Karin Woodside

Ed Soliday was born and raised in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he has lived for over 50 years. He attended Valparaiso High School, where he ran cross-country, played basketball and ran track and field. He is married to the former Mary Kay Wagoner of Hebron and …

Billy Foster, a respected pianist, composer, educator, and producer, has been jazz piano instructor at Valparaiso University since 1979. In this capacity he has conducted many jazz clinics, lectures, and educational performances on campus, in the region, and …

Bruce Evans is instructor of jazz bass and contrabass, and has been on the VU faculty for more than twenty years. He received a B.M.E. from Defiance University and an M.M.E. from Roosevelt University, where he studied with Harold Siegal. He currently is a …

Dr. Bruce Bergland came to IU Northwest on July 1, 1999 from Trinity College of Vermont where he served as vice president for academic and student affairs. He also served as professor of basic and applied sciences, and academic dean. His first months at IUN …

Actively involved as an educator for over thirty years, Jeff Brown has participated in Artist Residencies through the National Endowment for the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, Illinois Arts Council and National Endowment for the Humanities. He has taught …

For over 25 years, Pat Salvi has been the managing partner of the prominent Chicago law firm, Salvi Schostok & Pritchard, P.C.  He attended Saint Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota where he received his Bachelor’s degree, and then travelled …

After graduating from Highland High School in 1977, Tom Lounges spent a year at Purdue Calumet and then a year at Indiana University Northwest before receiving a job offer for a print and radio gig and never went back to college. Someday he hopes to go back …

Now the Director of Resource Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County, Jennifer Wright is from Valparaiso and is a Boys & Girls Club alumnus.  She has been working at Boys & Girls Clubs around the country for the past 20 years.  …

Chris Mahlmann launched Ideas in Motion, a business development agency, in January of 2006. In 2007, he and his family moved to Valparaiso, Indiana to move closer to his wife’s family, and the business really began to grow.  The 20+ years of experience as …

Raised in Kouts, Indiana, Broker/Owner Larry Hitz co-founded Executive Group in 1982 with the true understanding of what defines a community. Having grown up in a loving, supportive family in a small town environment, Larry knew the significance of that …