BOARD

Superintendents

Dr. Carrie Cannon

Superintendent, Fairfield Community Schools

Dr. Scot Croner

Superintendent, Wa-Nee Community Schools

Dan Funston

Superintendent, Concord Community Schools

Dr. Steve Hope

Superintendent, Goshen Community Schools

Byron Sanders

Superintendent, Baugo Community Schools

Dr. Jayson Snyder

Superintendent, Middlebury Community Schools

Dr. Steve Thalheimer

Superintendent, Elkhart Community Schools

Industry

Randy Christophel

President and CEO, Goshen Health

Gene Crusie

CEO, Surf Internet

Brian Hall

Executive VP and CFO, Lippert Components

Ken Julian

Senior VP of Administration and HR, Thor Industries

Will Weed

CEO, Robert Weed Corporation (Chair of the HEA Board)

Community

Dr. Breanna Allen

Executive Director, Tolson Center for Excellence

Vicki Becker

Elkhart County Prosecutor

Lisa Guedea-Carreño

Director, Elkhart Public Library

Phil Jenkins

Mayor, City of Nappanee

Laurie Nafziger

President and CEO, Oaklawn (Vice Chair of the HEA Board)

Dr. Tia Robinson-Cooper

Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College South Bend-Elkhart

Rebecca Shetler Fast

President and CEO, CAPS

Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus

President, Goshen College

Suzie Weirick

Elkhart County Commissioner

STAFF

Thomas F. Bracy

VP of Advancement

Anabel Bruner

Adult Pathways Orientation Coordinator

Meaghan Bylsma

Data and Evaluation Manager

Dr. Aliah Carolan-Silva

VP of Research

Nohelia Chirino

Adult Pathways Instructor/Bilingual Programming

Alecia Conrad

Adult Literacy Instructor

Miranda Cripe

CareerWise Elkhart County Partnership Manager

Cindi Dixon

Director of Finance

Kaylene Ediger

CCCEC Administrative Coordinator

Marlin Groff

Chief Financial Advisor

Andrew Hershberger

Director of Marketing and Communication

Jeffrie Hunter

Pathways Grant Manager – Secondary Level

Michelle Kercher

Pathways Grant Manager – Primary Level

Sarah Koontz

Director of CareerWise Elkhart County

Lena Maldonado

HSE Instructor

Sarah Metzler

VP of Learning

Aubri Mosness

CareerWise Elkhart County Customer Success Manager

Leah Plank

Senior Director, Parent and Family Systems
Acting Director, Triple P of Elkhart County

Travis Rosenthal

Social Media Manager

Jim Siegmann

HEA Ambassador

Barbara Stith

Director of Adult Pathways

Sara Tam

Triple P Team Coordinator

Sherry Weldy

Adult Pathways Manager

Brian Wiebe

President/CEO