The Indiana Citizen, a nonpartisan and nonprofit platform dedicated to empowering informed and engaged Hoosier citizens, extends sincere appreciation to our invaluable supporters. Guided by our esteemed Board of Directors, including co-founders Ann and Bill Moreau, and individuals like Jeanne Kelsay, Russell Cox, and Alan Mills, we are grateful for their visionary leadership.
Our committed staff, led by Co-founder and President Bill Moreau, Interim Editor Marilyn Odendahl, Editor Emeritus Kevin Morgan, and Director of Marketing Ben Hizer, has been instrumental in bringing our mission to fruition.
Special acknowledgment goes to our Contributing Writers—David Bangert, Barb Berggoetz, Bob Caylor, Steve Hinnefeld, Bill Theobald, and Janet Williams. Their insightful contributions have enriched our platform, fostering meaningful dialogue.
To each supporter, your belief in our cause propels us forward. Together, we continue to enhance civic engagement in Indiana and create a more informed community. Thank you for being an integral part of The Indiana Citizen family.
Below is list of our supporters. Our Founding Funders are in italic.
Timothy Abeska
Chris and Nancy Aldridge
Anonymous
Denise M. Arie
Robin Babbitt
Jody Banks
Cindy and Jim Barkley
Katrina and Frank Basile
Chris and Jessica Bayh
Steve Benz
Bill and Flor Bickel
Mary Blackburn
Adriane Blaesing
Jon Bonsall
Ann S. Borne
John Breen
John Brown
Mark Buckingham
Moira and Bill Carlstedt
Brian and Lisa Casey
Karen Celestino-Horseman
Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
Paul and Francie Corsaro
Jack and Karen Crane
Paul and Jennifer Cvar
Jodie Daugherty
Julie Del Genio
Louis Dezelan
Roy and Betty Dominguez
Greg Downes
Duke Energy Foundation
Mark and Patty Eble
Robin Elmerick
Danielle Falconer
Chris and Paje Felts
Christine Fitzpatrick
Virginia Forbes
Anita Fox
April Frazier
Karen Gahl-Mills
Sam Giesting
Marianne Glick and Mike Woods
David Goodrich
Jeanine Gozdecki
Mark and Meredith Gramelspacher
Barbara Green
Tom Guevara
Bonnie and Dan Hackler
Rashid and Katie Hallaway
John Hamilton
Sarah Harrell
Charles Harting
Ellen Healey
Brian and Louise Henderson
David Herzog
Benton Hizer
Becky Honeywell
Al and Kathy Hubbard
Matt Impink
The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF Affiliate
Marcia Root Jansen
TJ Jefferson
Marilyn A. Jones
Kelley Karn
Gregg and Jannett Keesling
Melina Kennedy
Mickey and Jenny Kim
Angela Carr Klitsch
John and Julia Koenig
John Krauss and Marnie Maxwell
Martha and Ned Lamkin
Mark Lawrance
Barbara Leeth
Alan and Mary Levin
Linda Lewis
Teresa and Mark Lubbers
Elizabeth Moreau Lusink and Baxter Lusink
Susan Mahoney
Marissa and Kim Manlove
Donna and Bill Marsh
Michael S. (Mickey) Maurer
William McConnell
Holly and Phil McKiernan
Kaye McSpadden
David and Lisa Meyers
Alan and Sally Mills
Lily Mollabashy
In memory of William D. Bickel and Col. (ret.) Donald W. Moreau
Greg and Joyce Morris
Kevin Murray
Edward W. Najam, Jr.
Julie and Jim Newland
Jane and Lewis Norman
Samuel Odle
Vop Osili
Sharon and Kirk Parr
Marie Christine Pence
Grant Peters
Matthew Pierce
Tom Pitman
Erika Powers
Ann Rak
Terri Reilly
Anne Reynolds
Sally Rideout
Jennifer Robinson
Marya and Tony Rose
Samerian Foundation, Inc.
