The Shipshewana Town Council

The Shipshewana Town Council is a five-member council. The council members serve four year terms, which are staggered. Town Council members may serve multiple terms; there are no term limits.

Town Council members: (front row left to right) Elmer Mast, Roger Yoder, Christine Yoder, (standing left to right) Cory Brown, Jerry Rice

Roger Yoder, current Town Council President, has served on the council since 1986. Presently he is liaison to the police and fire departments and is a member of the development review board. He has been a life-long resident of Shipshewana and owns Yoder Insurance Agency.

Christine Yoder is the Vice President of the Town Council and has been a member of the council since 1999. She is a member of the redevelopment commission and serves as liaison to the park board. Chris is a homemaker, mother of four active children and deeply involved in community service and activities.

Jerry Rice has begun his seventh year as a member of the Town Council. He serves as president of the redevelopment commission and is council liaison to the public works department. Since retiring from work in banking and finance, Jerry has developed an Amish taxi service, become a hospice volunteer and been active in his local church as a trustee. Jerry and his Wife Marilyn have lived in Shipshewana since 1973.

Cory Brown was appointed to the Town Council on January 11, 2006. Cory and his wife, Melinda, have two young children. Cory grew up in LaGrange and graduated from Lakeland High School. Cory has an associate's degree in paralegal studies from Wallace State College in Hanceville, Alabama. Cory has lived in Shipshewana since 2001 and he is employed as a loan officer with Farmers State Bank in LaGrange.

Elmer Mast was appointed to the Town Council on April 14, 2005, to fill the un-expired council member term of Judith Yoder. He has lived in LaGrange County all of his life and has been employed at Jayco in Middlebury since April 11, of 1983. Elmer and his wife, Kathleen, have a son Justin.

As a service to the community the Town Council Meeting Minutes are published monthly. Read them in the Archives section of this web site on the Council Minutes page.