Gov. Mike Braun dumped nine members off the Indiana Economic Development Corp. on Monday and replaced them with new members, including two men from Porter County — businessman Gus Olympidis and union officer David Fagan, of Portage.
Olympidis, a past member of the board of directors of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, owns a network of Family Express convenience stores/gas stations.
Fagan is financial secretary for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 and is a commissioner on the board of directors at the Ports of Indiana.
David Fagan, the Financial Secretary of Local 150, was named a board member of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation on Monday. (Photo courtesy of Local 150)
Braun didn’t retain any of the previous members in the quasi-state agency that he’s heaped criticism on for its lack of transparency.
Among those removed…
