Region 1

Email Scott

Scott Truelove has been a teacher for 13 years at schools in both Ohio and Indiana. For the last four years he has been a business teacher and the Business Cooperative/Work Study Experiences Coordinator at Chesterton High School. Scott received his BS, Ed. from Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio, and has earned two Master's Degrees, one in Secondary Education from Indiana University and a Master's in Business Education from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. He also has a business vocational education endorsement from Indiana State University. Scott has served on numerous local school committees and has held offices for his local association as well.

Region 3

Tricia Leslie
Plainfield High School
One Red Pride Way
Plainfield, IN 46168
317-839-7711 X 6127
Fax: 317-838-3671

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Tricia Leslie is currently a business teacher at Plainfield High School in Plainfield, Indiana.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Milligan College in Tennessee.  She also received her Career and Technical Education License from Indiana State University.  She will be starting her 9th of teaching this fall.  Tricia teaches Career Planning, Digital Communication Tools, Marketing Foundations, and ICE.  She is also the DECA advisor for Plainfield HS DECA Chapter, as well as the Sophomore class sponsor.  In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her four children and is very active in her community.

Region 4

Kristin Lidstrom
Hamilton Southeastern High School
13910 East 126th Street
Fishers, IN
317-594-4180
Fax: 317-594-4199

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Kristin Lidstrom is in her fifth year teaching Marketing and Business Law at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers.  She obtained her undergraduate degree in Marketing from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business then returned to school at Ball State University to obtain her teaching license, vocational licenses, and Masters of Arts in Secondary Education.  Kristin has just begun work on her MBA at Butler University.  When not taking or teaching classes, Kristin spends time with family, friends, and her two Siberian Huskies.

Region 5

Jill Bohnert
Eastern Greene High School
Route #4, Box 351
Bloomfield, IN 47424
812-825-5621 x104
812-825-6661 Fax

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Jill earned a BS from Indiana State University in Business Education.  She obtained a Masters in General Education from Indiana Wesleyan University.  She teaches at Eastern Greene High School, serves as department chairperson and is a member of the Eastern Greene Representative Council.  She stays busy managing A.M. Risher Memorial Pool during the summer as well as managing her family.  In her spare time, she coaches junior high volleyball, reads, and cross-stitches.

Region 6

Debra Allen
Salem High School
700 North Harrison
Salem, IN
812-883-3904
812-883-3905 Fax

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Debbie Allen has been teaching business and information technology at Salem High School for 20 years.  She has a BS in business administration from IU, obtained her business education credentials from Hanover College and earned a MS in secondary education from IUS.  She is the business department chairman and is currently teaching courses in Salem High School’s Interactive Media Academy and Business, Management and Finance Academy, in addition to Professional Career Internship.  Debbie has been an IBEA regional rep for the past four years.  She and her husband, Terry, reside in Scottsburg and have two grown children.

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Post Secondary Regional Representatives

Two-Year Public Institution
We are seeking a representative from this region. If you are interested, please contact
Jason Hendrickson

Four-Year Institution

Susan McClements

574-807-7000

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Susan is a full-time faculty member in the Business Department at Bethel College in Mishawaka. She teaches computer applications and web design, in addition to, the methods course for business education majors and the Transition to Teaching students.  Before coming to Bethel, Susan taught high school business for ten years at NorthWood High School and Penn High School.    Susan holds a B.S. in Business Education from Ball State University and a M.S. in Ed. with an emphasis in Instructional Technology from SUNY (State University of New York) at Potsdam.  She has an Indiana vocational business education license.  Last summer, Susan attended the Shelly Cashman Institute at IU in Bloomington.  One of the topics during this conference included Web 2.0 tools. Since that time, Susan has been incorporating Web 2.0 tools in her computer applications course  She presented a Web 2.0 session at the November 2008 conference and will be presenting two more sessions this coming November.  Susan spends her spare time knitting for her granddaughters and new grandson.