Our Leadership

2026 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chair: Don Cates, President & CEO | 3Rivers Federal Credit Union

Vice Chair: Chris Shanks, Senior VP & General Manager | Ford Meter Box

Immediate Past Chair: David Findlay, CEO | Lake City Bank

Treasurer: Kimberly Shoppell, Chief Commercial Officer | Fort Wayne Metals

Secretary: Randy Brown, Partner | Barnes & Thornburg

Elected Official: Mayor Richard Strick | City of Huntington

LEDO Council Chair: Dale Buuck, President | Whitley County EDC

 

Board Members

Miguel Alvarez, Senior Vice President | Steel Dynamics, inc.

Steve Baker, President & COO | Indiana Michigan Power

Kim Barnett-Johnson, Chancellor | Ivy Tech Community College

Kevan Biggs, President & Owner | Biggs Development Group

Earl Brooks, President | Trine University

Orsa Britton, VP Digital Market Development | Zimmer Biomet

Gene Donaghy, Board Member | Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority

Bradley Emerick, Dir. of Business Development | Micropulse, Inc.

Patty Grant, Retired

Howard Halderman, President & CEO | Halderman Farm Management

Dena Jacquay, Chief Administrative Officer | Parkview Health

Ravi Jagannathan, Managing Director | WEG Commercial Motors

Sherri Johnston, President & CEO | LaGrange County EDC

Eric Jung, President | Northeastern REMC

Sam Krouse, Co-CEO | MPS Egg Farms

Jonathan Leist, Director of Comm Dev | City of Fort Wayne

Mark Leu, CEO | LaGrange County REMC

Laura Macknick, President & CEO | Don Wood Foundation

Kristin Marcuccilli, President | STAR Financial

Mark Music, President & CEO | Ruoff Mortgage

Edmond O’Neal, President & CEO | Northeast Indiana Works

Mike Packnett, Former President & CEO | Parkview Health Systems

Jeremy Reidy, President | Ambassador Enterprises

Mayor Dan Rickord | City of Decatur

Aaron Schaffer, President & CEO | Community State Bank

Matt Stout, Managing Partner | Forvis Mazars

Chris Straw, President | Team Quality Services

Mike Vanover, President & CEO | Clean Fuels National

Stacy Young, President | Manchester University

Tenille Zartman, President & CEO | Grow Wabash County

 

Honorary Directors

Sherilyn Emberton, President Emeritus | Huntington University

Scott Glaze, Chairman & CEO | Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp.

Jim Marcuccilli, Chairman & CEO | STAR Financial Bank

Mark Millett, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO | Steel Dynamics, inc.

 

Ex-Officio / Advisory Directors

Rachel Blakeman, Director | Purdue Fort Wayne Community Research Institute

Taylor Fisher, Executive Director | Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana

Stéphane Frijia, President & CEO | NEI

Bill Konyha, President | Regional Chamber of Northeast Indiana

Linda Walczak, Vice President – Business Retention & Expansions | Indiana Economic Development Corporation

Christy White, President & CEO | AgriNovus Indiana

 

NIF Directors

Chair: Don Cates, President & CEO | 3Rivers Federal Credit Union

Vice Chair: Chris Shanks, Senior VP & General Manager | Ford Meter Box

Immediate Past Chair: David Findlay, CEO | Lake City Bank

Treasurer: Kimberly Shoppell, Chief Commercial Officer | Fort Wayne Metals

Secretary: Randy Brown, Partner | Barnes & Thornburg

ROC Chair: Ashley Savieo, Dir Economic Development | Indiana Michigan Power

 

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