Numerous appointments to assorted state boards and commissions were announced by the office of Gov. Eric Holcomb.
Several appointments include residents from Northwest and Northcentral Indiana.
Board of Trustees of Ball State University
One reappointment; term ends Dec. 31, 2024
- Brian Gallagher (Chevy Chase, Maryland), representing alumni of Ball State University
One new appointment; term ends June 30, 2023
- Amy Wyse (Elkhart), student member of the board
Board of Trustees of Indiana State University
One reappointment; term ends June 30, 2025
- Cynthia Powers (Valparaiso), representing alumni of Indiana State University
Three new appointments:
- Kimberly Collins (Terre Haute), student member of the board until June 30, 2023
- John Pratt (Rockville), Parke County farmer and president of the Parke County Council; term ends June 30, 2025
- Troy Woodruff (Fishers), president/CEO of RQAW and principal of BW Construction; term ends June 30, 2025.
Board of Trustees of Indiana University
One new appointment; term ends July 1, 2023
- Kelsey Binion (Fishers), who will serve as the student member of the board
Board of Trustees of Ivy Tech Community College
Five reappointments; terms end June 30, 2024:
- Stephanie Bibbs (Anderson), chief of the criminal charging division at the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office
- Harold Hunt (Madison), president and founder of SuperATV
- Stewart McMillan (Valparaiso), president and CEO of Task Force Tips Inc.
- Kim O’Dell (Brazil), managing broker at Emmert Realty
- Kerry Stemler (Louisville, Kentucky), owner and CEO of KM Stemler Co. Inc.
Board of Trustees of Purdue University
Three reappointments to the board; terms end July 1, 2024:
- Michael Berghoff (Indianapolis), founder and president of Lenex Steel Corp.
- JoAnn Brouillette (West Lafayette), managing partner and president of Demeter LP
- Vanessa Castagna (Naples, Florida), representing alumni of Purdue University
One new appointment; term ends July 1, 2023
- Mark Gee, Jr. (West Lafayette), who will serve as the student member of the board
Board of Trustees of the University of Southern Indiana
One new appointment to the board; term ends June 30, 2023
- Liam Collins (Lowell), who will serve as the student member of the board
Indiana Election Commission
One reappointment; term ends June 30, 2023 and will continue as the commission’s chair
- Paul Okeson (Indianapolis), executive vice president of Garmong Construction Services
One new appointment; term ends June 30, 2023
- Karen Celestino-Horseman (Indianapolis), attorney with the Law Office of Karen Celestino-Horseman
The governor named Suzannah Wilson Overholt (Indianapolis) vice chair of the commission
Northeast Indiana Strategic Development Commission
Three appointments; terms end June 30, 2023
- Andrew Briggs (Geneva), retired CEO of Bank of Geneva
- Ron Turpin (Fort Wayne), CFO and head of Civic Engagement at Ambassador Enterprises LLC
- Michael Vanover (Keystone), CEO of Clean Fuels National, and a Wells County Commissioner
Twenty-First Century Energy Policy Development Task Force
Three appointments; terms end July 1, 2023
- Kay Pashos (Indianapolis), partner at IceMiller legal counsel
- Peter Schubert (Carmel), director of the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy and professor of ECE at IUPUI
- Donna Walker (Bloomington), president and CEO of Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc.
