Osinski Auction Service, Inc.
Phone:  574-896-3194
Email:  dorothy@osinskiauction.com
Board member since:  2008
Other current board positions:   IAA Auxiliary & NAA Auxiliary
25 years as co-owner of Osinski Auction Service, Inc. located in North Judson, In.    

Starke United   
Phone:  574-772-7506
Board member since:  2007        
Other current board positions:  President – Starke County  Cooperative Extension Board; San Pierre Revitalization Advisory Committee
Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration/Management – University of Indianapolis

The First National Bank of Monterey  
North Judson Branch
Phone: 574-896-5059
Board member since: 2006
Other current board positions: Junior Achievement Board; 23 years with The First National Bank of Monterey; 4.5 North Judson Branch Manager and Loan Officer; 18.5 Winamac Branch Assistant Branch Manager and Loan Officer; BA  Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Graduate School of Banking, Prochnow Institute, Madison, WI; Member, Kiwanis  North Judson

1st Source Bank
Phone:  574-772-6211
Email:  caudillj@1stsource.com
Board member since:  2005
Other current board positions:  JA Achievement Board Member
I’ve worked at 1st Source Bank for 30 years and have been the Knox Banking Center Manager since August 2005

Binkley Real Estate   
Phone:  574-772-4770
Email:  binkleyrealestate@yahoo.com
Board member since:  2006
Other current board positions:  Board of Directors: Junior Achievement of Starke County;  Board of Directors, MLS Committee Member, Finance Committee Member: Starke/Pulaski Board of Realtors; Member: Knox Kiwanis; Member: North Central Indiana Association of Realtors; Board Member: Bass Lake Festival Association
Lifelong resident of Knox, graduate of Knox High School; Graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology; Owner, Binkley Real Estate since 2007.
 

The Wealthcare Group, LLC.              Phone:574-896-5035                        
Board member since:  2007
Other current board positions: Starke County Development Foundation, North Judson Main Street Committee;  John M. Howard was born and raised in Starke County and has a vested interest in making this county aspire due to the fact he and his Parents have been business owners here his entire life.  John is the owner and President of  The Wealth Care Group, LLC. in North Judson, IN.  He specializes in Retirement and Estate Planning with an emphasis on Life Insurance and Investments.  He is a 2003 Dean’s List graduate of Ball State University with a double major in Insurance and Finance.

Hensler Nursery, Inc. Hamlet, Indiana    Phone: 574-867-4192
Board member since:   2006   
BS Forestry from Purdue University       
Many years as a board member of the Indiana Christmas Tree Growers Asoc.;  Served 4 years as the Indiana Director to the National Christmas Tree Assoc.;  Served 4 years as a board member of the Middlebury School Corporation ;  46 years experience growing Christmas & Nursery trees.

Flora Tibbetts, ABR, CRS, GRI, FIS, PMN
Pat and Associates Real Estate
Phone: 574-586-7653
Email: flora@koontzlake.com
Board member since:  2009
Other current board positions:  Habitat for Humanity – Starke/Pulaski
Walkerton Chamber of Commerce
I have sold Real Estate since 1993, owned Pat and Associates since 1998. Primary coverage is Starke County, Marshall County, and Saint Joseph County.  I am involved in foreclosure prevention for homeowners and have had several success stories for homeowners, as well as, banks.  My new endeavor is Habitat for Humanity.  Real Estate opens a world of community service.

Charles Weaver
Phone:  574-772-5627
Board member since:  2005    
Other current positions:  Charles W. Weaver became the Executive Director of the Starke County Development Foundation in 2005.  He brought with him 33 years experience as an attorney with practice concentrations in real estate, corporations, business, government, regulatory law, banking, and public bonds. Mr. Weaver holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Purdue University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University, Bloomington. Mr. Weaver was a 20-year member of the Board of Delegates of the Indiana State Bar Association, member of the Indiana Bar Foundation and served on various committees for the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation. Mr. Weaver holds course certificates issued by the International Economic Development Council.

Starke County Tourism Commission
Phone:  574-772-0896
Board member since:  2006        
Other current board positions:  President Starke Co Tourism Commission, Vice President LOVE Inc., President Starke County Visitor’s Association, Drug & Tobacco Free Starke Co Justice Chair, Hospice Fundraising President, Starke Co Right to Life, Mt. Hope UMC Council President, Hospice Volunteer, Starke Co Emergency Services Board
Graduate Hobart High School, Graduate Greer Tech Inst. Chicago, Graduate Metal Body repair Atlanta GA, US Army 3 years, retired BUDD Co. Gary, IN 25 years, Owned and operated R&M Sales (Surplus & Salvage), moved to Starke Co in 1995.        

Deborah J. Mix – Starke County Chamber of Commerce, Director

Phone- 574-772-5548

dmix@starkecountychamber.com

Other current board positions: President, Boa Shores Property Owners Improvement Assn. 

Debbie was born on Long Island, NY and graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook with a BA in Social Sciences Interdisciplinary.  After attending the SUNY School of Social Welfare for her graduate work in Policy, Administration and Research, she moved to Chicagoland. She became the Director of Family-Based Services working with child abuse and neglect prevention and Foster-care.  Most recently, she was co-owner of a family business.  She and her husband Raymond have moved to Bass Lake as full time residents after having been weekenders for many years.