February 19, 2008

Chamber of Commerce

Wells County Chamber of Commerce
The Wells County Chamber of Commerce serves all of Wells County including countywide Economic Development and Revitalization The Chamber office is at 211 West Water St., Bluffton, phone 824-0510 and fax 824-5871.
Suzanne Huffman is the Chamber Director and Secretary for the Board. Mike Row is the Economic Development Director.
2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Phil Swain, President. National City Bank, 304 W. Market St. Bluffton 46714 (260) 824-2510 phil.swain@nationalcity.com
Tom Clark, Vice President Bluffton Regional Med Ctr., 303 S. Main Street Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-3210 tclark@bluffton-regional.com
Trent Bucher, Treasurer. Honegger, Ringger & Co. 1905 N. Main St., Box 254 Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-4107 tbucher@hrc-cpa.com
Tamra Boucher, past President. Bluffton Regional Med. Center, 303 S. Main St. Bluffton 46714 (260) 824-3210 tboucher@bluffton-regional.com
Jim Beckstein, Ossian Development Corp., 8529 N. 200W-90, Markle, IN 46770 (260) 638-4673 jbeckmill@aol.com
Paul Bonham, County Commissioner, 5656 W. State Rd. 124 -90, Huntington, IN 46750 (260) 694-6106 pnbonham@citznet.com
Sharice Bowen, Town of Uniondale, P.O. Box 48, Uniondale, IN 46791 (260) 543-2542 Bowen@adamswells.com
Don Bricker, Town of Vera Cruz, P.O. Box 482, Bluffton, IN 46714 (260) 565-3478 camelot@adamswells.com
Pete Cole, County Council President, 2559 W 300 S, Box 222, Liberty Center, IN 46766, (260) 747-6151 pcole@phdinc.com
Mayor Ted Ellis, City of Bluffton, 128 E. Market St. Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-1520 tedellis@parlorcity.com
Judy Emshwiller, Area 18 CTE Director, 1 Tiger Trail, Bluffton, IN 46714 (260) 824-4602 jemshwiller@bhmsd.k12.in.us
Brian Foster, The Inventure Group, 705 W. Dustman Rd., Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-2800 brian.foster@inventuregroup.net
Lu Ann Garton, Pretzel’s, Inc. P.O. Box 503 Bluffton 46714 (260) 824-4838 luann@pretzels-inc.com
Paul Grandlienard, MarkleBank, P.O. Box 595, Markle, IN 46770, (888) 758-3111 pgrandlienard@marklebank.com
Alan Gunkel, Wells Fargo Bank, 101 S. Main St., Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-0910 alan.j.gunkel@wellsfargo.com
Brent Hiday, Hiday Motors, 1791 N. State Rd. 1 Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-1931 bhiday@onlyinternet.net
Joe Kober, Kober Farms, 1371 S 500 W, Liberty Center, IN 46766 (260) 694-6368 kober@onlyintermet.net
Mike Lampton, Farm Bureau Insurance, P.O. Box 353, Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-2234 michael.lampton@infarmbureau.com
Darcy Long, Town of Markle, P.O. Box 367, Markle, IN 46770, (260) 758-3193, townmanager@longviewcomm.net
Luann Martin, Town of Ossian 507 N. Jefferson, Ossian, IN 46777 (260) 622-4251 ossiantownmanager@comcast.net
David Morrison, Ossian State Bank, 102 N. Jefferson St., Ossian IN 46777 (260) 622-4141 dmorrison@ossianstatebank.com
Ray Paxson, Raymond James & Associates P.O. Box 274 Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-8070 raymond.paxson@raymondjames.com
Gregg Reed, Reed's Andy's Carwash, 1930 N. Main St., Bluffton, IN 46714 (260) 824-3022
Roy Schoeff, Town of Poneto, P.O. Box 61, Poneto, IN 46781, (260) 694-6602 rdshoeff@citznet.com
Rick Singer, Buckhorn, Inc., 785 S. Decker St., Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-0997 rsinger@buckhorninc.com
Terry Troxel, First Bank of Berne, 404 N. Main St. Bluffton, 46714 (260) 824-9982 terryt@bankofberne.com
Gary Ward, Franklin Electric Co., Inc., 400 E. Spring St., Bluffton, IN 46714, (260) 824-2900 gward@fele.com

Ossian Development Corporation
Gene Donaghy, president; PO Box 365, Ossian IN 46777. Jim Beckstein, vice president; Scott Mills, Jim Brewer, treasurer; Greg Roembke, Jeff Souder, Brad Pursley, Luann Martin, Edward J. Goetz, Jr., Jonathon A. Neuenschwander; Mike Row (Non-voting), director of the Wells County Chamber of Commerce.

Markle Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC)
The Markle Business & Community Association and the Markle Economic Development Organization have merged to become the Markle Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC). The officers are: President -- Jeff Humbarger, phone 758-3111; Vice President -- Jeff Stockman; Secretary -- Linda Beck; Treasurer -- Linda Reed. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at various locations around Markle.