Fred Glass is a prominent Indianapolis attorney and civic leader who has served his city and state in a variety of ways.

On October 1, 2022, he became the president and chief executive officer of Gleaners Food Bank, the largest food bank in Indiana and one of the most respected food banks in the national Feeding America Network.

He has practiced law at two of the city’s leading law firms: most recently, Taft

Law for two years and previously for 15 years at Baker & Daniels (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath) where he also served as chair of the firm’s management committee. While at each law firm,  he was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America.

In between his law firm partnerships, Fred served as vice president and athletic director for Indiana University from January, 2009, through its Bicentennial Year ending in June, 2020. During his tenure, he led a cultural and physical rebuilding of the athletic department including record-setting academic, athletic, fundraising, fiscal management, and facility successes, as well as a nationally recognized commitment to rules compliance and the holistic development of the students under his charge.

Before becoming the AD at IU and while still at Baker & Daniels, Fred served as president of the Marion County Capital Improvement Board where he led successful negotiations to keep the Colts in Indianapolis, regularly host NCAA Final Fours, develop what became Lucas Oil Stadium, and dramatically expand the Indiana Convention Center. Fred also led the effort for

Indianapolis to host the Super Bowl, laying the groundwork for its successful 2012 bid.

Fred previously served as chief of staff to Indiana Governor Evan Bayh and was a law clerk for Judge S. Hugh Dillin for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University in 1981, and its McKinney School of Law in 1984, cumlaude.

His memoir, Making Your Own Luck: From a Skid Row Bar to Rebuilding Indiana University Athletics, is a powerful story focusing on personal empowerment and values-based leadership. Fred writes movingly about his father’s efforts to feed the hungry at his bar, including a young Fred and his family having holiday dinners at the bar with patrons who had nowhere else to go.

The roles most important to Fred are husband, father, and grandfather. He has been married for 41 years to Barbara, who among other things serves as the president of the Indianapolis Airport Authority. They have four children: Katie, Joe, Connor, and George, plus Katie’s husband Tom Askey who is like a son to them. They have five grandchildren: Betsy Askey, Ellie Askey, Anna Rose Askey, Lucy Glass, and Eli Glass. Fred and Barbara are life-long residents of Indianapolis.