Christine Altman has been elected president of the Hamilton County Commissioners. She replaces Steve Dillinger in the role. Mark Heirbrandt will serve as Vice President. Election of officers is an annual practice at the first meeting of each year.
Altman
Altman was first elected to the Hamilton County Commissioners in 2003. She represents the City of Carmel and Clay Township. An attorney by trade, Altman has been in private practice for over 37 years concentrating her efforts in business, probate and real estate law at Altman Poindexter & Wyatt, Attorneys at Law.
Altman is an active member of the Indiana Commission for Women, having previously been appointed chair of the Commission by former Governor Mike Pence. She also serves as the Hamilton County Representative of the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority (CIRTA) and the US 31 Coalition.
Altman is the chair of the Conner Prairie Museum Board of Directors and has been pro bono legal counsel for the Carmel High School Vocational Building Trades Corporation for 25 years. She is a former president and dean of the Hamilton County Leadership Academy and former director of the Carmel Clay Chamber of Commerce.
Altman and her husband live in Carmel.
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The commissioners also made their annual appointment of department heads and numerous commission members under commissioner jurisdiction.
Reappointed were County Attorney Mike Howard, Director of Administration Dan Stevens, Highway Director Brad Davis, County Engineer Jim Neal, Human Resource Director Sheena Randall, Weights and Measures Inspector Steve Nagy, and Building and Grounds Director Steve Wood. The position of Veteran Service Officer remains vacant.
Major commission and board re-appointments include Diane Nevitt on the County Board of Health, Diane Crim on the County Plan Commission, Bill Frye on the Airport Authority, Sean Fleck on the Alcoholic Beverage Board, and Leann Murray, Dr. William Kirsch, Dr. Charles Mulry, and Michael Daugherty on the Riverview Hospital Board of Trustees.