Alumni of the Month
Ian Arnold, Chi '98
Ian Arnold
Vice President and Associate General Counsel Emmis Communications
Ian Arnold, 33, has served Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications
Corporation as Vice President and Associate General Counsel since March
2009 and, prior to that, as Corporate Counsel since July 2007. In that
capacity, Mr. Arnold manages all labor and employment matters, including
negotiation and drafting of executive and on-air talent employment
agreements, and all litigation matters, as well as supervising outside
counsel and advising the executive leadership and local management teams
on a multitude of legal matters.
Mr. Arnold was admitted to the bar in October 2001. He is a graduate of
Hanover College (B.A. in Political Science, cum laude, 1998) and Indiana
University-Bloomington (JD, cum laude, 2001). Following law school and
prior to Emmis, Mr. Arnold served as an associate in the mergers and
acquisitions practice group at Sommer Barnard, now Taft, Stettinius &
Hollister (January 2005 – July 2007), and as an associate in the
corporate practice group at Ice Miller (September 2001 – December 2004).
Mr. Arnold is the Vice President/President Elect of F.O.R. (Friends of
Riley) a young professionals group dedicated to supporting the mission
of Riley Children’s Hospital, as well as an active volunteer with
Riley’s Magic Castle Cart program. Mr. Arnold was selected to the
25-person Stanley K. Lacey Executive Leadership Series Class XXXIV.
Recently, Mr. Arnold was recognized as one of Indianapolis’ “Best and
Brightest – 2009, in the Media, Sports and Entertainment Category.”
As an undergraduate at Hanover College, Mr. Arnold served as President,
Vice President, House Manager and Kitchen Manager of Chi Chapter.
Additionally, he was the co-chairman of Homecoming for the Student
Programming Board, served as Chairman of the Student Judicial Board and
was a volunteer at the Hanover College Child Developmental Center.
“Hanover College and Chi Chapter gave me so much as an undergrad. They
allowed me to develop both as a person and as a leader. The values that
underlie membership in Sigma Chi have been invaluable in shaping my
success and contributing to my desire to give back to my community. The
importance of diversity and the lessons learned through such diversity
have made it very easy to empathize with people from all walks of life.
I truly believe that the greatest years of development in my personal
and, ultimately, professional life took place at Hanover, in Chi
Chapter.”
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