE’s multi-faceted Institute for Global Enterprise for 10 years and was pleased to transition into the Center for Innovation and Change in 2018. She is most excited to work at the epicenter of the ChangeLab Program where students are taught the skills of critical thinking and problem solving while consulting with civic, profit, and non-profit organizations. Cindy is a member of the Change Team and assisted in UE being named as the first Ashoka Changemaker Campus in Indiana. She volunteers with the Southern Indiana Regional Coalition Against Trafficking (SIRCAT) and is looking for ways the university can partner with them to fight human trafficking in our region.

Robert Lopez (ethics and social change major), came to the University of Evansville by way of Bosse High School, where he competed twice in UE’s High School Changemaker Challenge (placing 3rd and 2nd). His idea – to create a city-block sized wetland education park in downtown Evansville that will filter water and increase economic development – has been the topic of his ChangeLab projects since his first semester as a Freshman at UE. He is the very embodiment of what a UE Changemaker is, and will likely see his idea created before he graduates.