 | Michelle Higgs
Co-founder & Executive Director - Former Democratic candidate for IN House District 60.
- 30+ years professional experience in nonprofit, civic, and private sectors
- Deputy Chair – Rural Engagement, Monroe County Democratic Party
- Deputy Chair – Training & Education, Congressional District 9, INDems
- Co-founder, Organizing Indiana, a resource hub for people-powered communities
- Community organizer and advocate working with grassroots groups, including Poor People's Campaign, Faith in Indiana, Medicare for All Indiana, Reverse Citizens United, and Hoosier Action
- Small business owner and local housing provider
- Wife, mother of three, and proud Hoosier who returned home to rural Indiana after living and working in Canada, the UK, and Los Angeles
|  | Ryan Still
Co-founder - Oversees affordable housing and community initiative development for Monroe County, with investments totaling $25 million
- Served 5 years in the U. S. Army, leading a team deployed in Iraq
- Field Director of 3 successful Southern Indiana Democratic campaigns
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 | Trish Whitcomb
Advisor - Former Democratic Candidate for House District 60, and member of first Indiana Rural Summit candidate cohort
- Former state president, Indiana Federation of Democratic Women
Manager of successful statewide Democratic campaign, 2012 - Lives in Indianapolis with her husband and their dog, Lucy
|  | Mary Ann Williams
Treasurer - Former business co-owner and training specialist. Developed and delivered courseware and/or leadership training for GM, FEMA, PSE&G, Independence Blue Cross.
- Activist since 1977. Causes included world hunger, super-fund and highway construction resistance, and voter engagement.
- Member of the League of Women Voters-Bloomington Monroe County, IN and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington.
- Gardener, artist, dog-lover, and resident of Monroe County for 24 years.
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 | Kent Yaeger
Advisor - State agricultural liaison for Senator Joe Donnelly (2013-2018)
- Seventeen years (1996-2013) as Indiana Farm Bureau Director of Public Policy
- Three years (1993-1996) as State Executive Director, USDA Farm Service Agency
- Indiana Barn Foundation Board Member
- Lives on a farm that has been in my family since 1873
|  | Zach Harrison
Youth Engagement /
Senate Caucus Liaison - Masters degree student at IU School of Social Work, class of 2027
- Organized and supported a bundle deal for solar panels for Monroe County residents
- Eight years of experience in leadership/professional development of teens and young adults
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 | Ashlie Kehrberg
Organizer /
Campaign Mgr. Liaison - Volunteer leader in local and statewide races, organizing campaigns for Township Trustee, County Commissioner, and House District candidates
- Advocate for maternal health, disability awareness, and grassroots community engagement
- Lives on a farm in Monroe County with her husband, five children, and several goats
|  | Carol Dunfee
Volunteer Coordinator - Former Director of Operations for
Lincoln Financial Group and
American United Life - Former Community Leader with Hoosier Action
- Active member of Morgan County Democrats
- Founder, Morgan County Democratic Women
- Proud grandmother
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 | Darian Collier
Director of Data & Technology - Community and Grant Analyst for a local governmental agency
- Data and Tech Manager for the
Indiana Rural Summit - Active member of the Jackson Co. Democratic Party
- Communications Director for the
Indiana 9th Congressional District Democratic Party
|  | Simon Higgs
Advisor / Strategist - Founder of OrganizingIndiana.org
- Creative strategist, entrepreneur, and technology pioneer with more than 30 years of experience spanning marketing, telecommunications, emerging media, music & film producer, and internet crash test dummy.
- Early internet innovator who helped pioneer online media distribution, multi-site broadcast performances, digital coupons (founder of Coupons.com), DNS infrastructure, and web-based consumer engagement technologies.
- Multidisciplinary creator with projects ranging from Department of Defense systems to online community platforms and media production.
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