Melvin and Bren Simon
BREN SIMON
President, MBS Associates, Inc., LLC
Director, Mel and Bren Simon Charitable Trust
Director, Max Simon Charitable Trust
Bren Simon is the president of MBS Associates, Inc., LLC, a property management company headquartered in Carmel, Ind. From 1995-1998, Mrs. Simon was president of Gambit Capital Management, an investment company. From 1975-1995, she was the owner of Corporate Design Associates, Inc. Her work has been published in a variety of magazines including Architectural Digest.
Mrs. Simon, like her husband Mel, supports numerous charitable, political, and civic organizations. In addition to directing both the Mel and Bren Simon Charitable Trust and the Max Simon Charitable Trust, Mrs. Simon is co-founder of The Family Support Center, a 24-hour child abuse care center. She is also a member of the board of directors of CHIP, the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention, and the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation. She serves on the Board of Advisors for the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund, the Heartland Film Festival, and Dance Kaleidoscope. She is a trustee of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Indiana Museum of African American History, and the Indianapolis Zoo Executive Prize Committee.
In 1998 Mrs. Simon began working with the Mission International Rescue Foundation (MIR), which serves the children and young women of La Romana, Dominican Republic. She is responsible for the creation of the Centro de Promocion Rural Max Simon (The Center of Rural Promotion Max Simon), an orphanage that provides a safe environment for boys who have been abandoned, abused, or are living in extreme poverty. Mrs. Simon also created the Bren Simon MIR Foundation Girls’ Vocational School.
In 1997 Mrs. Simon was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities from Northwood University in Florida. In 1998 she and her husband were honored as “Man and Woman of the Year” by the Anti-Defamation League, and in 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Simon were recognized for their significant contributions to the state of Indiana with a Living Legend Award from the Indiana Historical Society.