10-17-08 Kingly succession set at the Redevelopment Commission

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Office of the Mayor NEWS RELEASE Friday, October 17, 2008 9:30 AM Kingly succession set at the Redevelopment Commission Contact: Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications & Special Projects, 235-5855 or 876-1564 or Don Inks, Director of Economic Development, 235-9371 Mayor Stephen J. Luecke’s new appointment to the City’s Redevelopment Commission will assure that the body charged with addressing economic development in target areas will have a Kingly succession. Nancy N. King, vice president and trust officer for Indiana Trust & Investment Management Co., will succeed Karl G. King, the former Common Council member who has served on the Redevelopment Commission since October 2004. The Kings are not related. Nancy King, who is a South Bend resident with a wide range of community involvement and leadership as well recognition for her work in helping others, has been sworn in and will begin her duties at today’s meeting (Oct. 17). “Nancy brings the kind of broad-based experience in community organizations coupled with her banking and finance expertise that will make her an invaluable member of the Redevelopment Commission,” Luecke said. “The Redevelopment Commission’s role is st crucial as South Bend prepares itself to be a center for innovation in a 21-century research- and innovation-based economy.” A board member of several key community institutions, King has served as president of the South Bend Community School Corp. Board of Trustees (member 1990-94), president of the YWCA of St. Joseph County Board of Directors (member 1988-present) as well as a member of the boards for the Morris Performing Arts Center, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County and The Public Education Foundation Inc. In her professional life before joining Indiana Trust & Investment Management Co. in 2004, King served from 1996 to 2003 as senior vice president and chief administrative