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Board of Trustees

As the governing board for the not-for-profit university, the Tri-State University Board of Trustees currently has 28 members who serve without compensation.

Board Chair, Dr. John A. Pittman
President (ret.)
The Fieldbus Foundation
Austin, Texas

Elected 1997

Board Vice Chair, Dr. Jerry L. Allen
Vice President, Product Development
TVC Communications, Inc.
Wadsworth, Ohio

Elected 1995

Board Secretary, Dr. Ralph D. Trine
Chairman and CEO
Vestil Manufacturing Company
Angola, Indiana

Elected 1990

James Bock
President/Owner
Bock Engineering Co.
Elkhart, Indiana

Elected 2003

Lynn Brooks
President and CEO
Rieke Packaging Systems
Auburn, Indiana

Elected 2007

Dr. Keith Busse
President and CEO
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Elected 2003

Dr. Jim Caldwell, Chair Emeritus
Registered Professional Engineer,
President and Chairman (ret.)
Geiger & Peters, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

Elected 1976

Dr. Suzanne Ehinger
Executive Vice President and Chair
Parkview Health
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Elected 2007

James P. Fabiani
Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
Fabiani & Company, LLC
McLean, Virginia

Elected 2001

Dr. Lawrence A. Franks, Chair Emeritus
President
Burr Oak Tool & Gauge Company, Inc.
Sturgis, Michigan

Served 1984-2002
Reelected 2004

Dr. Tomas Furth
President
Sudamtex Holding
Caracas, Venezuela

Elected 1997

Brett Gemlick, M.D.
Orthopedics North East
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Elected 2004

Dr. William A. Gettig, Chair Emeritus
President and CEO
Gettig Technologies, Inc.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania

Elected 1984

Dr. John N. Hester
Associate Dean Emeritus,
College of Engineering
California State University
California

Elected 2000

Dr. Robert L. Jannen, Chair Emeritus
President (ret.)
Burnley Corporation
Huntsville, Alabama

Elected 1969

Stephen R. LaHood
Sr. V.P. Supply Chain

Arbonne International

Irvine, California


Elected 2004

Dr. John J. McKetta, Jr.
Registered Professional Engineer
Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas
Austin, Texas

Elected 1957

John J. "Mike" McKetta III
Managing Partner
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C.
Austin, Texas

Elected 2004

Richard L. Oeder
Area Manager (ret.)
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Springfield, Ohio

Elected 1995

Dr. J. Winston Porter
President
Waste Policy Center
Leesburg, Virginia

Elected 2006 

Mitchel Rhoads

Mitchel E. Rhoads
Chairman of Rhoads Holdings Ltd. Inc.
and LePeep Restaurant
Colorado

Elected 2006

Wayne M. Shive
President
Nu-Tec Coatings
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Elected 2008

Dr. Charles H. Taylor
President and Chair of the Board (ret.)
Tube Craft, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio

Elected 1992

Dr. Sheri Trine
Executive Officer and co-owner
Vestil Manufacturing Company
Angola, Indiana

Elected 2007

Dr. Dennis Trinkle
Executive Director
IHETS
Indianapolis, Indiana

Elected 2005

Dr. Ken Venturi
Professional Golf Association Tour player (ret.); CBS Sports Commentator (ret.)
Palm Springs, California

Elected 2002

Gary Ward
Corporate Vice President H/R
Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
Bluffton, Indiana

Elected 2007

R.Wyatt Weaver Jr., M.D.
Private Practice
Angola, Indiana

Elected 2004


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