As executive director of ARI, Liz Sedler is livin’ the dream. Every day, she is helping to make her family’s dream come true. Liz was hunting and finding arrowheads at the Guard site with her dad, Mike Sedler, before she was old enough to take them to kindergarten show-and-tell. Archaeology, anthropology, artifacts and museums are a shared love in the Sedler family, and family vacations were (and still are) travels to archaeological sites throughout the world. Liz grew up in Bright, Indiana, and graduated from Oldenburg Academy. Throughout high school and college, she worked at Home City Ice in office and maintenance. After earning her honors vdegree in business administration at University of Dayton, Liz headed West. During her 10 years in Jackson, Wyoming, and Park City, Utah, Liz worked as project manager in the development, construction and management of both residential and commercial projects. Similarly, for two years she worked on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, applying her experience and skills – ranging from research, analysis, marketing and accounting, to working with architects, contractors and clients. Liz loves construction and start-ups. Now she is back home again in Indiana. Before starting up ARI, Liz went back to school to study non-profit management through the Masters of Public Administration program at Northern Kentucky University, and she is also a member of Leadership Dearborn, Class of 2019. Her masters in business administration at University of Dayton is a work in progress. Committed to the community in which she lives, Liz in a member of her local United Way’s Action Counci.l All the while, Liz has overseen the details and big picture in the creation and daily operation of ARI. She is livin’ the dream, the opportunity to “show the world we have some amazing archaeology right here in Southeastern Indiana.”