The office of Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the following appointments made by the governor to various state boards and commissions.

Civil Rights Commission

Two reappointments; terms end June 30, 2026:

One new appointment; term ends June 30, 2026:

Rabbi Sue Silberberg (Bloomington), executive director of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at Indiana University

Drainage Task Force

Seven appointments; terms end Dec. 31, 2023

Hon. Bill Emerson (Crown Point), Lake County Surveyor
Hon. Jarrod Hahn (Keystone), Wells County Surveyor
Jeff Healy (Plainfield), vice president of Banning Engineering
Dave Knipe (Greenwood), director of the Division of Water for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Martha Clark Mettler (Indianapolis), assistant commissioner with the Office of Water Quality for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management
James Ramsey (Arlington), operations manager of Ramsey Farms Ag Enterprises
Steve Slonaker (Centerville), appraiser and farm manager with Slonaker Farm Management

Geological & Water Survey Advisory Council

Two new appointments; terms end June 30, 2026

Indiana Parole Board

One new appointment; term ends June 30, 2026

Tracy Berry (Greenwood), SOMM program director with the Indiana Department of Correction

Indiana Semiquincentennial Commission

Ten appointments; terms at leisure of governor

Charlotte Blair (Columbia City), representing the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution
Jody Blankenship (Indianapolis), representing the Indiana Historical Society
Sheila Corcoran (Indianapolis), representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Indiana
Brigadier General (Ret.) Stewart Goodwin (Indianapolis), representing the Indiana War Memorials
Bruce Kolb (Fishers), representing Civil War reenactors
Bernard Olsen (Indianapolis), representing the American Legion, Department of Indiana
Danielle Shockey (Carmel), representing the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana
Robert Sloman (Nashville), representing American Revolutionary War reenactors
Dr. Thomas Whiteman (Muncie), representing the Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Joseph Wiltrout (Noblesville), representing the Crossroads of America Council of the Boy Scouts of America

Indiana State Board of Education

One reappointment; term ends June 30, 2026

BJ Watts (Evansville), executive director of the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation

One new appointment; term ends June 30, 2026

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