Meet the BEDC Board of Directors

Executive Committee

  • Tyce Carmichael
    Chair
    Weddle Brothers Construction Companies
  • Valerie Peña
    1st Vice Chair
    IU University Relations
  • Paul Quick
    2nd Vice Chair
    Smithville Communications
  • John Gernand
    Treasurer
    FORVIS
  • Ron Walker
    Secretary
    CFC Properties
  • Sarah Rogers
    Immediate Past Chair
    IU Credit Union

BEDC Governance

An executive committee composed of the current BEDC officers, as well as some emeritus officers who guide the BEDC's work.

  • Monroe County Commissioner Penny Githens
  • Monroe County Council member Jennifer Crossley
  • City of Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson
  • City of Bloomington Council member Isak Asare
  • Town of Ellettsville Manager Michael Farmer
  • Town of Ellettsville Council member William Ellis

Board Members

  • Bailey & Weiler Design + Build
  • Big Red Liquors
  • Bloomington Board of Realtors
  • Building Associates
  • CarminParker, PC
  • Cassady Electrical Contractors
  • CenterPoint Energy
  • CENTURY 21 Scheetz
  • CFC Properties
  • City of Bloomington
  • Comcast
  • Comprehensive Financial Consultants
  • Cook Medical
  • Duke Energy
  • E&B Paving/Irving Materials, Inc
  • Electric Plus
  • First Financial Bank
  • Folia
  • FORVIS
  • German American Bank
  • Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
  • Harrell-Fish, Inc (HFI)
  • Hoosier Energy
  • Hoosier Hills Credit Union
  • Hurlow Wealth Management Group, Inc
  • Hylant
  • Indiana University
  • IU Credit Union
  • IU Health Bloomington
  • Ivy Tech Community College - Bloomington
  • Ivy Tech Community College
  • Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Monroe County Airport
  • Monroe County Commissioners
  • Monroe County Council
  • Novo Holdings (Formerly Catalent BioPharma Solutions)
  • Old National Bank
  • Oliver Winery
  • Owen County State Bank
  • PHOENIX
  • RE/MAX Realty Professionals
  • Rogers Group, Inc
  • Rogers Group Investments, Inc
  • Rumpke
  • Simtra BioPharma Solutions
  • Smithville Communications
  • South Central Indiana REMC
  • Storage Express
  • The Peoples State Bank
  • Town of Ellettsville
  • Trinitas Ventures
  • TRISTAR
  • VET Environmental Engineering
  • Visit Bloomington
  • Weddle Bros. Construction Companies

General Members

  • Acacia Investments LLC & TEXIN LLC
  • Baird
  • Bill C. Brown Associates
  • Bloomington Health Foundation
  • Bloomington Meadows Hospital
  • Bloomington Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Blue Ace Media
  • Blue & Co., LLC
  • Bynum Fanyo & Associates, Inc
  • Cardon
  • Cancer Support Community
  • Constellation Stage & Screen
  • Downtown Bloomington, Inc
  • Even Automation
  • F.A. Wilhelm Construction
  • F.C. Tucker/Bloomington Realtors
  • Figg Property Group, LLC
  • First Financial Bank
  • Force Construction Company, Inc
  • Great West Casualty Company
  • ISU Insurance Services The May Agency
  • John Bethell Title Company
  • J.S. Held
  • Keystone Construction
  • Loren Wood Builders
  • Matrix Integration
  • Milestone Contractors
  • NSWC Crane
  • Patriot Engineering and Environmental, Inc
  • Polycor
  • Proveli
  • Public Investment Corporation
  • Resource MFG
  • Schmidt Associates
  • Singota Solutions
  • Smith Design Group
  • Sponsel CPA Group, LLC
  • STUDIOAxis
  • Tabor/Bruce Architecture & Design Inc
  • TASUS
  • The Language Conservancy (TLC)
  • The Herald Times
  • The Mill
  • The Wilds
  • Warrant Technologies
  • Wininger Construction
  • WS Property Group

Special Members

  • Indiana Small Business Development Center
  • Monroe County Community School Corp
  • Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corp
  • Regional Opportunity Initiatives
  • Community Foundation of Bloomington & Monroe County
  • United Way of Monroe County
  • WorkOne South Central