Board of Directors

HEC Board of Directors

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/Treasurer
Rob Barlow, Secretary
Camille Fife
Larry Stout
Meg Bahlke
Mark Bahlke
Emeka Koren
Jaleesa Elliott
Roland Newman
David Harden
Phyllis McLaughlin
Dustin Bailey, Ph.D., consultant