Board of Trustees

Paving the Way Through Experience

As the governing board for the not-for-profit university, the Trine University Board of Trustees serve without compensation. *Designates Alumnus

rick james

Rick L. James*
Board Chair
Chairman/CEO
Metal Technologies Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2010

keith busse

Keith E. Busse
Vice Chair
Chairman, Board of Directors
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2003


lynn brooks

Lynn A. Brooks*
Board Treasurer
President and CEO (ret.)
Rieke Packaging Systems
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2007


elizabeth rooney

Elizabeth F. Rooney
Board Secretary
Product Marketing Manager
Google, Inc.
New York, New York
Elected 2014 


jerry allen

Jerry Allen*
Chair Emeritus
President 
Conduit Space Recovery Systems LLC
Sarasota, Florida
Elected 1995


michael axel

Michael D. Axel
President 
AMI Investment Management Inc.
Kendallville, Ind. 
Elected 2020


william dubois

William D. Dubois*
Founder and President (ret.)
Patriot Engineering and Environmental
Indianapolis, Indiana
Elected 2018 


Kenneth R. Ehinger

Kenneth R. Ehinger*
Founder and CEO of KRE Strategies, LLC
Coldwater, Michigan
Elected 2023


michael eikenberry

Michael J. Eikenberry
Regional President (ret.)
PNC Bank
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2014


james fabiani

James P. Fabiani
Chairman and CEO
Fabiani & Company, LLC
McLean, Virginia
Elected 2001


david findaly

David M. Findlay
President and CEO, Lake City Bank & Lakeland Financial Corp.
Warsaw,IN
Elected 2021


tomas furth

Tomas Furth*
President
Sudamtex Holding
Caracas, Venezuela
Elected 1997


timothy haffner

Timothy J. Haffner
Partner
The Law Firm of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2016 


Andrew R. Hein

Andrew R. Hein*
Founder and Partner, Crown Point Advisors LLC
Carmel, Indiana
Elected 2023


rick henvey

Rick Henvey
 Chief Executive Officer
Parkview Health
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2017 


joe jordan

Joe Jordan
President & CEO
Boys and Girls Club of Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2021 


mark music

Mark Music
President and CEO
Ruoff Mortgage
Fort Wayne, IN
Elected 2022


richard oeder

Richard L. Oeder*
Area Manager (ret.)
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Morrow, Ohio
Elected 1995


derek reiners

John B. Pellegrino Jr.
Co-Owner & Vice President of Manufacturing

Ridg-U-Rak, Inc.
Erie, Pennsylvania
Elected 2023 


derek reiners

Derek S. Reiners
Senior Vice President/CFO (ret)

ONEOK, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Elected 2017 


larry reiners

Larry E. Reiners*
Manager
ISTI Plant Services
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Elected 2009


jason stechschute

Jason A. Stechschulte*
Business Development Manager
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Findlay, Ohio
Elected 2019


jeff turner

Jeffrey L. Turner
Attorney at Law
Sr. VP and Corp. Sect. (ret.)
Metal Technologies, Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2019 


keith turner

Keith M. Turner*
Co-founder (ret.)
Metal Technologies, Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2014


theresa wagler

Theresa E. Wagler
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2011


 


Trustees Emeriti
Dates denote years of Trustee service.

James D. Bock* (2003 - 2021)
Elkhart, Indiana

Louis L. Holtz (2011-2017)
Orlando, Fla.

Dennis Kruse (2010-2022)
Auburn, Indiana

Stephen R. LaHood* (2004-2010; 2014-2020)
Sarasota, Fla. 

Gary L. Ray* (1990-2002)
Chair Emeritus
Medina, Ohio

Richard A. Rosenthal (1971-1977)
Niles, Mich.

Clifford D. Ryan* (2009-2018)
Naples, Fla.

Jack A. Shaw (2010-2022)
Reunion, Fla.

Ralph D. Trine* (1990-2019)
Angola, Ind.

Sheri G. Trine (2007-2019)
Angola, Ind.