Committee Strategies:
1. Implement a regional “Pathways System Framework.”
2. Increase social capital to improve academic and life success for individuals across the region.
3. Help students overcome financial barriers to post-secondary success.
Committee Members:
Matt Davis, Co Chair
ITAMCO
Leighton Johnson, Liaison
South Bend - Elkhart Regional Partnership
Carl Bossung
Senior1Care
Mona Bowe
Saint Mary’s College
Kathy Crimmins
General Stamping & Metalworks
Todd Cummings
South Bend Community School Corp.
Lex Dennis
Drucker Institute
Ken Flowers
Lake Michigan College
Larry Garatoni
Garatoni Family Office
Cindy Grider
Robert Weed Corporation
Jason Harrison
Horizon Education Alliance
Andy Hartley
Plymouth Community School Corp.
Paul Hartz
Mack Tool & Engineering
Wes Herschberger
Mapletronics Computers
Amanda Jamison
Community Foundation of Elkhart County
Kate Lee
South Bend Regional Chamber
Brian Wiebe, Co Chair
Horizon Education Alliance
Rose Meissner
Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
Mark Melnick
Ivy Tech Community College
Jim Morrison
University of Notre Dame
Brian Pawlowski
Garatoni Family Office
Jeff Pitman
Lippert Components
Mike Sanders
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Alex Sejdinaj
South Bend Code School
Rebecca Stoltzfus
Goshen College
John Taylor
ETHOS
Steve Thalheimer
Elkhart Community Schools
Jill Vihtelic
Saint Mary’s College
Greg Vollmer
WorkOne
Mark Warlick
Beacon Health Systems
Stacy Horner Young
Southwest Michigan College
Ron Zeltwanger
1 st Source Bank
