About the Initiative: Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative is governed by a Partnership Board of
Directors, consisting of fifteen to eighteen representatives of firms,
organizations, institutions, corporations, agencies, and governmental units,
plus six at large individuals having committed to the purpose of the Initiative
and pledged to support it.
Regular meeting of the Partnership Board of Directors are held the first
Monday of February, April, June, October and December. The Initiative's Annual
Meeting is regularly held in late July. The public is welcome to attend.
If you or someone you know is interested in serving the Initiative through
leadership on the Board of Directors, please contact Program Manager Sharon
Partridge-Hall, (260) 484-5848 x 120.
Bill Word, Chair
Hillsdale County Drain Commissioner
Hillsdale, Michigan
Rodney Renkenberger, Vice-Chair
Director, Maumee River Basin Commission
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Mary Jane Slaton, Treasurer
Director of Stakeholder Relations
City of Fort Wayne Water Utilities
Martha Bishop Ferguson, Secretary
Indiana Master Naturalist and Advanced Master Gardener
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Tom Crowe
Allen County Soil & Water Conservation District
Leo, Indiana
Marvin Dietsch
Williams County Farm Bureau,
Williams County, Ohio
Joe Draper
The Nature Conservancy
Upper St. Joseph River Project
Angola, Indiana
Dr. Robert Gillespie
Department of Biological Sciences, IPFW
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Jerry Hohla
Retired, A & L Great Lakes Laboratory
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Dan Easterday
Dairy Farmer
Camden, Michigan
Bob Koerner
Retired farmer
Bryan, Ohio
Tara Storey, J.D.
Landowner, Allen County
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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