Fishers Armed Services Commission

Meetings

•  Quarterly, view dates here.
• 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.

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 through Dec. 2027)
• Co-Chair: Eddie Rivers, Captain, U.S. Army, Ret., (OneZone Chamber of Commerce appointment, 2-year term, through Dec. 2027)
• Tiffanie Ditlevson, Major, U.S. Air Force Veteran, (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, through Dec. 2027)
• Elliott Hultgren, Commander, U.S. Navy Reserve (Mayoral appointment, City Staff Representative, 2-year term, through Dec. 2027)
• Robert Gabor, Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Ret. (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, through Dec. 2027)
• Ethan Sutton, American Legion 470 (Mayoral appointment, American Legion Representative, 2-year term, through Dec. 2027)
• Nicola McNab (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term through Dec. 2027)
• Matthew Rapp, Hospital Corpsman/HM3, U.S. Navy Veteran (Hamilton Southeastern Schools Superintendent appointment, 2-year term, through Dec. 2027)
• George Stavropoulos, Hospitalman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy, Veteran (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, through Dec. 2027)
• Regina Warren, Major, U.S. Army Reserve, Ret. (Mayoral appointment, 2-year term, through Dec. 2027)
• Reagan Kurcinka, Student at Hamilton Southeastern High School (Superintendent Appointment, Voting student representative, 2-year term through May 2026)
• Truman Collier, Student at Fishers High School (Superintendent Appointment, Non-voting student representative, 2-year term through May 2027)

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.