The office of Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the following appointments made by the governor to various state boards and commissions.
Civil Rights Commission
Two reappointments; terms end June 30, 2026:
- Alpha Blackburn (Indianapolis), president of Alpha Designs
- Steven Ramos (Fishers), CEO/President LeafSpring School
One new appointment; term ends June 30, 2026:
- Rabbi Sue Silberberg (Bloomington), executive director of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at Indiana University
Drainage Task Force
Seven appointments; terms end Dec. 31, 2023
- Hon. Bill Emerson (Crown Point), Lake County Surveyor
- Hon. Jarrod Hahn (Keystone), Wells County Surveyor
- Jeff Healy (Plainfield), vice president of Banning Engineering
- Dave Knipe (Greenwood), director of the Division of Water for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Martha Clark Mettler (Indianapolis), assistant commissioner with the Office of Water Quality for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management
- James Ramsey (Arlington), operations manager of Ramsey Farms Ag Enterprises
- Steve Slonaker (Centerville), appraiser and farm manager with Slonaker Farm Management
Geological & Water Survey Advisory Council
Two new appointments; terms end June 30, 2026
- Robert Duncan (Indianapolis), principal geologist at ATC Group Services LLC
- William Karban (South Bend), senior geologist with EnviroSolutions, Inc.
Indiana Parole Board
One new appointment; term ends June 30, 2026
- Tracy Berry (Greenwood), SOMM program director with the Indiana Department of Correction
Indiana Semiquincentennial Commission
Ten appointments; terms at leisure of governor
- Charlotte Blair (Columbia City), representing the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution
- Jody Blankenship (Indianapolis), representing the Indiana Historical Society
- Sheila Corcoran (Indianapolis), representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Indiana
- Brigadier General (Ret.) Stewart Goodwin (Indianapolis), representing the Indiana War Memorials
- Bruce Kolb (Fishers), representing Civil War reenactors
- Bernard Olsen (Indianapolis), representing the American Legion, Department of Indiana
- Danielle Shockey (Carmel), representing the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana
- Robert Sloman (Nashville), representing American Revolutionary War reenactors
- Dr. Thomas Whiteman (Muncie), representing the Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
- Joseph Wiltrout (Noblesville), representing the Crossroads of America Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Indiana State Board of Education
One reappointment; term ends June 30, 2026
- BJ Watts (Evansville), executive director of the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation
One new appointment; term ends June 30, 2026
- Iris Hammel (South Bend), senior vice president of the Garatoni Family Office
