Committee Strategies:
1. Industry Connections & Relationships: Supply Chain, Industry Consortiums, Coordinated Support.
2. Company Growth: Adoption of new technologies, connections to capital and contract opportunities, company recruitment, effective government services, succession planning.
3. Infrastructure: Connectivity to major markets, access to Chicago, real estate opportunities.
Committee Members
Shelley Klug
Co-Chair
Indiana Michigan Power
slklug@aep.com
Jill Scicchitano
Regional Partnership Liaison
South Bend - Elkhart Regional Partnership
jscicchitano@southbendelkhart.org
Regina Emberton
South Bend - Elkhart Regional Partnership
remberton@southbendelkhart.org
Jan Fye
SEA Results Advisors LLC
janfye@searesultsadvisors.com
Dave Behr
Indiana Economic Development Corporation
dbehr@iedc.in.gov
Jeff Rea
South Bend Regional Chamber
jrea@sbrchamber.com
Jerry Chavez
Marshall County EDC
jerry@marshallcountyedc.org
Mark Dobson
Elkhart County EDC
mark@elkhartcountybiz.com
Bill Davis
Hilltop Wealth Solutions
billdavis@hilltopwealthsolutions.com
Scott Ford
University of Notre Dame
sford1@nd.edu
James Turnwald
MACOG
jturnwald@macog.com
Ken Prince
City of Mishawaka
kprince@mishawaka.in.gov
George Spohrer
Crowe
gspohrer@ameritech.net
Pat McMahon
P.McMahon Consulting, LLC
pmcmahon.llc@gmail.com
Nick Keiffer
Goshen Chamber
nkieffer@goshen.org
Aaron Kobb
St. Joseph County Airport Authority
akobb@sbnair.com
Abby Wiles
City of Elkhart
Abby.Wiles@coei.org
Chris Fielding
Cressy Commercial Real Estate
cfielding@cressy.com
Barkley Garrett
Co-Chair
Southwestern MI Economic Growth Alliance
Barkley@southwesternalliance.org
Bill Schalliol
St. Joseph County
bschalli@co.st-joseph.in.us
Melanie Deford
University of Notre Dame, Research
mdeford@nd.edu
Austin Gammage
City of South Bend
agammage@southbendin.gov
Daniel Buckenmeyer
City of South Bend
dbuckenm@southbendin.gov
George Cressy, III
LaDue Curran Kuehn
gcressy@lck-law.com
Andrew Williams
Symmetrical
awilliams@symadvisory.com
Gerald Best
Aunalytics
geraldbest1@gmail.com
Shawn Todd
Cressy Commercial Real Estate
stodd@cressy.com
Shawn Peterson
Ice Miller LLP
shawn.peterson@icemiller.com
Gary Wetzel
Ancon Construction Co., Inc.
gary@anconconstruction.com
Mike Sanders
Purdue Polytech
mdsanders@purdue.edu
Bob Sutton
Springboard Engineering Solutions
bsutton@springboardengineers.com
Roseann Marchetti
Cass County Commissioner
roseannm@cassco.org
Dawn Bolock
Coldwell Banker RWG
dabolock@gmail.com
Ryan Fenstermaker
1st Source Bank
fenstermakerr@1stsource.com
