University of Southern Indiana

The USI Board of Trustees elected officers for the year at the Trustees annual meeting in July.

Bruce Baker, Newburgh Health Care Center owner, is chair.

Baker was appointed to the Board in 1989, and he was re-appointed in 1991, 1995, 1999, and 2003.

He was vice chair and chaired the Finance Committee from 1990 through 1992. From 1992 to 1997, he was chair of the Board. He was named vice chair, chairing the Long-Range Planning Committee from 1997 to 2006.

Baker has represented the Board of Trustees on the USI Foundation Board from 1997 to the present, and he represented the Board of Trustees on the USI/NH Foundation Board from 1993 through 1997.

Vice chairs are Frank F. McDonald II ’73 and James L. Will, Sr., both of Evansville. McDonald is chair of the Finance/Audit Committee and Will leads the Long-Range Planning Committee.

Lauren C. Fultz ’07, the student member of the Board from Seymour, Indiana, is secretary.

Governor Mitch Daniels has made four appointments to the Board of Trustees. The new members are:

Harold Calloway of Evansville, . Calloway is an agent with State Farm Insurance and former director of student financial assistance at USI.

John Dunn of Evansville, CEO of Dunn Hospitality Group and former chairman of the USI Foundation Board

Jeff Knight of Evansville, executive vice president, chief legal counsel and corporate secretary for Old National Bank

Amy MacDonell of Indianapolis, historic preservationist, community volunteer and former chair of the Indiana Main Street Council

Terms for Calloway, Dunn, and MacDonell end July 1, 2010. The term for Jeff Knight, who is taking the place of Louise Bruce, who has resigned as a trustee, ends July 1, 2007. He will be eligible for reappointment. Others leaving the board are G. Patrick Hoehn of Jeffersonville, J. David Huber of Evansville, and Harolyn G. Torain of Indianapolis.

The USI board has nine trustees and must include one alumnus of the University, one current student, and one resident of Vanderburgh County. Trustee terms are for four years, except for the student term, which is two years.