Board of Directors

HEC Board of Directors for 2023

Board of Directors, Historic Eleutherian College Inc., Vetrhus, Stigall, McLaughlin, Cline
Board members gathered for the January meeting are, from left: Ed Stigall, Emeka Koren, Jan Vetrhus, Roland Newman, Camille Fife, Jaleesa Elliot, Erica Cline, and Rob Barlow. Missing: Megan and Mark Bahlke, David Harden, Phyllis McLaughlin, Larry Stout and Sean FitzGerald.

The Board of Directors is an all-volunteer group of individuals interested in preserving, restoring, and maintaining the three-story chapel and classroom building that once housed the Eleutherian College in Lancaster, Jefferson County, Indiana. The group includes educators, historic-preservation specialists, historians, neighbors of the college building, and descendants of those who established the Neil’s Creek Anti-Slavery Society and the Neil’s Creek Anti-Slavery Baptist Church. Board members for 2023 are:

Jan Vetrhus, President
Edward Stigall, Vice President
Phyllis McLaughlin, Secretary
Erica Cline, Treasurer
Camille Fife
Rob Barlow
Larry Stout
Megan and Mark Bahlke
Emeka Koren
Jaleesa Elliott
Roland Newman
David Harden
Dustin Bailey, Ph.D., consultant