As the governing board for the not-for-profit university, the Trine University Board of Trustees currently has 29 members who serve without compensation.
Board Chair, Rick L. James
Chairman/CEO
Metal Technologies Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2010 |
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Board Vice Chair, Jack A. Shaw
President/CEO (ret.)
Hughes Electronics Corporation
Coldwater, Michigan
Elected 2010 |
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Board Secretary, Ralph D. Trine
Chairman and CEO
Vestil Manufacturing Company
Angola, Indiana
Elected 1990 |
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Jerry L. Allen
President
TVC Communications, Inc.
Wadsworth, Ohio
Elected 1995 |
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James A. Bock
President/Owner
Bock Engineering Co.
Elkhart, Indiana
Elected 2003 |
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Lynn A. Brooks
President and CEO
Rieke Packaging Systems
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2007 |
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Tobias W. Buck
Chairman, President/CEO and Founder
Paragon Medical, Inc.
Pierceton, Indiana
Elected 2010 |
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Keith E. Busse
President and CEO
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2003 |
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Suzanne Ehinger, Ph.D.
CEO
Parkview Hospital and Affiliates
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2007 |
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James P. Fabiani
Chairman and CEO
Fabiani & Company, LLC
McLean, Virginia
Elected 2001 |
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Lawrence A. Franks, Chair Emeritus
Secretary/Treasurer
Burr Oak Tool, Inc.
Sturgis, Michigan
Served 1984-2002
Reelected 2004 |
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Tomas Furth
President
Sudamtex Holding
Caracas, Venezuela
Elected 1997 |
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William A. Gettig, Chair Emeritus
President and CEO
Gettig Technologies, Inc.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Elected 1984 |
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John N. Hester, Ph.D.
Associate Dean Emeritus,
College of Engineering
California State University
California
Elected 2000 |
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Louis L. Holtz
ESPN Analyst
Orlando, Florida
Elected 2011 |
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Dennis Kruse
Indiana State Senator
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2010 |
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Larry H. Lee
President / Owner
Leepoxy Plastics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2011 |
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Phillip H. Mayberry
President (ret.)
Centennial Wireless
Investor, Congeries LLC
Clear Lake, Indiana
Elected 2010 |
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John J. "Mike" McKetta III
Managing Partner
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C.
Austin, Texas
Elected 2004 |
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Richard L. Oeder
Area Manager (ret.)
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Morrow, Ohio
Elected 1995 |
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John A. Pittman, Chair Emeritus
President (ret.)
The Fieldbus Foundation
Austin, Texas
Elected 1997 |
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Larry E. Reiners
Manager
Makoi Group, L.L.C.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Elected 2009 |
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Mitchel E. Rhoads
Chairman of Rhoads Holdings Ltd. Inc.
and LePeep Restaurant
Colorado
Elected 2006 |
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Ian M. Rolland
Chairman (ret.)
Lincoln National Corp.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2010 |
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Clifford D. Ryan
Owner/CEO (ret.)
United Waste Water Services, Inc.
Naples, Florida
Elected 2009 |
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Wayne M. Shive
President
Best Boy & Company
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2008 |
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Sheri G. Trine
Director of Human Relations and Accounting
Vestil Manufacturing Company
Angola, Indiana
Elected 2007 |
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Theresa E. Wagler
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2011 |
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R. Wyatt Weaver Jr., M.D.
Parkview Physician's Group
Angola, Indiana
Elected 2004 |
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