Board of Directors

Board of Directors 2008-2009

Chairperson:        James Dworkin, Chancellor, Purdue University North Central

Vice-Chair:          Dennis Rittenmeyer, President, Calumet College of St. Joseph

• Karen Freeman-Wilson, Attorney    
• Danita Johnson Hughes, Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living
• Lou Martinez, Lake Area United Way       
• Barbara Young, Porter County Community Foundation     

• Dorreen Carey, City of Gary    
• Denise Dillard, Workforce Development Services    
• Ric Frataccia, Portage School System    
  
• David Bochnowski, Peoples Bank    
• Kay Nelson, Northwest Indiana Forum    
• Colleen Reilly, NIPSCO    
• 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
  

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