Dennis and Cathy Saviano
Douglas Schoen
Eric and Jennifer Scroggins
Leah Seigel
Amy W. MacDonell and Randall T. Shepard
Herbert Simon Family Foundation
Bob and Helen Small
Jeff and Heather Smulyan
Jeremy Stephenson
Leonard Strickman
Brian and Mary Ann Sullivan
Janet and Kevin Sweet
Kip Tew
Alan and Ruth Ann Townsend
Tony and Suzanne Twist
Catherine A. Usher
Mark Varnau
Tom and Tina Vujovich
David and Susan Wantz
Sherry Watkins
Matt Wells
Susan and Brian Williams
Maura Sullivan Williams
Robin and Charlitta Winston
Erica Woebse
Dave Wortman and Melissa Greenwell
John Zody
Les Zwirn
Jennifer Westerhaus Adams
Pamela Altmeyer Alvey
Katie Anthony
Fred and Kathi Armstrong
Steve Badger
Trudy Banta
Matthew and Kellie Barr
Geralyn Basinski
Evan and Susan Bayh
Lois Berlin
Brad and Lindsey Bingham
Jean Blackwell
Kim Blanchet
Daniel L. Boots
Madeline Bornstein
Wesley Broquard
Dale Brown
Brian and Bethany Burdick
Jan Carroll
Elizabeth Casselman
Donna DeVault Clark
Kathleen Conterno
Russ and Mary Lou Cox
Helene and Bob Cross
Miriam Dant
Michelle Davis
Ann and Ed DeLaney
Dennis Dieken
Bruce Donaldson
Mary Downes
Charles R. Dunlap
Mollie Eley
Dan and Marilyn Evans
Kevin Faley
Richard Fields
George and Mary Fitzpatrick
Susan Foster
Andy Fraizer
Shaw and Greta Friedman
Amit Garg
Sue Anne Gilroy
Howard Gobstein
Nancy N. Gootee
Kirk Grable and Lori Barnhart
Kyle Grand
Julie Griffith
Jim and Sara Gutting
Diana Hadley
Jim Hallett
John Hammond and Diana Hamilton
Heather Harris
Jeffrey Haverly
Nicholas D. Heiny
Jane Henegar and Matt Gutwein
Eric Hessel
Cresswell A. Hizer
Matthew and Jody Hook
Benjamin Huddleston
Indiana REALTORS
Krisztina and Ken Inskeep
Brian Jarman
Martin and Patty Jischke
Clarke Kahlo
Steven Karn
Margo Kelly
Sheila Kennedy
Anne and Alan Kimbell
Don Knebel
Andrew Korty
Cynthia Kretz
Michael and Carrie Langellier
Barbara Lawrence
Rachel Lerman
Michael Levitan
Jan Lindemann
Judy Lumbert
Alexandra Lynch
David Maidenberg
Steven Mannheimer
David Mason
Mary McAteer
Harry McFarland
Cindy McKinney
Collin and Rose Meissner
Kendall Millard
Lauri Miro
Janet Moran
Katie Moreau and Dan Boritt
Peter Morse
John and Carolyn Mutz
Fred and Nancy Nation
Kent and Judy Newton
Sabra Northam
Bill Oesterle
Melinda Palmer
Kay Pashos and Neal Steinbart
Lu Pennal and Stan Mikosz
Amy and Bart Peterson
Jessamine Pilcher
David Poisson
Myrta Pulliam
Jeff Rasley
Gary Reiter
Robert and Carol Reynolds
Timothy Riffle and Sarah McConnell
Blake Roebuck
John and Susan Ross
Michael Sample and Jhani Laupus
Chris Scanlon
Peter Schroeder
Todd Sears
Charlotte Sellers
Pat and Lisa Shoulders
Vi Simpson and Bill McCarty
Joanne Smith
Ann M. Stack
Joni Sterne
Robert and Jenny Strohmeyer
Frank and Cheryl Sullivan
Ellen Szarleta
Jill Long Thompson
Marilyn Moran-Townsend and Bill Townsend
Jerimi Ullom
Kevin and Stephene VandenBrink
David Vice
Denise Wagner
Amy Conrad Warner
Adrienne Watson
Trish Whitcomb
Julia Whitehead
Eric Williams
Diane Willis and Clyde Lee
Mitzi and Tom Witchger
Carter Wolf
David and Stephanie Wright
Greg and Kerrie Zoeller
Mary Jo Zygmond
African American Community Fund of St. Joseph County
David Anderson
Dan and Kate Appel
Rebecca Aurand
Vicky Bailey
Charles Bantz and Sandra Petronio
Jennifer Barth
Sarah J. Batt
Alison Becker
Neil Berman
Judy and Jon Birge
Marvin Blade
David and Ann Bochnowski
Gabor and Liz Boritt
Barbara Bosch
JoAnn Brouillette
Randy Brown
Craig Burkhardt
David Carter
Beth and Fred Cate
Hillary Close
Kevin Corcoran
Chelsea Haring-Cozzi and Anthony Cozzi
Julie Crow
Janilyn Daub
Susan Guyett and David Dawson
Kathleen DeLaney
Jan Diggins
Rosemary Dorsa
Amy Dudas
Claudia Earls
Niel and Karen Ellerbrook
Teresa Exline
Jim Falkiner
David Findlay
Kevin and Anna Flynn
Franklin College
Frost Brown Todd PAC
Lou and Ty Gerig
Kathy Glade
Michael and Rita Goldenberg
Richard and Laurie Gordon
Dwight Graham
Bob and Melody Grand
Sean Griggs
John W. Guy
Greg Hahn
Carey Hamilton
Nancy and Marshall Hanley
David Harris
Zoe Hayes
