Governor Braun makes appointments to various boards and commissions

INDIANA  Governor Mike Braun today announced new appointments to various state boards and commissions. 

Appointments:

State Armory Board

  • Brian Copes
    • Appointment: Term expires 4/30/27
    • Johnson County
  • James Zieba
    • Appointment: Term expires 4/30/28
    • Hamilton County
  • Joseph Drury (Bison Financial Group)
    • Appointment: Term expires 4/30/29
    • Johnson County
  • Brenda Simmons
    • Reappointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Hendricks County
  • Todd Townsend
    • Reappointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Johnson County

Thoroughbred Breed Development Advisory Committee

  • Maureen Burger (Burger Racing Stables LLC)
    • Appointment: Term expires 6/30/28
    • Marion County

State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service

  • Pamela Gardner
    • Appointment: term expires 9/30/27
    • Knox County

Natural Resources Foundation Board

  • Lisa Ice-Jones (Grouseland Foundation for William Henry Harrison’s Grouseland)
    • Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
    • Knox County

Commission on Rehabilitation Services

  • Kristy Russell (Bosma Enterprises)
    • Appointment: Term expires 12/31/28
    • Hendricks County

Occupational Therapy Committee

  • Keisha Creager (Ascension, St. Vincent)
    • Appointment: Term expires 3/31/30
    • Vanderburgh County

Utility Regulatory Commission Nominating Committee

  • Suzanne Jaworowski (State of Indiana)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 5/31/30
    • Hamilton County
  • Dollyne Sherman
    • Reappointment: Term expires 5/31/30
    • Marion County

Indiana Serve Commission

  • Lynda Dunbar (City of Greencastle)
    • Appointment: Term expires 3/31/29
    • Putnam County
  • Abigail Gentry (State of Indiana)
    • Appointment: Term expires 3/31/29
    • Boone County

Agricultural Promotion and Regulation Task Force

  • Melissa Rekeweg (Agribusiness Council of Indiana)
    • Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
    • Boone County
  • Kelley Sheiss (Sheiss Livestock and Sheiss Farms)
    • Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
    • Whitley County
  • Jackie Ponder Bowman (Bowman Family Holdings, Inc)
    • Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
    • Johnson County
  • Kendell Culp (State Representative and Farmer)
    • Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
    • Jasper County
  • Joseph Miller (Rose Acre Farms)
    • Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
    • Jackson County
  • Sue McCloskey
    • Appointment: Term expires 6/30/27
    • Jasper County

Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission

  • Jenny Orsburn (State of Indiana)
    • Appointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Porter County
  • Robert Ochi
    • Reappointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Lake County
  • Anthony Broadnax
    • Reappointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Lake County

Indiana Emergency Response Commission

  • Bob Courtney (City of Madison)
    • Appointment: Serves at the pleasure of the Governor
    • Jefferson County

Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board

  • Noah Robinson (Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office)
    • Appointment: Term expires 12/31/26
    • Vanderburgh County

Statewide 911 Board

  • Philip Goodrich (Comcast)
    • Appointment: Term expires 9/30/28
    • Elkhart County

Worker’s Compensation Board

  • Mike Ooley
    • Appointment: Term expires 8/31/30
    • Clark County

Recycling Market Development Board

  • Matt Gratz (City of Fort Wayne)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 12/31/29
    • Allen County

Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities

  • Michele Sulwer (Reach Services)
    • Appointment: Term expires 12/31/28
    • Vigo County
  • Deanna Woodruff (Martindale Brightwood Community Development Corporation)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 12/31/27
    • Marion County
  • Megan Purcell (Purdue University)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 12/31/27
    • Montgomery County
  • Cory Best (State of Indiana)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 12/31/28
    • Marion County
  • Naomi Dollens (State of Indiana)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 12/31/28
    • Henry County
  • Sonya Rush (State of Indiana)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 12/31/28
    • Marion County
  • Jason Berty (Children’s Therapy Connection)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 12/31/27
    • Marion County
  • Alyssa Christy (State of Indiana)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 12/31/28
    • Johnson County

State Workforce Development Board

  • Shawn Holm-Hansen (IUOE Local 150)
    • Appointment: Term expires 3/31/29
    • Jasper County

Indiana Pesticide Review Board

  • Hilary Alderete (State of Indiana)
    • Appointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Hamilton County
  • Stephen Meyers (Purdue University)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Tippecanoe County
  • Lee Green (State of Indiana)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Miami County
  • Megan Abraham (State of Indiana)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Hancock County

Soil Conservation Board

  • Larry Clemens
    • Appointment: Term expires 3/31/28
    • Steuben County

Education Commission of the State

  • Paul Ketcham (State of Indiana)
    • Appointment: Serves at the Pleasure of the Governor
    • Ripley County

Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District Board

  • Kimberly Cates
    • Appointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Kosciusko County
  • James Young
    • Reappointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Kosciusko County

State Board of Education

  • Iris Hammel (TeachMe3D)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/30
    • St. Joseph County
  • BJ Watts (Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/30
    • Vanderburgh County

Indiana Egg Board

  • Blair Kriner (Delco Foods)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/29
    • Marion County
  • Casey Baesler (Baesler’s Market)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/29
    • Vigo County
  • Skye Zakrzewski (Rose Acre Farms)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/29
    • Jackson County
  • Alex Seger (Wabash Valley Produce)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/29
    • Dubois County
  • Margaret Titus
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/29
    • Tippecanoe County

Governor’s Residence Commission

  • Abigail Gentry (State of Indiana)
    • Appointment: Serves at the Pleasure of the Governor
    • Boone County

Unemployment Insurance Review Board

  • Heather Cummings (State of Indiana)
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/29
    • Marion County

Alcohol and Tobacco Commission

  • Megan Murphy Garver
    • Appointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Marion County

Department of Financial Institutions Board of Trustees

  • Emily Pichon (Lake City Bank)
    • Appointment: Term expires 4/30/30
    • Allen County

Indiana Election Commission

  • Suzannah Wilson Overholt
    • Reappointment: Term expires 6/30/28
    • Marion County

Union Hospital Board of Directors

  • John Pratt (Farmer)
    • Appointment: Serves at the pleasure of the Governor
    • Parke County