Duke Bennett

Previously:

Director of Operations
Hamilton Center, Inc.

Systems Manager
Applied Computing Devices

Justin Campbell

Highly accomplished, success-driven professional offering over 12 years of financial and sales industry experience.
Excelled at every company and every level.
Received multiple top producer awards/honors.
Over 6 years of Financial Services/Banking Management Experience

Specialties:

Small Business Development
P&L management
Loan production
Loan decisioning
Management
Customer service
Sales

Ken Eitel

Eitel's great-grandfather John began the family's fourth-generation floral business in Greencastle in 1908. Ken worked for 16 years in retail sales, sales management and advertising for Horace Link home furnishings business in Greencastle before he and his wife Jackie bought the family business in 1980. Eitel's Flowers & Gifts was operated by Ken and Jackie for 31 years before they sold the business in 2011.

Eitel's rich family history of entrepreneurship is one he is proud to share. In 2009 the Eitel family established an Ivy Tech scholarship honoring Ken's great-grandfather, John Eitel. The scholarship, which is administered by the Putnam County Community Foundation, is given to students at Ivy Tech-Greencastle. Its purpose is to encourage students to pursue careers in business innovation, entrepreneurship and civic leadership and it is named the Eitel Family Scholarship for Entrepreneurship and Civic Leadership.

Stacey Thacker

Stacey Thacker founded Art Totality, LLC in April of 2009 because of her love for the arts, family, friends and community.

Samantha Penney

Samantha has worked for over eight years in the education industry and has experience in distance education, online education, and instructional technology. She has management and teaching experience in both career and higher education fields. Other areas of experience are distance education policy development and implementation, faculty development and training, administered learning management systems and various software programs, and instructional design.

She has a M.A.Ed from Austin Peay State University in the area of Instructional Technology and post graduate work at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also has a M.A. in Mass Communications from the University of South Dakota and a BA in Journalism from South Dakota State University.

She has presented at various conferences and holds memberships in USDLA, and WCET.

Specialties:

Her research interests include the use of benchmarks with program evaluation, the development of program evaluation models, andragogy, and the use of social collaborative and other technologies in education.

Evan Lunsford

"I graduated in May 2010 with an undergraduate degree in Financial Services, and a minor in Insurance. Indiana State's College of Business is second to none, and my experiences there have laid the foundation for my career in the financial services industry. I am proud to be a Sycamore, and proud to say I graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors."

Samantha McGranahan

With my enthusiasm to make this something I could do everyday, I spent every waking hour educating myself, shooting and looking for ways that I could expand this into a full-time job. I spent nearly 6 years photographing sessions and weddings on the side of a full-time job, and even had my very first studio space in downtown Terre Haute that I put all my heart and soul into after I would put my time in at my "real job".

In 2006 I made the scary decision to jump in head-first. I officially started my own business. I was pregnant, just bought a house and said good-bye to my steady paycheck. The pressure could not have been more ON to make this really happen. Through many stages of growth, I helped introduce the Wabash Valley to a lifestyle approach to documenting people's most amazing milestones and was greeted with support and excitement from those who I put in front of my lens. Since that date, our studio has photographed hundreds of sessions per year (including families, seniors and boudoir sessions) and on October 13, 2012 we photographed our 200th wedding. It has been an amazing 6 years.

Every step of the way in building the Roxy Studio, I knew one thing. My favorite part about being a photographer wasn't even about taking pictures. It was the indescribable feeling that someone gets when they see beautiful images of themselves.

Levi McGranahan

The early days were fun days. It wasn’t about annual billings and awards: we were simply thrilled to do the work. This open-arms approach fostered creativity and enthusiasm. Even with our continued growth, we try to not view ourselves as an established, rigid agency. We’ve purposely avoided the traditional walls and layers of a larger agency — at any given time, it’s easy to see who is working on what, and where collaboration could help. The start-up mentality is also a financial one. Our net margin is above the industry average, not because we over-charge or rush the work, but because we’ve learned that it’s easier to spend less than sell more.

Hannah Pruitt

Hannah Farmer-Pruitt grew up in Southern Terre Haute. Just recently married Hannah has been a part of the WTWO and WAWV family since December 2010. Hannah is a graduate of Ivy Tech College with a Associate of Science in Business Administration. Other experiences included various Marketing Groups, Social Media Marketing, Radio Advertising, and Numerous Networking Groups as well as a member of the Terre Haute Young Leaders and Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce Ambassador.

Doug Edge

After college Jeff Boone and I opened Cowpokes Western Outfitters in Anderson, IN. The store continues to be a great success. I am no longer involved but Jeff and I stay in touch. I left the western retail business to pursue radio. I did news talk in the mornings on WHBU in Anderson for a few years. I became General Manager of WHBU and WAXT and helped put a sale together with several other station in the Muncie, IN area.

