Chairperson:

• Mark Heckler, President, Valparaiso University

Vice-Chairperson:

• J. Guadalupe Valtierra, Ivy Tech Community College

Board Members:

• Danita Johnson Hughes, Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living
• Lou Martinez, Lake Area United Way
• Barbara Young, Porter County Community Foundation
• Denise Dillard, Methodist Hospital
• Ric Frataccia, Portage Township Schools
• David Bochnowski, Peoples Bank
• Kay Nelson, Northwest Indiana Forum
• Timothy Stoner,  Stoner Farms
• John Swanson, Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission
• Linda Woloshansky, Center for Workforce Innovations
• Lincoln Ellis, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana
• Keith Kirkpatrick, KPM Group
• Kathy Chroback, Mayor, City of LaPorte
• Kristopher Krouse, Executive Director, Shirley Heinze Land Trust
• Mark Maassel,CEO/President, The Northwest Indiana Forum
• Bill Masterson, Jr. , Publisher, The Times Media Co.
• Leigh Morris, Chairman, Regional Development Authority
• Sylvia Planer, U.S. Probation & Pretrial Services; Hispanic Coordinating Council
• Dan Plath, President, Northwest Indiana Paddling Association
• Jill Ritchie, Manager-State Governmental Affairs, U.S. Steel

Senior Advisors:

• Lee Botts
• Mark Reshkin

Ex-officio:

• William Lowe, Indiana University Northwest
• Howard Cohen, Purdue Calumet
• James Dworkin, Purdue North Central
• Dennis Rittenmeyer,  Calumet College of St. Joseph