Rick Hall — chairman
Thomas C. Bracken – secretary
Renae Conley
R. Wayne Estopinal
Hollis E. Hughes Jr.
Matt Momper
Jean Ann Harcourt
Michael McDaniel
Dustin Meeks — student representative
Michael D. McDaniel, the new Ball State Board of Trustees member, wants to be as involved with campus as possible.
McDaniel was appointed Nov. 28 by Gov. Mike Pence and filled the last remaining hole left from Frank Hancock and Marianne Glick's resignations. He will serve on the board through Dec. 31, 2017.
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For him, being involved is part of the responsibility of being a trustee — but he loves it.
"I love this institution, and I want to see it prosper," McDaniel said. "I want to be a part of it."
He goes to almost all of the football and basketball games and has season tickets for both sports, he said.
Growing up near the university, McDaniel said he used to ride his bike around campus and is glad to get back to being involved with campus affairs.
He completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Ball State and did legislative work for the university for five years in the '90s.
"I've been long associated with the university, so it means a lot to me," McDaniel said. "I'm so honored to be appointed [as trustee] by Governor Pence."
Because he's been away from some parts of the university for some time, McDaniel said he's excited to get back to knowing about every section and department.
He wants to see campus continue to grow, and to make sure faculty and staff are the best they can be — and are well paid.
The university is on a real high at the moment, McDaniel said, with fundraising going well and enrollment up.
"Things are going in the right direction," McDaniel said. "I'm looking forward to when we pick a new president and can get this thing moving again."
Currently, McDaniel is the executive director of governmental affairs for Krieg DeVault LLP in Marion County and provides insight to the firm's clients about governmental issues, according to Krieg DeVault's website.
He was the Republican State Chairman from 1995 to 2002 and served as the director of governmental affairs at Ball State and as the director of the Otis R. Bowen Institute for Practical Politics.
He was appointed as the executive director for the Indiana State Election Board in 1988 and has been involved in every session of the Indiana General Assembly since 1974, when he started his career as a graduate student intern.
McDaniel was the Indiana Chairman of the Indiana George W. Bush for President Campaign in 2000 and appears weekly as the Republican panelist on the statewide public television program Indiana Week in Review.
Hancock and Glick resigned in early February, and they planned to stay on the board until their spots were filled. Now that McDaniel and Jean Ann Harcourt, a Ball State alumna from Rush County, have taken over, their terms are done.
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