{"id":120714,"date":"2019-07-26T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=120714"},"modified":"2019-07-26T07:01:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:01:01","slug":"county-foundation-lists-trustee-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/07\/26\/county-foundation-lists-trustee-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"County Foundation lists trustee changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Van Wert County Foundation\u2019s Board of Trustees honored two retiring long-time trustees and welcomed two new board members at its annual meeting in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Cross retired from the Board of Trustees. Cross was elected to the board in 1998 and served as a member of the board for 21 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Van Wert County Foundation Trustees Tom Burenga and Cindy Hurless sign their commitment to VWCF and its mission in the Trustee Board book.\u00a0 <\/strong>photos provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are grateful for his commitment to the Foundation and to our community,\u201d said Executive Secretary Seth Baker. \u201cDuring his time on the board, Mike oversaw various committees, served as president of the Board from 2005-2007, and represented the Foundation on the Wassenberg Art Center Board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Svabik also retired from the Board of Trustees. Svabik served as a member of the board for 10 years. \u201cDuring his time on the board, Paul served as president from 2016-2018, served on various committees, and helped to forge the Foundation we know today.\u201d Baker noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newly-elected trustees include Cindy Hurless and Tom Burenga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hurless is chief operating officer of Central Insurance Companies. She and her husband, Mark, have six children and three grandchildren. She is a member of Life House Church and Van Wert Rotary Club, and she and her husband are involved in a variety of community outreach activities. They also enjoy gardening, cooking, sports, and travel.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hurless also serves on the YWCA Board and Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation, which oversees operation of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burenga is CEO of Kenn-Feld Group LLC, an eight-location John Deere dealer with locations in northwest Ohio and northeast Indiana. He and his wife, Julie, have two daughters: Jamie, 16, and Mandy, 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In his free time, Burenga enjoys growing a garden and canning salsa each summer. He also likes growing hot peppers and creating things from them. He currently serves as a trustee for First United Methodist Church in Van Wert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited to install Cindy and Tom as trustees,\u201d said Board President Andy Czajkowski. \u201cBoth are a great fit to carry out the mission of our organization — transforming quality of life by fulfilling purposeful endowments, inspiring collective growth, and building initiatives for the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI look forward to working with them on committees and upcoming projects\u201d, Czajkowski added.Other current Foundation board members include Chuck Koch (vice president), Gary Clay (secretary), Larry Greve, Bruce Kennedy, Thad Lichtensteiger, Randy Myers, Bill Purmort, Brian Renner, Gary Taylor, Mark White, Eva Yarger, and Mike Zedaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert County Foundation\u2019s Board of Trustees honored two retiring long-time trustees and welcomed two new board members at its annual meeting in June. Mike Cross retired from the Board of Trustees. Cross was elected to the board in 1998 and served as a member of the board for 21 years.  […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 05:51:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}