Past Commission Members of the Commission for Higher Education are listed below, as organized after the 2001 Congressional Redistricting.
District One
2012-2021 Hon. Jon Costas, Valparaiso
2011-2012 Eileen O’Neill Odum, Crown Point
2005-2011 Hon. Jon Costas, Valparaiso
1989-2005 David Chube, Gary
District Two
2024-2026 Larry Garatoni, South Bend
2022-2024 Mike Daigle, South Bend
2003-2022 Chris Murphy, South Bend
1996-2003 Cheryl Little, South Bend
District Three
2013-2022 John Popp, Fort Wayne
2005-2013 Marilyn Moran-Townsend, Fort Wayne
1989-2005 Karl Bandemer, Fort Wayne
District Four
2021-2024 Maj. Gen. Erika Steuterman, West Lafayette
2014-2020 Lisa Hershman, West Lafayette
2013-2014 Mark Holden, West Lafayette
2008-2010 Gary Lehman, West Lafayette
2004-2008 Kathryn Dale, West Point
1994-2003 Arthur Hansen, Zionsville
District Five
2014-2024 Christopher LaMothe, Westfield
2006-2014 Michael Smith, Carmel
1994-2006 Vito Iovino, Kokomo
District Six
2003-2007 Byron Klute, Richmond
1998-2003 Tracy Souza, Columbus
District Seven
1990-2004 Daisy Lloyd, Indianapolis
District Eight
2017-2020 Alfonso Vidal, Evansville
2013-2017 Caren Whitehouse, Evansville
2007-2013 George R. Rehnquist, Princeton
1993-2007 Daniel Tuley, Evansville
District Nine
2006-2012 Kenneth Sendelweck, Jasper
2004-2006 Honorable John Fernandez, Bloomington
2002-2004 P.A. Mack, Jr. Bloomington
At Large Members
2018-2026 Mike Alley, Terre Haute
2024-2026 Kathy Cabello, Indianapolis
2013-2024 Allan Hubbard, Indianapolis
2022-2024 Tom Saunders, Lewisville
2019-2022 Dr. Beverley Pitts, Indianapolis
2006-2016 Gerald Bepko, Indianapolis
2010-2016 Susana Duarte De Suarez, Zionsville
2010-2011 Eileen O’Neill Odum, Crown Point
2008-2013 Carol D’Amico, Indianapolis
2005-2009 Richard Johnson, Columbus
2002-2008 Robert Bowen, Indianapolis
1994-2006 Nancy Ralston, Terre Haute
1973-2005 Frederick Bauer, Terre Haute
Faculty Members
2023-2025 Dr. Chad Lochmiller, Indiana University
2021-2023 Dr. Edward Berger, Purdue University West Lafayette
2019-2021 Dr. Trent Engbers, University of Southern Indiana
2017-2019 Kathy Parkison, Indiana University Kokomo
2015-2017 John Conant, Indiana State University
2013-2014 Jason Curtis, Purdue University North Central
2011-2013 Kent Scheller, University of Southern Indiana
2009-2011 Cynthia Baker, Indiana University
2007-2009 Kathleen Tobin, Purdue University Calumet
2005-2007 Fred Cate, Indiana University
2003-2005 Ione DeOllos, Ball State University
2001-2003 Otto Doering III, Purdue University-West Lafayette
1998-2001 Daniel Reagan, Ball State University
1996-1998 William Rowe, Purdue University-West Lafayette
1994-1996 John Gottcent, University of Southern Indiana
1993-1994 Robert Puckett, Indiana State University
1992-1993 James Messmer, Vincennes University
1991-1992 Alfred Fabian, Ivy Tech State College
1990-1991 Barbara Cambridge, IUPUI (IU)
Student Members
2024-2026 Samantha Fleischaker, University of Southern Indiana
2020-2024 Anne Bowen, Indiana State University
2018-2020 Coleen Gabhart, Purdue University
2016-2018 Mika Mosier, Ivy Tech Community College
2014-2016 Sarah Correll, Purdue West Lafayette
2012-2014 Hannah Rozow, Indiana University Bloomington
2010-2012 Keith Hansen, Purdue West Lafayette
2008-2010 Clayton Slaughter, Indiana University Bloomington
2006-2008 Debra Cook, Indiana University Kokomo
2004-2006 Norma Fewell, Indiana University Kokomo
2002-2004 Christopher Borkowski, Ball State University & IUPUI (IU)
2000-2002 Christian Blome, University of Southern Indiana
1998-2000 Margaret Gerritsen, Indiana University Bloomington
1997-1998 Gwen Lee-Thomas, Indiana State University
1996-1997 Tonya Sallee, IUPUI (IU)
1994-1996 Matthew Hopper, Vincennes University & Indiana State University
1993-1994 John Ray, Ball State University
1992-1993 Kristina Frazier-Henry, IPFW (IU)
1991-1992 Mark DeWitt, Indiana State University
1990-1991 Jody Banks, IPFW (PU)
