Board of Trustees

Rick L. James*
Board Chair
Chairman/CEO
Metal Technologies Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2010

Keith E. Busse
Vice Chair
Chairman, Board of Directors
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2003

Lynn A. Brooks*
Board Treasurer
President and CEO (ret.)
Rieke Packaging Systems
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2007

Elizabeth F. Rooney
Board Secretary
Chief Marketing Officer
Loftie
New York, New York
Elected 2014 

Jerry Allen*
Chair Emeritus
President 
Conduit Space Recovery Systems LLC
Sarasota, Florida
Elected 1995

Michael D. Axel
President 
AMI Investment Management Inc.
Kendallville, Ind. 
Elected 2020

John Counceller*
President
First Metals and Plastics
Columbus, Indiana
Elected 2025 

William D. Dubois*
Founder and President (ret.)
Patriot Engineering and Environmental
Indianapolis, Indiana
Elected 2018 

Kenneth R. Ehinger*
Founder and CEO of KRE Strategies, LLC
Coldwater, Michigan
Elected 2023

Michael J. Eikenberry
Regional President (ret.)
PNC Bank
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2014

James P. Fabiani
Chairman and CEO
Fabiani & Company, LLC
McLean, Virginia
Elected 2001

David M. Findlay
President and CEO, Lake City Bank & Lakeland Financial Corp.
Warsaw, Indiana
Elected 2021

Timothy J. Haffner
Partner
The Law Firm of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2016 

Andrew R. Hein*
Founder and Partner, Crown Point Advisors LLC
Carmel, Indiana
Elected 2023

Rick Henvey
 Chief Executive Officer
Parkview Health
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2017 

Joe Jordan
President & CEO
Boys and Girls Club of Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2021 

Mark Music
President and CEO
Ruoff Mortgage
Fort Wayne, IN
Elected 2022

Richard L. Oeder*
Area Manager (ret.)
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Morrow, Ohio
Elected 1995

John B. Pellegrino Jr.
Co-Owner & Vice President of Manufacturing
Ridg-U-Rak, Inc.
Erie, Pennsylvania
Elected 2023 

Derek S. Reiners
Senior Vice President/CFO (ret)
ONEOK, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Elected 2017 

Larry E. Reiners*
Manager
ISTI Plant Services
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Elected 2009

Crystal (Hardesty) Sattler*
API Organic Synthesis Lead
Pfizer, Inc.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Elected 2025 

Jason A. Stechschulte*
Business Development Manager
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Findlay, Ohio
Elected 2019

Sheri G. Trine
Executive Vice President
Vestil Manufacturing
Angola, Indiana
Elected 2010, 2025

Jeffrey L. Turner
Attorney at Law
Sr. VP and Corp. Sect. (ret.)
Metal Technologies, Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2019 

Keith M. Turner*
Co-founder (ret.)
Metal Technologies, Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2014

Theresa E. Wagler
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2011

Sarah (Howe) Waidelich*
Partner
Honigman LLP
Detroit, Michigan
Elected 2025