Charles A. Hyde is a native Hoosier, majored in history at Hanover College, and spent his senior year abroad at the University of Oxford in England. Over the past 23 years, Charlie has had successful tenures at Conner Prairie Living History Museum and the Indianapolis Zoo, building a reputation for implementing innovative ideas and engaging dynamic community partnerships. Since September 2014, he’s served the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site as its president, CEO and led the organization forward as it has developed two successful 5 year strategic plans—most recently in 2020, setting itself the ambitious challenge to be “the most innovative, inclusive, and civically engaged presidential site” in the country. Under his leadership, the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site has experienced significant growth, increasing attendance and receiving national attention for its Future Presidents of AmericaTM initiative, groundbreaking New Century 3D eCollection, Project POTUS®, and Emmy-award winning documentary A President at the Crossroads (which has now aired more than 1,200 times on over 200 public media stations nationally). Most recently, he has spearheaded the organization’s successful $6 million “Old Glory, New Vision” capital campaign. Charlie is a past president of the Contemporary Club of Indianapolis, past president of the Indianapolis Consortium of Arts Administrators (ICAA), and serves on the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee (GIPC).