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      • IGLS - Who we are
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    • Essay Contest
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    • Sankt Nikolaus
    • The Friends of Wyneken
  • LIBRARY
    • Recorded Presentations
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IGHS Executive Board

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​President:
​Brian Griesemer, PE
Eli Lilly and Company
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Vice President:
​Don Flick, RA
Pyramid Consulting
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​​Secretary:
Jeff Swiatek
Retired: Indianapolis Star


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Treasurer:
​Al Hirt
Retired: Land O'Lakes
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IGHS Past President
Giles Hoyt, Ph.D.
IUPUI Professor Emeritus
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​Legal Counsel
​Keith Osburn

​Osburn & Osburn

IGHS Board of Directors

1. Angelika Becker (2029) 
2. Inge Davies (2027)
3. Allison Deprey-Singleton (2027)
4. Don Flick (2029)
5. Ron Flick (2027)
6. Marcia Gascho (2027)
7. Brian Griesemer (2027)
8. Dr. Claudia Grossmann (2027)
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9. Worth Hartman (2029)
10. Thomas Haynes (2027)
11. Melissa Hopson (2027)

12. Al Hirt (2029)
13. Dr. Giles Hoyt (2029)
​14. Chad Jones (2029)

15. Fabian Knöpfler (2029)
16. Keith Osburn (2029)


17. Janet Price (2027)
18. Dr. Nichole Neuman (2027)
19. Dr. Marc Rathmann (2027)
​20. ​Colin Renk (2027)

21. Patrick Rutledge (2029) 
22. Mary Leah Siegel (2027)
23. William Selm (2027)
24. ​Jeff Swiatek (2028)

25. Dr. Wendy Westphal (2029)
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 IGHS Committees

Executive
Brian Griesemer – President
​Don Flick - Vice President
Jeff Swiatek - Secretary
Al Hirt - Treasurer
Keith Osburn – Legal
Giles Hoyt – Past President
               
Finance
Fabian Knöpfler (Chair)
Al Hirt
Giles Hoyt
Chad Jones
 
Governance
Brian Griesemer (Chair)
Ron Flick
Giles Hoyt
               
Historic Preservation
Ron Flick (Chair)
Don Flick
Marcia Gascho
Thomas Haynes
Bill Selm
Allison Singleton

​Membership
Needs Chair
Brian Griesemer
Worth Hartman
Wendy Westphal
Newsletter Editorial Board
Interim - Brian Griesemer
(Chair and Editor)

Claudia Grossmann
Inge Davies
​Jeff Swiatek

 
Funds Development
Needs Chair
Fabian Knopfler
Brian Griesemer
Al Hirt 

Nominations
Bill Selm (Co - Chair)
Fabian Knopfler (Co - Chair)
​Brian Griesemer

 
Program
Ron Flick (Co-Chair)
Bill Selm (Co-Chair)
Don Flick
Marcia Gascho
​Melissa Hopson

Travis Jerde *
Allison Singleton​
Public Relations
Inge Davies (Co-Chair)
Claudia Grossmann (Co-Chair)
Brian Griesemer
Worth Hartman
Travis Jerde *
Janet Price
Allison Singleton
Mary Leah Siegel
 
Research and Publications
Giles Hoyt (Chair)
Steven Schmidt * 
​Nichole Neuman
(On sabbatical)
Bill Selm
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State Council
Claudia Grossmann
(Chair)
Ron Flick
Travis Jerde *
 
Youth Development and Education
Wendy Westphal (Chair)
Angelika Becker
Claudia Grossmann
Melissa Hopson
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Nichole Neuman
Janet Price
​Marc Rathmann
​Mary Leah Siegel
​*Not on the Board of Directors

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