Board of Directors

2011 Executive Committee Members
Chairman of the Board
Bob Taylor 
Do It Best Corp.
Vice Chairman of the Board
Mike Packnett 
Parkview Health
Secretary
Jill Perillo 
Indiana & Michigan Power
Treasurer
Joe Pierce
Farmers State Bank
Chairman of the Investor Board
Keith Busse 
Steel Dynamics
Past Chair
Jim Marcuccilli
STAR Financial
Public Representative
Mayor Norm Yoder
City of Auburn 
LEDO Council Representative
Mike Row 
Wells County Economic Development 
President/CEO
John Sampson
Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership
Assistant Treasurer
Katy Silliman
Director of Regional Alignment/NEIRP
Honorary Board Members
Mac Parker
Baker & Daniels
Thomas Rethlake
Whitley County Commissioner
Ex-Officio Board Members
Kathleen Randolph
WorkOne Northeast
Brook Steed
Indiana Economic Development Corporation
Advisory Board
Gene Donaghy
Northeastern REMC
Kirk Kemmish 
Northeast Indiana Corporate Council
Tom Leedy
Dekko Foundation, Inc.
Mark Royse
Allen Co. Dept. of Planning Services
John Stafford
Community Research Institute
Indiana University-Purdue University Ft. Wayne
Andrew Welborn
Whitley Manufacturing
2011 Board of Directors
Andrew Briggs
Bank of Geneva
Jim Cook
JPMorgan Chase
Mayor Ted Ellis 
City of Bluffton
John English 
Noble County REMC
Steve Ford
Ford Meter Box 
Keith Gillenwater
LaGrange County Economic Development Corporation
Scott Glaze 
Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp.
Timothy J. Haffner
Baker & Daniels
Nelson Peters
Allen County Commissioner
Rick Sherck 
Noble County Economic Development Corp.
Sara Tubergen
Steuben County Council
John Urbahns
City of Fort Wayne
Tom Wall 
Huntington County Commissioner
Dave Wood 
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