Board of Directors
Larry Stanton, Board President
Beverly Shores, Indiana
Consultant
Matt Vessely, Board Vice President
Valparaiso, Indiana
Regional President at 1st Source
Evie Kirkwood, Secretary
Edwardsburg, Michigan
St. Joseph County Parks Director (Retired)
Rachel Saxon, Treasurer
Michigan City, Indiana
President at Horizon Trust and Investment Management
Joseph Brennan
Evanston, Illinois
Independent Law Practice Professional
Janice Brown
Chicago, Illinois
Engineering Manager of Energy and Sustainability at Caterpillar Inc. (Retired)
Kelly Carmichael
Crown Point, Indiana
VP Environmental Safety and Sustainability at NiSource
Tom Cera
Gary, Indiana
Executive Consultant
Dale Cooper
Michigan City, Indiana
Curator and Community Relations Manager at Visit Michigan City LaPorte
Elizabeth Fleek
Long Beach, Indiana
Information Technology Executive (Retired)
Barbara Freeman
Gary, Indiana
Nonprofit Management Director (Retired)
Marcella Gregory
Gary, Indiana
Labor Relations and Human Resources Manager
Sean Hay
Valparaiso, Indiana
CMTO at JCMA Inc.
Chris Holford
Valparaiso, Indiana
Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Purdue University Northwest
Christine Livingston
LaPorte, Indiana
Assistant Director at Indiana Dunes Tourism
Dean Mazzoni
New Carlisle, Indiana
President and CEO of Franciscan Health Michigan City
Dale Nichols
Beverly Shores, Indiana
Deputy General Counsel at The Northern Trust Company (Retired)
Maggie Rice
Chicago, Illinois
Environmental attorney and Assistant General Counsel for NiSource
Raeann Trakas
Porter, Indiana
Senior Community Relations Representative at Cleveland-Cliffs
Life Board Members
Judith Gaskell
Washington, DC, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Retired Librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States
Myrna Newgent
Portage, Indiana
Former officer and member of the board of Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Barbara Plampin
Dune Acres, Indiana
Former board member of Shirley Heinze Land Trust, and retired professor of English at Illinois Institute of Technology
Advisory Council
John Bacone
Krista Bailey
Marty Balogh
Mitch Barloga
Evie Bauman
Jennifer Betz
Robert Boklund
Terry Bonace
Mark Bouman
Walt Breitinger
Warren Buckler
Jennifer Burkhart
Dominic Chaloner
Tracy Coleman
Catherine Craker
Kelley Davies
Kathy Dennis
Ryan Dvorak
Jonathan Geels
Gary Gilot
Kimmie Gordon
Tim Griffin
Garry Harrington
Laura Henderson
Jonathan Hildebrand
Jan Hunter
Nancy Johnson
Jennifer Kanine
Mike Keen
Ricky Klee
Shawn Klein
Chris Kline
Paul Kohlhoff
Howard Learner
Ralph Lerner
Dr. Beverly Lewis
Robert Long
Penelope Love
Kathy Luther
Vanessa Allen McCloud
Pat McKinlay
Sergio Mendoza
Leigh Morris
Tom Murphy
Scott Namestnik
Chuck Nelson
Charles Oberlie
John Pinter
Dan Plath
Tom Post
Michael Pound
Greg Quartucci
Marge Riemenschneider
Rodney Robichaud
Laurel Ross
Jean Rudd
Steve Sass
Ken Schoon
Tim Stoner
John Swanson
Ray Szarmach
Dr. Nicholas Timm
Garry Traynham
Ron Trigg
James Turnwald
Wendy Vachet
Suzy Vance
Therese Vande Hey
Anne Walsh
Lance Werner
Margaret Williford
Robert Wolfe
Kathleen Zelkowitz
Paul Zucker