Visit Fort Wayne is governed by a 22-member board of civic leaders. For this new year, we are so pleased to welcome Rick Schuiteman, new Executive Director of the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, Curt Witcher, Genealogy Center Manager at the Genealogy Center, and Therese Brown, Allen County Commissioner, to our Visit Fort Wayne Board.
Board Officers and Members include:
BOARD CHAIRPERSON
Kelly Updike
Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre
VICE CHAIRPERSON
Dawn Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg
SECRETARY
Melissa Schenkel
STAR Financial Bank
TREASURER
Mike Mushett
Turnstone
DIRECTORS
Tim Beere, DeBrand Fine Chocolates
Joel Benz, Allen County Council
Randy Brown, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Rob Evans, Holiday Inn at IPFW and the Memorial Coliseum
Danette Fitzgerald, Parkview Health
Tim Hall, Don Hall's Guesthouse
Russ Jehl, Fort Wayne City Council
Paris McFarthing, Hop River Brewing Company
Mike Nutter, Fort Wayne TinCaps
Mac Parker, Olive B. Cole Foundation
John Perlich, City of Fort Wayne
Therese Brown, Allen County Commissioner
Rick Schuiteman, Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
Bart Shaw, Grand Wayne Convention Center
Gary Shearer, Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Lisa Starks, Barnes & Thornburg
Irene Walters, Civic Leader
Curt Witcher, Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library
Visit Fort Wayne is grateful for the guidance and council of every board member and is looking forward to this new year in 2021!