650 West North Street | PO Box 111 | Auburn, Indiana 46706 | 260.925.0311

Steering Committee
The work of the Learning Link Steering Committee is to:
- Maintain and increase the community’s involvement in determining DeKalb County’s long-term learning goals;
- Receive and act upon community input;
- Support the action teams’ development of tools for measuring progress;
- Assure continued adherence to working in new ways rather than reverting to the traditional and familiar ways that have been less than effective;
- Be accountable to the community for results and outcomes; and
- Perform these duties while always objectively considering what is best for the overall vision of the community rather than the interests of any one segment of the community.
2011 Steering Committee Members
| Don Allison | Founding member, DeKalb County Community Foundation |
| Jeff Burns | Campbell and Fetter Bank; Board member, DeKalb County Community Foundation |
| Sherry Grate Ed.D. | Superintendent, DeKalb County Central United School District |
| Kelly Knox | Director, DeKalb County Chamber Partnership |
| Julie Hill-Lauer | United Way of DeKalb County |
| Charles Schmidt | President, DeKalb County HOPE, Inc. |
| Karen Sharpnack | Executive Director, YMCA of DeKalb County |
| Jeffrey Turner | Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, Metal Technologies |
| W. Erik Weber | Steering Committee Chair, Mefford, Weber and Blythe, P.C.; Board member, DeKalb County Community Foundation |
| Norman Yoder |
Mayor of Auburn
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| Wayne Funk | President, WLF Packaging Enterprises |
| Mary Simcox | DeKalb County Community Foundation Board |
