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This clip is from the Indianapolis Business Journal: The Interview Issue.

Jeff Papa estimates he’s been to 45 countries in the last 25 years—for either teaching, volunteerism or vacations. He helped create an orphanage in Nepal. And last year, he went to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to be an observer for prisoner hearings.

But international work isn’t his full-time job—even though he might like it to be.

Instead, the 46-year-old works as chief of staff for the Indiana Senate, a position he’s held since 2007. And this past June, he became Zionsville’s first mayor.

IBJ: What got you into working with government initially?

Jeff Papa: I accidentally did an internship with the [Indiana] Senate.

IBJ: How did you accidentally do an internship with the Senate?

Jeff Papa: I was a Rose-Hulman [Institute of Technology] student, and I was going out of town for the weekend with my friend …

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