Board Members

Michael D. Axel

Board Chair, President AMI Investment Management Inc.

Mike graduated from Wabash College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and received his MBA from Vanderbilt University with a concentration in finance and investments. He was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation in 1994 and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Mike is a member of the Dekko Foundation Grants Review committee, the Ketner School of Business Advisory Board, the Parkview Health System Board of Directors and Chair of the Investment Committee, the Oak Farm School Board of Directors, and Trine University's Board of Trustees. He is married and has four children.

Chuck Nedele

Vice Chairman, President and Owner of Croxton & Roe Insurance Service

Mr. Nedele has a passion for supporting community institutions. In addition to his position as President and owner of Croxton & Roe Insurance Service, Mr. Nedele also serves as a Board member on the Steuben County Community Foundation after previously serving on the foundation’s Grants Committee. Mr. Nedele is also a Board Member for Cameron Health and First Savings Bank. He also co-founded and currently serves as a memb

er of the Board of Trustees for the YMCA Camp Potawatomi.

Kayla Warren

Member, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Trine University

Kayla Warren is senior vice president and chief finance officer for Trine University. She manages financial planning, budgeting and reports, accounting and business operations, and audits for an annual budget of $110 million. In addition, she oversees housing and residence life, events and conferences, information technology, campus operations, the Thunder Ice Arena, and Zollner Golf Course.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in accounting from Trine and has been a certified public accountant since 2010. She will complete her MBA at Trine this December.  She joined the university as controller in 2016 and earned Trine’s Outstanding Young Alumnus/a Award in 2023.

She serves on the Audit Committee for the Independent Colleges of Indiana, the board of the Steuben County Community Foundation, and the Board of Directors of Farmers State Bank and FS Bancorp. She also coaches Angola youth girls' basketball teams.

Jason Stechschulte

Member, Business Development Manager of Marathon Petroleum Corp.

Jason graduated from Trine University with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and is the Business Development Senior Director at Marathon Petroleum Corporation. He leads commercial strategy development, manages a capital project portfolio of more than $100 million annually, and represents Marathon as a board member of both the Capline and Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP).

He was inducted into the Trine University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011 and honored with the dedication of the Jason A. Stechschulte All-American Room in 2016. An active community volunteer, Jason has coached youth sports for more than a decade and serves with the United Way. He and his wife, Megan, live in Findlay, Ohio, with their family.