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


