Our Staff

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Our Board

Lee Newman

Wes Schemenaur - President

Brian Ison - Vice President

Joseph Acker - Treasurer

Lee Newman - Secretary

Tracey Carpenter

Scott Bruggeman

Ami Huffman

Kyle Teeter

Lance Paxson

Mark Tillman

Erica Tomano

Steve Boozier

Kyle Cook - Executive Director

 Kyle is the Executive Director of the Jay Community Center.  Prior to joining JCC in January

 of 2013, Kyle worked full time with a local family business, Cook's Nursery & Trim.  His
 educational background includes being a 2002 graduate of Jay County High School and
 receiving a BS from the nationally ranked Ball State Entrepreneurship Program in 2006. 
 Civically, Kyle was a past member of the board of directors in both the Portland and Jay
 County Chamber of Commerce and is currently active with the Portland Revolving Loan
Committee, 20/20 Implementation Committee, and the Jay County Tourism Commission.

Mitch Waters - Director of Operations

 Mitch is the Director of Operations at the Jay Community Center.  Mitch is married to

 his wife Angie and they have 4 children.  He was a 2002 graduate of Jay County High

 School. He then attended Ancilla College from 2003-2004, before graduating from

 Manchester College with a bachelor’sdegree  in Physical Education in 2007. 

 While attending Manchester, he was a 3 sport athlete (Baseball,  Basketball, and

 Track & Field.)  After graduating, he played professional baseball for the Kalamazoo

Kings of the Frontier League. After being released from Kalamazoo, he then became the General  

Manager of two Gold’s Gym’s.  One in Merrillville, Indiana and the other New Buffalo, Michigan, until

2010 when he got the unique opportunity to play professional baseball in Italy from 2010-2012.

Alicia Horn - Commuity Outreach Coordinator 

Alicia is the Community Outreach Coordinator at the Jay Community Center. Alicia is happily married to her

husband Adam, and they have one child. She graduated from Ivy Tech with an early childhood and business

administration degree in 2017. She loves being involved with with the community through her work at JCC.

When Alicia is not at work, she loves spending time with her family on their farm. Her husband and her are

enjoying starting up their own goat farm. She also loves doing crafts such as sewing, using her cricut, and

making homemade gifts.  

Alexis Trobridge- Adminstrative Assisant

Anna Muhlenkamp - Senior Coordinator