Conner Prairie: the Future
The State AG has announced the composition of the new Conner Prairie board of directors according to this story running on Inside Indiana Business:
The appointees are:
Stan Hurt, Chairman, Arts Council of Indianapolis, appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels
Douglas D. Church, Managing Partner, Church, Church, Hittle & Antrim, appointed by Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard
Judge Sarah Evans Barker, United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, appointed by Attorney General Steve Carter
Dr. Bobby Fong, President, Butler University, appointed by Attorney General Steve Carter
Berkley Duck, Chairman, Save the Prairie, Inc., appointed by Hamilton County Circuit Court Judge Judith S. Proffitt
Judge Thomas G. Fisher, Indiana Tax Court , appointed by Earlham College Board of Trustees Chairman Mark Myers
Morris Mills, Earlham College Board of Trustees, appointed by Earlham College Board of Trustees Chairman Mark Myers
The Foundation is one of the two new nonprofit boards established by the Conner Prairie Agreement reached last July between the Attorney General and Earlham College. Hamilton Superior Court Judge William Hughes approved the agreement in September.
The Attorney General is asking Judge Barker to lead the Foundation in its first organizational meeting. Carter is also asking board members to begin their work immediately with a first priority to appoint the initial members of the Museum Board.
The Conner Prairie Foundation Board will be responsible for managing the endowment assets, while the Conner Prairie Museum Board will be responsible for operating the museum.
The Museum Board of Directors would consist of eleven members selected by the Board of the Foundation. At least one Director would be selected from nominees made by each of the following organizations and officeholders:
· The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners
· The Mayor of Carmel
· The Town Council of Fishers
· The Governor of the State of Indiana
· The Mayor of Indianapolis
· The Board of the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association
· The Board of the Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau
· The Conner Prairie Alliance; and
· Earlham College (this is a direct appointment)
The Board of the Foundation would select two of its members to fill the remaining two directorships.
(Thanks to Marcia Oddi (http://www.indianalawblog.com/) for the link)
