
Board of Directors

Board Chair
Jeff Strack
Strack & Van Til LLC

Vice Chair
Heather Ennis
Northwest Indiana Forum

Treasurer
Ken Turner
PwC

Secretary
Marisa Smoljan
McMahon & Associates CPAs, P.C.

Amanda Alaniz
Portage Township Schools

Matt Burden
Porter-Starke Services

Crystal Cartwright
1st Source Bank

Scott Casbon
First Merchants Bank

Ron Donahue
InHealth
Jim Dye
Community Volunteer

Lynda Farris
Meijer
Louie Gonzalez
East Chicago Ivy Tech

Charles Harris
Porter County Recorder

Matthew Holowell
Shive-Hattery

Michael J. Jasaitis
Austgen Kuiper Jasaitis P.C.

Tamera Lienhart
BP
Erica Maar
The Lakeshore Group of Thrivent

Aaron McDermott
Latitude Co.
Tom McDermott, Sr.
Community Volunteer

Meredith Mohlke
Purdue University Northwest

Jennifer Montague
NIPSCO

Evelyn Morrison
Community Volunteer

Michael Rayson
Valparaiso Community Schools

Megan Richter
US BanCorp Investments, Inc.

Desila Rosetti
Organizational Development Solutions, Inc.

Mike Schneider
Wintrust Commercial Banking

Al Spajer
National Mascot Hall of Fame

Phil Taillon
City of Hammond

Tim Warner
Centier Bank
Michael Wheaton
Cleveland Cliffs

Chris White
The Times Media Company

Dr. Carolyn Whittier
Valparaiso University

Sherri Ziller
Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority