Community foundation welcomes new board members

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GREENFIELD — The Hancock County Community Foundation recently welcomed three community volunteers to its board of directors: Kathy Locke, Brian McKinney and Megan Ritter.

Locke is retired from ARAMARK Services, where she worked in the business, campus and health-care divisions. She has volunteered and served on several local boards, including the Greenfield-Central School Foundation, Hancock Health Foundation and Leaders in Navigating Knowledge. She and her husband have lived in Greenfield since 1993.

Locke will serve on the foundation’s Thrive Committee, a group that will work to engage officials and the general public in planning and design to raise the quality of life across Hancock County.

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McKinney has been employed by the Dow Chemical Co. for 19 years and has been involved with agriculture most of his life. He is also serving his fourth term on the Southern Hancock School Board and is a 1997 Leadership Hancock County alumnus. He and his wife live in Brandywine Township and have three children. McKinney has been a member of the foundation’s Grants Committee since 2020.

Ritter is the executive director of administration with the Indiana Farm Bureau, where she serves Hoosier farm families and rural communities through advocacy, member engagement and educational programming. She lives with her husband and three children in Fortville.

Ritter actively supports 4-H programs and serves as a classroom volunteer in Mt. Vernon schools. She will also serve on the foundation’s Grants Committee.