I taught as an adjunct faculty member at Ball State a few radio/tv classes. While at Ball State, and still in radio, I began working on a .com business venture. It failed badly but I probably learned more from that than anything I have ever done.

I latter started Edge Marketing to focus on helping businesses grow revenue. This lead me back into radio. I helped launch a Business Talk Radio Network, produced a few syndicated shows and began consulting a group of stations in Terre Haute. In 2005 I became General Manager of the Crossroads Radio Stations.

In January of 2010 I joined Nexstar Broadcasting's stations WTWO and WAWV in Terre Haute as the Local Sales Manager and host of Valley Showcase. In March of 2010 I developed Valley Business Weekly for FOX 38 and began hosting the show. It continues to air on the new WAWV ABC.

We have a small farm near heart of Covered Bridge country in the Northern part of Vigo County. My wife and two boys enjoy raising sheep, playing sports and being active in Church, 4H and FFA.

Specialties

internet marketing, radio consulting, radio show syndication, new station launches, social media, keyword search marketing, management, sales consulting, tv advertising, tv show host

David Robinson

Education

•B.S.: University of Wisconsin
•M.B.A.: Indiana University
•Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin

Teaching Interests

•Entrepreneurship, Strategy and International Management

Steve Pontius

Tim Hennessey

Tim Hennessy is a native of Terre Haute and a graduate of Indiana State University.

Tim Hennessy started at WTWO in February of 1997. In that time he has worked as a News Production Director, Creative Services Producer, Account Executive, Local Sales Manager and currently holds the position of eMedia Manager and Webmaster for mywabashvalley.com.

Tim is active in our community serving on the Board of Directors for the Council On Domestic Abuse (CODA) as well as that board's Marketing Committee Chair and as an appointed member to the Vigo County Park Board.

Jack Gilfoy

Julie Hart

Dr. David Robinson

Dan DeBard

Bryan Jackson

I am a Human Resources Professional with 10 years experience in building quality organizational culture for desired business results. I utilize my HR experience to help attract, develop and retain key talent to contribute to a company's efficiency, growth and profitability.

I am very interested in social networking and the effect it has on businesses and business models.

Specialties: Organizational Development, Employee Relations, Employee Policy Development, HRIS, Culture Management, Market-Driven Connectivity, Driving Positive Organizations, Social Networking, Web Development, MySql Databases

Tim Pulliam

Scott McCullough

Scott graduated from high school in Decatur, IL and graduated from Indiana State University in 1978 with a Major in Finance and a Minor in Accounting. He is an alum of the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, WI and has taught classes for Ivy Tech and AIB relating to accounting & banking.

Scott was employed by First Financial Bank, NA in Terre Haute for 34 years before joining Terre Haute Savings Bank in 2008. While at First, his roles included being a Credit Analyst, Commercial Loan Officer, Loan Review Officer, and as a Director of a couple of their affiliate Banks. Responsibilities included monitoring the underwriting and approval of commercial loans, assessing the adequacy of the Allowance for Loan Losses, identifying and quantifying the risk within the loan portfolio and assessing the asset quality of potential Bank acquisitions.

Presently, Scott is responsible for the loan portfolio at Terre Haute Savings Bank which includes originating and servicing a commercial loan portfolio as well as monitoring the mortgage & consumer portfolios, asset quality, profitability, and problem loan resolution/disposal.

Scott resides with his wife in Terre Haute as do thier two children and four grandsons.

Shelley Klingerman

Gagan Dhillon

Gagan Dhillon is a 21 year old whose spent the last 16 months of his life working to build Cause.it, a mobile platform created to help organizations better connect with donors and volunteers.

Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area Dhillon moved to Indianapolis prior to starting high school and attended the Kelley School of Business for two years pursuing a Finance degree. Dhillon and partner Andrew Blejde have been able to garner support from IU and many other angel investors for Cause.it and are currently focusing on growing the business in communities across the nation. The two regularly work to help other young entrepreneurs kickstart their dreams around the state.

Andrew Blejde

Andrew Blejde is a 21 year old entrepreneur and one of the founders of Cause.it - a mobile platform created to help organizations better connect with donors and volunteers. Born in Australia Blejde moved to Indianapolis at the age of 10 and went on to Purdue University to pursue a degree in Computer Science.

Along with high school buddy Gagan Dhillon, Blejde has been in charge of managing the product and development vision of Cause.it since the company's inception. Blejde has spent a considerable amount of time with young developers and entrepreneurs helping them flesh out their ideas.

Nick Mahurin

Information technology executive and serial entrepreneur.

Specialties: Solving complex business challenges with management process & IT solutions.