Vince Parisi, president and COO at Merrillville-based NIPSCO, will join the Indiana Chamber of Commerce's board of directors come the new year. He will be part of the organization's 200-member board.

“We’re adding many talented professionals from around the state as we head into a pivotal year,” said Indiana Chamber President and CEO Vanessa Green Sinders in a press release. “We will call on our board members to apply their specific knowledge and talents to get engaged and help shape not only the chamber’s future, but the state’s as well.”

The chamber is adding 24 new directors, effective in 2025. Their terms will continue through fall 2027.

After stints with NiSource’s Columbia Gas of Ohio, AES Corp., Indianapolis Power & Light Co., and Dayton Power & Light Co., Parisi was tapped to be NIPSCO’s new president and COO in March.

“NIPSCO cares about the future of Indiana and its residents, and we are committed to supporting organizations that are working to bring about positive change and creating a brighter future for underserved or underrepresented people in our communities,” Parisi said in a statement.

The company is in the midst of an integrated resource planning process.

“We take a look 20 years out to really understand what kind of growth we may see,” he said. “(This process) also helps us determine what kind of energy resources we might need and what our capacity needs to be.”

The Indiana Chamber also is thinking about the future.

“These new leaders come from key sectors of the state’s economy and will also help us bolster efforts toward initiating action that aligns with the goals in our Indiana Prosperity 2035 economic vision plan,” Green Sinders said.

The Indiana Chamber has 25,000 members and investors.

Learn more about Parisi in Northwest Indiana Business Magazine's December/January profile by Lauren Caggiano.