Local Chapters

 

Maybe the most important benefit of being an IRTA member is your connection with others through our local chapters.

While our state office staff and committees work as your voice in the General Assembly and secure discounts on goods and services, our local chapters carry out our mission of volunteering for communities and advancing local education initiatives.

Our local chapters host meetings, have special events and activities, connect with local legislators and share friendships with other retired educators. Local chapters also coordinate and promote the IRTA Foundation's scholarships and teacher grants programs.

Local chapters are organized into area districts, which elect representatives to IRTA's Board of Directors. See below for additional information on local chapters. 

 

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Area 1

Director: Hugh Rettinger

 

Local Chapter Presidents:

Kyle Wright - Jasper

Dennis Keithley - Lake

Deborah Meyer / Nancy Levenhagen - La Porte

Hugh Rettinger - Marshall

Darla Hernandez - Porter

- Pulaski

Kathy Elliot - Saint Joseph

Donna Kida - Starke

Area 2

Director: Dr. Bobbie A. Iwobi

 

Local Chapter Presidents:

Nancy Becker - Allen

Angela Hose - DeKalb

Barbara Hrynewycz - Elkhart

Jill Beehler / Sandra Kunce - Kosciusko

Galen Peters - LaGrange

 - Noble

- Steuben

Clay Geiger - Whitley

Area 3
Director: Judith Neilan

 

Local Chapter Presidents:

Barrie McClain - Cass

 

James Moyer - Clinton

 

Stephenia Barkman - Fulton

 

Daniel Carter - Howard

 

Jerilyn Monroe - Miami

 

- Newton

 

Larry Crabb - White

Area 4
Director: Linda Thoman

Local Chapter Presidents:

Kirk Ostby - Boone

 

Martha Knox - Clay

 

Laura Hacquet - Fountain-Warren

 

Calvin Biddle - Hendricks

 

Steven Frees - Montgomery

 

Sharon Tutterow - Morgan

 

Sue Weber - Parke-Vermillion

 

Alan Zerkel - Putnam

 

Karen Webb - Vigo

Area 5
Director: Mike Robards

Local Chapter Presidents:
William York - Hamilton

Fran Pinckley - Johnson

- Marion

Linda Milton/Barbara Fengya - Marion-Franklin

Jerry Brown - Marion-Perry

Sheldon Hall - Marion-Warren

Sally Durfee/Nancy Tolson - Marion-Wayne

 

Ralph Achenbach - Tipton

 

Area 6
Director: John Lightle

Local Chapter Presidents:
Barbara Engle - Adams

 - Blackford

Scott Popplewell - Delaware

Butch Shockey - Grant

Ann Ambler - Huntington

Jodi Mckee - Jay

Karon Kardatzke - Madison

- Randolph

 

Brenda Landis - Wabash

- Wells

Area 7
Director: Teresa Jackson

Local Chapter Presidents:


Diane Clancy - Bartholomew

jane Obermeyer - Decatur

 - Fayette

Susan Geesa - Hancock

Janet Maxwell - Henry

Melinda Conklin - Rush

Mary Comstock - Shelby

Teresa Jackson - Wayne

Diana Slaven - Whitewater Valley

Area 8
Director: Ramona Lennen

Local Chapter Presidents:


 - Brown

 

Romana Lennen - Daviess-Martin

 

Marsue Ault - Greene

 - Knox

Richard Inman - Lawrence

Elizabeth Perney - Monroe-Owen

Walter Hoke - Sullivan

Area 9
Director: Dr. Mary Jo Beauchamp

Local Chapter Presidents:


Robert Harmon - Blue River

Sarah Sergesketter - Dubois

Janet Leistner - Evansville 

Janice Pickens - Orange

Thomas Freeman - Perry

James Isaacs - Pike-Gibson

 - Posey

Robert Green - Spencer

Sarah Hodges - Warrick

Area 10
Director: Dr. Cheryl Corning

 

Local Chapter Presidents:

Janis Finch - Clark-Floyd

Sharon Moder - Dearborn

Bonnie Koontz - Jackson

Carolyn Jenkins / Harriet Hoffman - Jefferson

Mary Lynn Whitcomb - Jennings

Sara Pavey - Ohio-Switzerland

Cheryl Corning - Ripley

Julie Petty - Scott

Judith Howey- Washington


 

 

 
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