Taft partner Richard O. Kissel has been named president-elect of the Central Indiana Community Foundation Professional Advisors Leadership Council. The council is a select group of volunteers who represent the most accomplished charitable advisors in the community. Members are nominated by their peers and they serve rotating three-year terms.

Kissel focuses his practice on the areas of estate and charitable planning and gifting, as well business succession, tax, corporate transactions, buy-sell agreements, employee benefits and other matters affecting closely-held businesses. He also serves on the board of directors for the Simon Youth Foundation, Inc. and the Dramatic Club, Inc.