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Gov. Braun appoints three new trustees to IU board

WFIU | By Dain Jung

Published July 1, 2026 at 1:27 PM EDT

Indiana University Indianapolis. — Gov. Braun has appointed three new trustees.

Indiana Gov. Braun appointed three IU alumni as trustees to the Indiana University Board of Trustees.

Matt Ferguson, Steve Henke, and Mel Raines will serve until June 30, 2029.

"These new trustees are each accomplished leaders with a proven record leading large, complex organizations," IU President Pamela Whitten said.

The new trustees will officially assume their roles at the board meeting August 14.

Ferguson is the former CEO of CareerBuilder, serving from 2004 to 2018, and is currently executive chairman. He graduated from IU in 1989. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a J.D. degree from Northwestern University School of Law.

Henke is CEO of Henke Development Group. He received his undergrad and law degrees from IU. He worked as an attorney for 40 years and is Emeritus Director of the IU Foundation Board.

Raines is CEO of Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the first woman CEO for the company. She has an undergraduate degree in Telecommunications from IU. Earlier in her career, she served as assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney.

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Dain Jung

Dain Jung is a reporter for WFIU/WTIU News. She is a master’s student in media school at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she is also an Arnolt Center Fellow. Dain is from South Korea, and came to IU to pursue journalism and newsroom experience in the United States. As a bilingual journalist, she hopes to cover international and cross-cultural stories that connect global audiences through reporting.

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