Board of Trustees
Paving the Way Through Experience
As the governing board for the not-for-profit university, the Trine University Board of Trustees serve without compensation. *Designates Alumnus/a

Rick L. James*
Board Chair
Chairman/CEO
Metal Technologies Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2010

Keith E. Busse
Vice Chair
Chairman, Board of Directors
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2003

Lynn A. Brooks*
Board Treasurer
President and CEO (ret.)
Rieke Packaging Systems
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2007

Elizabeth F. Rooney
Board Secretary
Chief Marketing Officer
Loftie
New York, New York
Elected 2014

Jerry Allen*
Chair Emeritus
President
Conduit Space Recovery Systems LLC
Sarasota, Florida
Elected 1995

Dennis Argyle
Senior Vice President/CFO
Knight Facilities Management
Hope, Michigan
Elected 2025

Michael D. Axel
President
AMI Investment Management Inc.
Kendallville, Ind.
Elected 2020

John Counceller*
President
First Metals and Plastics
Columbus, Indiana
Elected 2025

William D. Dubois*
Founder and President (ret.)
Patriot Engineering and Environmental
Indianapolis, Indiana
Elected 2018

Kenneth R. Ehinger*
Founder and CEO of KRE Strategies, LLC
Coldwater, Michigan
Elected 2023

James P. Fabiani
Chairman and CEO
Fabiani & Company, LLC
McLean, Virginia
Elected 2001

David M. Findlay
President and CEO, Lake City Bank & Lakeland Financial Corp.
Warsaw, Indiana
Elected 2021

Alex Furth
Co-Founder, Partner, President
P2G Capital Partners, LLC
Miami, Florida
Elected 2025

Timothy J. Haffner
Partner
The Law Firm of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2016

Andrew R. Hein*
Founder and Partner, Crown Point Advisors LLC
Carmel, Indiana
Elected 2023

Rick Henvey
Chief Executive Officer
Parkview Health
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2017

Al McGee
Orthopedic Surgeon
ONE
Fort Wayne, IN
Elected 2026

Mark Music
President and CEO
Ruoff Mortgage
Fort Wayne, IN
Elected 2022

Richard L. Oeder*
Area Manager (ret.)
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Morrow, Ohio
Elected 1995

John B. Pellegrino Jr.
Co-Owner & Vice President of Manufacturing
Ridg-U-Rak, Inc.
Erie, Pennsylvania
Elected 2023

Derek S. Reiners
Senior Vice President/CFO (ret)
ONEOK, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Elected 2017

Larry E. Reiners*
Manager
ISTI Plant Services
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Elected 2009

Crystal (Hardesty) Sattler*
API Organic Synthesis Lead
Pfizer, Inc.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Elected 2025

Jason A. Stechschulte*
Business Development Manager
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Findlay, Ohio
Elected 2019

Sheri G. Trine
Executive Vice President
Vestil Manufacturing
Angola, Indiana
Elected 2010, 2025

Jeffrey L. Turner
Attorney at Law
Sr. VP and Corp. Sect. (ret.)
Metal Technologies, Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2019

Keith M. Turner*
Co-founder (ret.)
Metal Technologies, Inc.
Auburn, Indiana
Elected 2014

Sarah (Howe) Waidelich*
Partner
Honigman LLP
Detroit, Michigan
Elected 2025

Theresa E. Wagler
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Elected 2011
Trustees Emeriti
Dates denote years of Trustee service.
Dennis Kruse (2010-2022)
Auburn, Indiana
Stephen R. LaHood* (2004-2010; 2014-2020)
Sarasota, Fla.
Gary L. Ray* (1990-2002)
Chair Emeritus
Medina, Ohio
Clifford D. Ryan* (2009-2018)
Naples, Fla.
Jack A. Shaw (2010-2022)
Reunion, Fla.