Officers & Board of Directors

Officers

Rita Hamlet, President
Brian Auger, Vice President
Glenn Meredith, Treasurer
Mark Poertner, Secretary

Directors 2026 - 2028

Brian Auger
Bob Glascock
Rita Hamlet
Glenn Meredith

Directors 2025 - 2027

Mae Beale
Tom Goss
Robert Helm
S. Allan Shad
Trina West

Directors 2024 - 2026

Leonora Hoenes
Nancy Malwitz
Mark Poertner
Ed Sherman
Jerry Ueckermann

Do you have a passion for community service and local history?

If so, the Howard County Historical Society (HCHS) invites you to consider joining our Board of Directors!

Please fill out this form and someone from the Governance Committee will reach out to you. Submitting an application is not a guarantee of selection nor does it obligate you to accept an offer.

  • Lifetime Board Members

    • Betty Adams

    • Charles Coles

    • Doris Fredericks

    • W. Henry Griffith

    • Paul L. Miller

    • Consuelo Regan-Alexander

    • Phil Stackhouse

    • Paulette Lutz

    • Alda Hopkins Clark 1958-1964

    • Louis D. Clark 1964-?

    • S. Tracey Stackhouse ?

    • Charles Wehland ?-1973

    • Aelred D. Geis 1973-1975

    • Roberta Adams 1975-1977

    • Shirley Hobbs 1978-1980

    • Granville W. Wehland 1980-1982

    • Helen S. Jones 1982-1984

    • C. Edward Walter 1984-1987

    • Jim Holway 1987-1988

    • Barbara Warfield 1988-1990

    • Doris S. Thompson 1990-1991

    • Ann H. Ryder 1991-1993

    • Paul L. Miller 1993-1995

    • James Clark, Jr. 1995-1996

    • William A. Fralic 1996-1997

    • Charles M. Coles, Jr. 1997-1999

    • W. Henry Griffith, Jr. 1999-2003

    • Richard T. Clark 2003-2005

    • Constance Wehland 2005-2007

    • Philip Stackhouse 2007-2009

    • Shelley Wygant 2009-2011

    • Leonora Hoenes 2011-2013

    • Paulette Kelly Lutz 2013-2016

    • Theodore Mariani 2016-2017

    • Steve Castro 2017-2019

    • Tom Bower 2019-2020

    • Ellen Flynn Giles 2020-2025

    • Rita Hamlet 2025-Present