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Fishers Armed Services Commission

Meetings

  •  Quarterly, August 12, 2025 and October 21, 2025 at 4 p.m.
  • Fishers Municipal Center, FMC Nickel Plate Conference Room, 3rd floor (unless otherwise noted)
    1 Municipal Drive
    Fishers, IN 46038

Submit a public comment to be read during the meeting. Questions can be directed to 317-595-3111.

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

Meetings are live-streamed for residents to tune in at home. Recorded videos are available 24 to 48 hours following the meeting on the City of Fishers’ YouTube channel. Questions can be directed to City Hall at 317-595-3111.

Members

The Fishers Armed Services Commission is a body of 12 citizens. Seven are appointed by the Mayor, one by OneZone Chamber of Commerce, three appointed by Hamilton Southeastern Schools Superintendent and one appointed by the American Legion Post 470.

  • El Ahlwardt, Commander, U.S. Navy, (Ret.), (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Co-Chair: Eddie Rivers U.S. Army, (Ret.), (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Tiffanie Ditlevson, Major, U.S. Air Force Veteran, (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Scott Billman, American Legion 470 (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Elliott Hultgren, Commander, U.S. Navy, Reserve (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Robert Gabor, Colonel, U.S. Air Force, (Ret.) (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Nicola McNab (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Matthew Rapp, U.S. Navy Veteran (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • George Stavropoulos, Hospitalman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy, Veteran (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Jonathan Tangara, Student, Fishers High School (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Regina Warren, Major, U.S. Army, Reserve (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)
  • Reagan Kurcinka, Student, Hamilton Southeastern High School (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024)

Role of the Commission

The purpose of the Armed Services Commission is to further the City becoming a community in which military service is honored and recognized as a key component to our community’s vibrancy; incorporated and promoted in programming, policy decisions, and protocols to ensure recognition and appreciation towards military service is woven throughout our community and understood as a critical component to our sense of place. Those serving, those who have served, those desiring to serve, and our entire community for benefiting from military service, will be positively impacted by this new commission.

Fishers Honors

Learn more about the ways the City of Fishers honors our current and past service members from celebrating patriotic holidays to light pole banners around the Nickel Plate Amp. To learn more about the current ways that the City of Fishers honors and recognizes veterans click here.

Application

Submit an application to serve on this commission.