Brittany Hall

Board President

President & CEO, Fort Wayne Philharmonic

ACRES Executive & Governance Committee

Chair, ACRES Finance & HR Committee

ACRES Member since 2022

Jill Noyes

Board Vice President

Assistant Professor of Humanities and Communications, Trine University

ACRES Executive & Governance Committee

ACRES Stewardship & Protection Committee

ACRES member since 2005, Lifetime Member

Scott E. Mattson, DO

Board Vice President

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine

Cardiologist, Indiana University Health

ACRES Executive & Governance Committee

ACRES Advancement Committee

ACRES member since 2012, Lifetime Member

Veronica Mertz

Board Treasurer

V.P. of Administration, Brightpoint

ACRES Executive & Governance Committee

ACRES Finance / HR Committee

ACRES Member since 2021

Daniel L. Ernst, PLA, ASLA

Board Secretary

V.P., Earth Source Inc.

ACRES Executive & Governance Committee

ACRES Stewardship & Protection Committee

ACRES member since 2010

Shannon Connors

Attorney, Shambaugh, Kast, Beck & Williams LLP

ACRES Advancement Committee

ACRES member since 2016

Dick Donovan

ACRES member since 2025

Alexis Hathaway

Environmental Planner/Grant Administrator, Northeast Indiana Regional Coordinating Council

ACRES Advancement Committee

ACRES Stewardship & Protection Committee

ACRES member since 2024

Jeri Kornegay

Retired, Public Relations Director, Manchester University

ACRES Executive & Governance Committee

Chair, ACRES Advancement Committee

ACRES member since 2008

Sara Manning

Marketing Specialist, WebPro Productions

ACRES Advancement Committee

ACRES member since 2020

Jordan Marshall

Professor, Purdue University Fort Wayne

ACRES Stewardship & Protection Committee

ACRES member since 2023

John P. Michaels

Independent Controller, Baugher CPA Group

ACRES Finance & HR Committee

ACRES member since 2022

Melissa Rinehart, PhD

Cultural Anthropologist

ACRES Advancement Committee

ACRES member since 2023

Rick Samek

Retired, attorney, Carson, LLP

ACRES member since 1993

Al Spice

Retired, Location Manager, Pioneer, Seed Corn Production

Stewardship & Protection Committee

ACRES member since 2021

Terry Thornsbury

Owner & Principal Architect, Viridian Architectural Design, Inc.

Chair, ACRES Stewardship & Protection Committee

ACRES Executive & Governance Committee

ACRES member since 2010