Board of Directors

Board of Directors 2009-2010

Chairperson:       Dennis Rittenmeyer, President, Calumet College of St. Joseph

Vice-Chair:          Mark Heckler, President, Valparaiso University

• Karen Freeman-Wilson, Attorney    
• 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                  
• Ed Charbonneau, State Senator
• Lincoln Ellis, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana       
• Keith Kirkpatrick, KPM Group
• Frank Wszelaki, NIPSCO
  

Senior Advisors:

• Lee Botts      
• Mark Reshkin       

Ex-officio:

• Bruce Bergland, Indiana University Northwest    
• J. Guadalupe Valtierra, Ivy Tech Community College
• Mark Heckler, Valparaiso University    
• Howard Cohen, Purdue Calumet
• James Dworkin, Purdue North Central