Meet the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board
Chair-
Mary Lewis,
Accounting & Business Manage
r-Andover Management/In Good Company
Vice Chair-
Debi Baughman,
Director of Training
-Horizon Bank
Secretary-
Gary Olund,
President & CEO
-Northwest Indiana Community Action
Treasurer-
Frank Cardello,
Chief Financial Officer
-Packaging Logic
Past Chair
-George Douglas,
Sr. VP of Operations
-Indiana Beverage
Members
:
- Jim Clarida, President & Business Representative-IBEW Local 531
- Thomas Coley, Chancellor-Ivy Tech Community College
- Adam Collins, Vice President of Operations-Kruz, Inc.
- Kim DeQuis, Regional Manager-Family & Social Services Administration
- Kris Emaus, Chair-Region 1 Works Council
- Ric Frataccia, Superintendent-Valparaiso Community Schools
- Rich Gamblin, Apprenticeship/Training Coordinator-Ironworkers Local 395
- R. Luis Gonzalez, Chancellor-Ivy Tech Community College/East Chicago
- Clausell Harding , Adult Education Director-A.K. Smith Center
- Keith Kirkpatrick, Owner-KPM Group
- Karen Kopka, Senior HR Manager-American Licorice Company
- Kristine Lukowski, HR Manager-Republic Services
- Joseph Medellin, Manager Human Resources-ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor
- Gary Miller, Chief Executive Officer-Prompt Ambulance
- Dan Murchek, President-Northwest Indiana Federation of Labor
- Arlene Pearson, Chief Human Resources Officer-Edgewater Systems
- Barbara Sacha, Labor Relations Manager-ArcelorMittal
- Ben Scheiner, Plant Manager-Galfab
- Chris Smith, VP Human Resources-NiSource
- Africa Tarver, Director of Planning & Development-City of Hammond
- Brenda Walters, Human Resources Director-Wastequip