About the Founder

David Leonards

  • Professional Pianist and Trumpeter
  • Past President of Interlochen (MI) Alumni Association, Board Member, and Board of Trustees Member
  • Purdue University Graduate (three degrees)
  • Founder International Entertainment Bureau
  • Lectured at Purdue, Indiana University (Bloomington), and IUPUI (Indianapolis) on “Music Business”
  • Cultural Arts Contractor, State of Indiana (roughly 185 Concerts every Summer in 35 State Parks)
  • Entertainment Contractor for Live Nation
  • Entertainment Contractor for Macy*s
  • Past Chairman, Block Forum Lecture Series
  • Past Chairman, Marion County License Review Board
  • Past Member, Board of Directors, and Member, Indiana Association Fairs
  • INAF Distinguished Service Award 2006
  • Past President, Mapleton Fall-Creek Neighborhood Association
  • Past Member, Indianapolis Rotary Board of Directors, and Member, Rotary International
  • Past Member, Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association
  • Past Member, Indiana Society of Association Executives
  • Past Member, Meeting Professionals International and Past Member, Ohio Valley Board of Directors
  • MPI Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 (IN Chapter)
  • Rotary Club of Indianapolis President’s Award 2018
  • Life Member and Gold Card Member, American Federation of Musicians
  • Distinguished Member, Columbia Club
  • Life Member. Purdue Alumni Association
  • Life Member, John Purdue Club
  • Life Member, Purdue President’s Council.
  • Awarded “Sagamore of the Wabash” (State of Indiana) 1988
  • 49 years in the “music business” as an “Entertainment Consultant”