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Thanks to The Boren Foundation, and Jack and Karen Kay Leonard for making this website possible. 

IKE Leadership

Board of Directors

Since September 6, 2004

 

  •       Richard M. Van Frank – President – Secretary of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and A.W. Butler Audubon Society, and Member of EPA’s Title V Advisory Committee - vanfrank@ikecoalition.org

  •       Dr. Bill Beranek – Vice-President – Executive Director of Indiana Environmental Institute

  •       Dr. Jack Leonard – Treasurer – President of Environmental Management Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana

  •       Dr. Indra Frank – Secretary -- Pathologist and Chair of Health and Environment Committee for the Hoosier Environmental Council in Indianapolis, Indiana

  •       Dr. John Ellis -- Medical Director, M Plan

  •       Senator Beverly Gard – Chair of Senate Environmental Committee in the Indiana General Assembly from Greenfield, Indiana

  •       Dr. Stephen Jay – Chair of Department of Public Health at the Indiana University School of Public Health in Indianapolis, Indiana

  •       Dr. Marc Lame – Professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Bloomington, Indiana

  •       TaNaisha Lee – Masters Degree Student at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs from Michigan City, Indiana

  •       Dr. Rae Schnapp – Water Policy Director of Hoosier Environmental Council and Wabash Riverkeeper in Lafayette, Indiana

  •             Dr. Fred Whitford – Coordinator of Purdue Pesticide Programs at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana         

Staff

Janet G. McCabe, JD, Executive Director

  • Attorney licensed to practice law in Indiana and graduate from Harvard Law School.

  • More than twenty years of experience protecting public health and the environment. 

  • Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Air Quality at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management from 1998 to 2005.   As Assistant Commissioner, she oversaw all aspects of Indiana’s air pollution control programs, including rulemaking, permitting, monitoring, inspections, and outreach.  Her office also included Indiana’s asbestos and lead-based paint activities programs. 
  • Branch Chief for the Office Of Air Quality at IDEM from 1993 to 2003

  • Before coming to Indiana in 1993, Ms. McCabe served as Assistant Attorney General for environmental protection for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Assistant Secretary for Environmental Impact Review overseeing environmental impact revised of major public and private projects.

  • Contact Information:   317-902-3610 or mccabe@ikecoalition.org

Sandy Wampler, Director of Healthy Schools Program

Thomas G. Neltner, J.D., CHMM, Former Executive Director and Supporter

  • Attorney and a chemical engineer with experience in state government, academia, non-profit organizations, chemical manufacturing, and corporate environmental affairs.
  • Former Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
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  • Co-founder of the Indiana Recycling Coalition and the Environmental Management Institute (a non-profit chemical safety training organization)
  • Photo of Mr. Neltner
  • Contact Information:  317-442-3973 or mccabe@ikecoalition.org

 

Part-Time Staff

  • January E. Jones
  • Linda Smeltzer
  • Elizabeth Wilson