
Board of Directors

Board Chair
Heather Ennis
Northwest Indiana Forum

Vice Chair
Marisa Smoljan
McMahon & Associates CPAs, P.C.

Treasurer
Ken Turner
PwC

Secretary
Erica Maar
The Lakeshore Group of Thrivent

Matt Burden
Porter-Starke Services

Crystal Cartwright
1st Source Bank

Scott Casbon
First Merchants Bank

Melissa Deavers
Portage Township Schools

Ron Donahue
InHealth
Jim Dye
Community Volunteer

Lynda Farris
Meijer

Matthew Holowell
Shive-Hattery

Brienne Hooker
Jasper Newton Foundation

Michael J. Jasaitis
Austgen Kuiper Jasaitis P.C.

Aaron McDermott
Latitude Co.

Meredith Mohlke
Purdue University Northwest

Megan Richter
Key Bank

Desila Rosetti
Organizational Development Solutions, Inc.

Mike Schneider
Wintrust Commercial Banking

Al Spajer
National Mascot Hall of Fame

Jeff Strack
Strack & VanTil Supermarkets

Phil Taillon
City of Hammond

Raeann Trakas
Cleveland Cliffs

Chris White
Independent Consultant

Dr. Carolyn Whittier
Valparaiso University

Sherri Ziller
Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority