Gary Geswein, President

Gary Geswein is a graduate of Purdue University and holds a Masters Degree in Agricultural Education. He taught agriculture education for 38 years at North Harrison High School, Lanesville High School and for the State Department of Education before retiring. He is an active member of the community, serving on the Board of Directors for Lifelong Learning, Harrison County Purdue Extension, Farm Bureau Inc. and Harrison County Community Foundation. Between serving community organizations, he farms in partnership with two brothers on 500 acres in Palmyra where he lives with his wife Jean. Gary has grown 2 children.

Alan Taylor, Vice President

Alan Taylor is a graduate of Indiana State and holds a Masters degree from Indiana University. He has taught Industrial and Mechanical Technology and held principal positions at several Southern Indiana schools. Alan is currently the Principal and Director of Career and Technical Education at Prosser School of Technology, overseeing the programming for Region 45 (Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington Counties). Alan is a lifelong resident of Harrison County, the father of four sons and lives in Corydon with his wife Melissa.

William Nichols, Treasurer

Bill Nichols is the District 2 representative on the Harrison County Council. He is a mechanic, excavation contractor, cattleman and four-year president of Franklin Township Farm Bureau. He was instrumental in forming Harrison County Lifelong Learning and has served on its board of directors since 2001. He was born in Louisville and moved to Harrison County with the family in 1945. He graduated from the old Elizabeth High School in 1956. He is married to Jane, his wife of 40 years.

Diana Timberlake, Secretary

Diana Timberlake is the Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President of Community First Bank. As a lifelong resident of Corydon, Diana has served on the Harrison County Hospital Foundation Board and volunteered for organizations including Metro United Way and Louisville Fund for the Arts. She is a 1997 graduate of Leadership Harrison County and a member of the Harrison County Lions Club. Diana lives with her husband Ron and has 2 adult children and one grandchild.

Juan José Rodriguez, Director

Juan José Rodríguez has extensive teaching experience at the high school and university levels and has completed degrees and course work from Murray State University, Southern Illinois University, University of Louisville and Indiana University Southeast. After teaching at Corydon Central High School for more than three decades, he retired in 2004 to pursue additional interests. Juan José is an active community leader, serving on the Harrison County Lifelong Learning Board of Directors since 2003, and, under gubernatorial appointment, serving as a member of the Advisory Indiana Adult Literacy Coalition, among other activities of philanthropic interest. He resides in Lanesville with his wife Rudee Ann when he's not raising longhorn cattle at his farm in western Kentucky.

Sam Gardner, Director

Ralph Sherman, Director

Ralph Sherman is the District 4 representative on the Harrison County Council. First elected to the position 12 years ago, he helped create Lifelong Learning in 2001 using riverboat revenue and is actively involved in 4-H. He is a lifelong farmer who graduated from Laconia High School in 1957. He lives in Laconia with Barbara, his wife of 50 years. He has four grown children and eight grandchildren.

Carl "Buck" Mathes, Director

Buck Mathes is serving as District 2 representative on the Harrison County Commissioners and joined Lifelong Learning's board in 2009.

J.R. Eckart, Director

J.R. Eckart served two terms as District 2 representative on the Harrison County Commissioners. He previously served as the Harrison County Surveyor for four years. He graduated from Corydon Central High School and holds an Associates degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Purdue University. J.R. has extensive experience in mechanical engineering and has served on the Harrison County Planning and Zoning Commission for 11 years. J.R. joined the Harrison County Lifelong Learning Board of Directors in 2008.