Board of Directors
Board Chair
Heather Ennis
Northwest Indiana Forum
Vice Chair
Marisa Smoljan
McMahon & Associates CPAs, P.C.
Treasurer
Ken Turner
PwC
Secretary
Erica Maar
The Lakeshore Group of Thrivent
Matt Burden
Porter-Starke Services
Crystal Cartwright
1st Source Bank
Scott Casbon
First Merchants Bank
Melissa Deavers
Portage Township Schools
Ron Donahue
InHealth
Jim Dye
Community Volunteer
Lynda Farris
Meijer
Matthew Holowell
Shive-Hattery
Brienne Hooker
Jasper Newton Foundation
Michael J. Jasaitis
Austgen Kuiper Jasaitis P.C.
Aaron McDermott
Latitude Co.
Meredith Mohlke
Purdue University Northwest
Megan Richter
Key Bank
Desila Rosetti
Organizational Development Solutions, Inc.
Mike Schneider
Wintrust Commercial Banking
Al Spajer
National Mascot Hall of Fame
Jeff Strack
Strack & VanTil Supermarkets
Phil Taillon
City of Hammond
Raeann Trakas
Cleveland Cliffs
Chris White
Independent Consultant
Dr. Carolyn Whittier
Valparaiso University
Sherri Ziller
Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority