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
Pete McCown
RDA Liaison
Community Foundation of Elkhart County
Dave Behr
Indiana Economic Development Corporation
Jerry Chavez
Marshall County EDC
Bill Davis
Hilltop Wealth Solutions
Melanie Deford
University of Notre Dame
Mark Dobson
Elkhart County EDC
Jan Fye
SEA Results Advisers, LLC
Austin Gammage
City of South Bend
Nick Keiffer
Goshen Chamber
Barkley Garrett
Co-Chair
Southwestern MI Economic Growth Alliance
Barkley@southwesternalliance.org
Aaron Kobb
St. Joseph County Airport Authority
Jeff Rea
South Bend Regional Chamber
James Turnwald
MACOG
Pat McMahon
Retired, University of Notre Dame
Ken Prince
City of Mishawaka
Bill Schalliol
St. Joseph County
George Spohrer
Retired, Crowe
Chris Stager
Elkhart County EDC
Abby Wiles
City of Elkhart