Linda Heitzman
Hendricks County Community Foundation
Jan Hise
William Hogg
Martha and John David Hoover
Lisa Huffman
Indiana State Teachers Association
Dwayne Isaacs
Kyle Jaros
Stephen Joiner
Bob Kobek
Kassem/Davis/Colten Families
Jeanne and Rod Kelsay
Maggie Kernan
John and Kathryn Kish
Jennifer Knebel
Alison Kothe
Sarah Kuhny
Ann Latscha
Bob and Peggy Lazard
Nancy Lesser
Bonnie Lewis
Jessica Lindemann
Lumina Foundation
Barbara MacDougall
John Maley
Janet Mansfield
Kristine Matel
Jim and Jane McClelland
Tim and Jane McGinley
Will and Sherry McLauchlan
Owen (Bud) and Chris Melton
Les Miller
Judith Mishler
Marilyn Moran-Townsend
Linda Moreau
Wayne Moss
Rufus (Bud) Myers
Tim Nation
John Niemeyer
Jackie Nytes and Michael O’Brien
John Olivieri
Nancy Papas
Brian and Gail Payne
Peoples Bank
Tonya Pfaff
Aja May Pirtle
James and Kathryn Poole
Jeff and Julie Qualkinbush
Donna Reed
Reuben Family Foundation
Stephen Reynolds
Jay and Brenda Rigdon
Randy Rompola
Lev Rothenberg
Trent Sandifur
Jim and Laura Schellinger
Steve and Brynne Schultz
David and Donna Sease
Joan SerVaas and Larry Roan
Jefferson Scott Shreve
Ona Sircy-Dunaway
Mike and Sue Smith
Rich and Janet Starkey
Jane Ade Stevens and Roger Stevens
Kevin Strunk
John Sullivan
Donald Tanselle
John Tinder
Mark Townsend
Universal Roofing, LLC
Emily and Adam VanOsdol
Elliot Vice
Katherine Walker
Linda and Randy Warner
Paul Weber
Gary Wiggins
Janet Williams
David Willkie
Roberta Witchger
Steve Wolff
Christopher and Simone Yeomans
Lisa and Kurt Zorn
Beverly Agnew
Kristin Anderson
Courtney Arango
Edward Ayoob
Nathan and Mary Beth Baker
Ken and Sarah Barker
Chris Barton
In Memory of Senators Birch E. Bayh, Jr. and Richard G. Lugar
Susan Belton
Kevin W. Betz
Janice Black
Bob Blaemire
Jacob Bonifield
Jim and Laurie Borman
Jay and Laurie Boyd
Michael and Susan Brouillette
Michael Browning
Amy Burklow
Dan J. Carwile
Nick Catino
Roberta Cohen
Coriden Glover, LLC
Mark Crandley
CSO Architects
Kathy and John Davis
Terry Dawson
Andrew Detherage
Thomas and Nancy Dinwiddie
Christina Dow
Clifford Duggan Jr.
Joe Eaton
Melody Ellert
Phil Faccenda
Nate Feltman
John Fischer
Andrew Fogle
Trevor and Whitney Foughty
Terry Franzman
Joseph Fullenkamp
Douglas and Cheryl Gettlefinger
Fred and Barb Glass
Cheryl Gonzalez
John Goss
Susan Graham
Ann Grayson
Michael Grubbs
Lena Hackett
Rick and Tami Hall
Inge M. Van der Cruysse and David F. Hamilton
John and Vicki Hardin
Rina Harris
Randy Haymaker
Paul Helmke
Brandt Hershman
Barbara Hiser
Susan Holewinski
Mary Ann Hope
Indiana Humanities
Indianapolis Colts Players’ Action Fund for Equality
Pamella Jahnke
Tim Jeffers
Christian Jones
Randal Kaltenmark
Ronald Katz
Evan Kelsay and Erin McLaughlin
Nick Kile
Andrew Klein
Michael Knight
Bob Kraft
John Kyle
Joan Laudeman
Tom and Robin Ledyard
Christine and David Letts
Jeff Lewis
Joe and Susan Loftus
Donald Lundberg
Peg Maginn
Jeff and Julie Mallamad
Morton J. Marcus
Beverly Matthews
Marian and Bill McClellan
Muffet McGraw
Sarah McNaught
Bill and Jane Merrill
Ron Miller
Sallie Jo Mitzell
Ann and Bill Moreau
Madelyn and Kevin Morgan
John L. Murphy
Vickie Myers
Network for Good
John Noel
Michael and Anne O’Connor
Alex and Katie Orlowski
Bill and Bernie Paradise
Ben Pearlman
Frank Perri
Diane and Hud Pfeiffer
Barb Pitman
Kathi and Bob Postlethwait
Brad Queisser
Rebecca Reeder
Candice Reuben
Charles Richardson
Dan and Lisa Riley
Terri Roney
Mark Rust
Chris Sautter
John and Konnie Schlechte
Richard Schwartz
Gene and Joanne Sease
Theresa Setka
William Shrewsberry
Cynthia Simon Skjodt
Monica Brownewell Smith
Travis Stegemoller
John Stevens
Anthony Sullivan
Robert Herzog and Kay Swank-Herzog
Michael and Elizabeth Terry
Betty Tonsing
Wayne Turner
University of Notre Dame
Nancy Van Arsdall and Mary Gaul
Jennifer and Gary Vigran
Michael E. Wallace
Jennifer Washburn
Barbara Wellnitz
Curt Wiley and Priscilla Fossum
Mark and Maura Williams
Marguerite Winslow
William Witchger
Carolyn Woo
Rose Young
Sally Zweig