Holcomb announces latest state board, commission appointments

Eric Holcomb
Eric Holcomb is the 51st governor of the state of Indiana.

The office of Gov. Eric Holcomb announced several appointments to various state boards and commissions.

Alcohol and Tobacco Commission

Three reappointments; terms end Jan. 31, 2026:

  • Jessica Allen (Indianapolis), also will serve as commission chair
  • Dale Grubb (Covington), former member of the Indiana House of Representatives
  • Marjorie Maginn (Indianapolis), former president and executive director of the Women in Government Foundation

Two new appointments; terms end Jan. 31, 2026:

  • Jim Payne (Indianapolis), senior advisor with Public Consulting Group
  • Drew Wignall (Carmel), former deputy prosecutor with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office; will serve as prosecutor for the commission.

Board of Trustees of Vincennes University

Three reappointments; terms end Oct. 6, 2024:

  • R. Scott Brand (Carmel), executive vice president of Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc.
  • Michael Sievers (Vincennes), owner of Sievers & Companies
  • John Stachura (Vincennes), vice president and general manager of Solar Sources Underground LLC

One new appointment; term ends Oct. 2, 2022:

  • Dustan Jones (Mt. Carmel, Illinois), pre-veterinary major, who will serve as the student trustee

Commission on Ports

One reappointment; term ends Dec. 31, 2025:

  • Monica Newhouse-Rodriguez (Carmel), managing principal of Newhouse & Associates LLC

One new appointment; term ends Dec. 31, 2025:

  • John Whorley (Zionsville), executive vice president of Fiserv

Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority

One new appointment to succeed the retiring Timothy Fesko as chair of the authority:

  • Pete Visclosky (Gary), former congressman; term ends Jan. 31, 2026

Graduate Medical Education Board

Five reappointments; terms end Dec. 31, 2023:

  • Dr. Paul Haut (Indianapolis), COO of Riley Hospital for Children
  • Dr. Tricia Hern (Zionsville), vice president of improvement and physician leadership development for Community Health Network
  • Dr. Rachel A. Shockley (Carmel), program director for Community South Osteopathic Family Medicine
  • Dr. Curt Ward (Zionsville), director of medical education and designated institutional official at Ascension St. Vincent
  • Beth Wrobel (Valparaiso), CEO of HealthLinc

One new appointment; Dec. 31, 2023:

  • Rob McLin (Bruceville), CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital

Indiana Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists

Two new appointments; terms end Dec. 31, 2025:

  • John Noel (Indianapolis), principal geologist at ATC Group Services LLC
  • Rachel Walker (Indianapolis), senior project geologist at Mundell & Associates Inc.

Indiana Board of Tax Review

One new appointment; term ends Jan. 1, 2024:

  • Timothy Schultz (Indianapolis), former general counsel of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission

Indiana Civic Education Commission

Seven appointments who will serve at the pleasure of the governor:

  • Brad Balch (Terre Haute), dean emeritus at Indiana State University
  • Charles Dunlap (Fishers), president and CEO of the Indiana Bar Foundation
  • Adam Ferguson (Plainfield), teacher at Plainfield High School
  • Greg Gastineau (Fishers), teacher at Hamilton Southeastern High School
  • Joe Jordan (Fort Wayne), president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne
  • Emily Tracy (Nashville), superintendent of Brown County Schools
  • Phillip VanFossen (West Lafayette), director & James F. Ackerman distinguished professor of social studies education at Purdue University

Indiana Public Defender Commission

One new appointment; term ends Oct. 31, 2025:

  • Samantha DeWester (Indianapolis), counsel at Beam, Longest and Neff, LLC

Indiana Public Retirement System Board of Trustees

Two reappointments; terms end June 30, 2025:

  • David Frick (Indianapolis), retired executive vice president and chief legal and administrative officer of Anthem Inc.
  • Bret Swanson (Zionsville), president of Entropy Economics LLC

Indiana State Board of Animal Health

One reappointment; March 31, 2025:

  • Kraig Bowers (Lafayette), representing sheep producers

Two new appointments:

  • David Hardin (Avon), representing swine producers, term ends March 31, 2024
  • Ty Harweger (Seymour), representing poultry producers, term ends March 31, 2025

Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council

Four reappointments; terms end June 30, 2024:

  • Abagail Fleenor (Greensburg), secretary for the National Federation of the Blind of Indiana
  • Joseph Gunn (Indianapolis), recent MPA graduate of IUPUI
  • Theresa Koleszar (Indianapolis), director of the bureau of rehabilitation services with FSSA
  • Tammy Themel (Greenwood), CEO of accessABILITY

Seven new appointments; terms end June 30, 2024:

  • Mark Harris (Roanoke), president of Harris Harper Counsel Inc.
  • Raymond Montgomery (Indianapolis), senior marketing activity associate with Bosma Enterprises
  • Gary Olsen (Indianapolis), longtime advocate and former executive director of the National Association of the Deaf
  • Sarah Renner (Indianapolis), director of the division of aging with FSSA
  • Seena Skelton (Indianapolis), director of operation of the Region III Equity Assistance Center at IUPUI
  • Emma Sullivan (Indianapolis), owner of ELS Consulting
  • Kacie Weldy (Brownsburg), deaf blind specialist with the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

One reappointment; term ends Dec. 31, 2025:

  • Sarah Freeman (Indianapolis)

Integrated Public Safety Commission

One new appointment who will serve at the pleasure of the governor:

  • Chief Doug Randell (Plainfield), division chief of emergency medical services at Plainfield Fire Territory

Invasive Species Council

Three reappointments; terms end Jan. 31, 2025:

  • Rick Haggard (Indianapolis), executive director of the Indiana Nursery & Landscape Association
  • Heather Reynolds (Bloomington), associate professor and director of graduate studies in Biology at Indiana University
  • Mike Warner (North Salem), president of ArborTerra Consulting Inc.

Two new appointments; terms end Jan. 31, 2025:

  • Phyllis Boyd (Indianapolis), director of Indy Parks & Recreation
  • Joe Schmees (Fishers), executive director of the Indiana Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts

Nonemergency Medical Transportation Commission

Two new appointments; terms end June 30, 2025:

  • Maureen Lindsey (Indianapolis), social work manager for Fresenius Medical Care
  • Fern Mirkin (Carmel), representing Medicaid members

State Board of Massage Therapy

Three reappointments; terms end Dec. 31, 2025:

  • Matthew Brannon (Indianapolis), owner of Cloud Generalist LLC
  • Laurie Hardin (Noblesville), certified massage therapist
  • Charles Peebles (Terre Haute), massage therapy coordinator and program instructor at Indiana State University and assistant professor at Ivy Tech Community College

Two new appointments; terms end Dec. 31, 2025:

  • Elizabeth Cain (Carmel), owner of Indy’s Elite Massage
  • Jael Peirce (Brownsburg), owner of TheraKnead LLC

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