Community Corrections Advisory Board

MEETING DATES - 2024
March 7, 2024 12:00 p.m. Government Building Rooms A&B
June 6, 2024 12:00 p.m. Government Building Rooms A&B
September 5, 2024 12:00 p.m. Government Building Rooms A&B
December 5, 2024 12:00 p.m. Government Building Rooms A&B

Executive Committee

February 7, 2024 1:00 p.m. Government Building Room C
May 8, 2024 1:00 p.m. Government Building Room C
August 7, 2024 1:00 p.m. Government Building Room C
November 6, 2024 1:00 p.m. Government Building Room C
 
BOARD MEMBERS
 

Gregory Hockemeyer

Chairperson

Attorney

Myers Hockemeyer & McNagny LLP

116 Chauncey St.

Columbia City, IN 46725

(260) 248-2224

[email protected]

Judge Matthew J. Rentschler

Vice Chairperson

Circuit Court Judge with Juvenile Jurisdiction

Whitley County Circuit Court

101 W. Van Buren St.

Columbia City, IN 46725

(260) 248-3115

[email protected]

Judge Douglas Fahl
Superior Court Judge
Whitley County Superior Court
101 W. Van Buren St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 248-3119
D. J. Sigler Jr.
Whitley County Prosecuting Attorney
Whitley County Prosecutor's Office
101 W. Van Buren St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 244-3000
Jason Spencer
County Sheriff
Whitley County Sheriff's Department
101 W. Market St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 244-6410
Ed Beber
Chief Probation Officer
Whitley County Probation Office
101 W. Van Buren St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 248-3117
Anthony Churchward
Criminal Defense Attorney
116 E. Berry St.
Suite 500
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
(260) 428-2205
Elizabeth A. Deckard
Attorney
Lay Person
Bloom Gates Shipman & Whiteleather LLP
P.O. Box 807
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 248-8900
Ian Desch
Juvenile Probation Officer
Whitley County Probation Office
101 W. Market St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 248-3117
Lindsey A. Grossnickle
Attorney
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
Whitley County Court House
101 W. Market St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 244-2321
Amanda Herendeen
Director of the Division of Family and Children
Indiana Department of Child Services
115 S. Line St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260-244-6531
James Heuer
Senior Judge
Lay Person
Whitley County Superior and Circuit Court
101 W. Van Buren St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 248-3115
Tim Kumfer
County Fiscal Body Member
857 Emancipation Court
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 609-3760
Mista Lauber
Mental Health Administrator
Bowen Center
119 W. Market St. 
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 248-8176
Bob Lotter
Educator
Lay Person
110 W. Ellsworth St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 248-2437
Gary Parrett
Columbia City Police Chief
Mayor's Office Designee
112 S. Chauncey St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 248-5120
Sharon Persons
Lay Person
516 Spencer St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
Jennifer Reiff
Educational Administrator
Columbia City High School
600 N. Whitley St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 244-6136
Carolyn M. Ross
Business Owner / Victim
601 Countryside Dr.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 244-4999
Michael D. Schrader
Public Safety
Lay Person
700 E. Keiser Rd.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 244-7560
John Barrett
County Fiscal Body Member
8944 E South Circle Dr.
Churubusco, IN 46723
(260) 450-7821
Chad Banks
Commissioner
Whitley County
220 W Van Buren St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(260) 244-2378
Kurt Lehman
Ex-Offender
7007 Mangrove Lane
Fort Wayne, IN 46835
(260) 610-8568
Nancy Prickett
Lay Person
Whitley County DFR
543-B North Line St.
Columbia City, IN 46725
(800) 403-0864

                                                



                                              

                                                                   

                                                                           

                                                                      

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