Director
Anne Amrhein
Anne taught for 36 years in the Batesville Community School Corporation as a classroom teacher and school librarian before retiring in 2020. In addition to the VISION Fund board, she currently serves on the boards of the So Loved Kids Clothing Closet and the United Way of Franklin & Ripley Counties, and is on Margaret Mary Health’s Patient & Family Advisory Council. She lives in Batesville with her husband, Dale.
Chairperson
John Hillenbrand
Mr. Hillenbrand, a Batesville native, is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and is a U.S. Air Force Veteran. He is retired from a long career that included leadership roles in businesses such as Hillenbrand Industries and Nambe Mills. He has served on numerous boards of directors as well as civic, educational and governmental committees throughout his life. He was the Democratic nominee for Indiana Governor in 1980. His interests and talents are both broad and deep. John is married to Joan G. Lally. They are the parents of six children.
Chairperson
Peter Hillenbrand
For thirty years Peter Lally Hillenbrand has been a committed auctioneer, volunteer and donor to various community programs, business organizations, education initiatives, schools, churches and charities. He sits on two charitable foundation boards, chairing one since 2014.
Over the course of Peter’s career, he has waited tables, cooked, worked on Capitol Hill for a United States Congressman (Lee Hamilton), worked as a fishing guide, dive master and boat captain. Peter was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for 7 years for a $15 million manufacturing business. For the past 30 years Peter has owned and operated an award-winning, full-service fish and dive resort on Little Cayman – The Southern Cross Club.
Working with the committed and extraordinary people, including Peter’s parents Joan and John, on the Joan and John Hillenbrand Vision Fund board has been a highlight within Peter’s career. He remains a proud supporter of the Batesville and Ripley County education initiatives.
Member
Jolene Rockwood
Jolene and her husband Fred Rockwood (now deceased) moved from Boston to Batesville, Indiana in 1977 and quickly fell in love with the community. They raised six children in Batesville and have been active in many community organizations. As an avid supporter of the Arts, Jolene founded the Rural Alliance for the Arts, (now the Batesville Area Arts Council) in 1988. She helped organize the Vision Fund in 1998 and served as the first Director. Jolene earned an MTS from the Harvard Divinity School and is a contributing author to books and journals on theological issues and is a frequent lecturer at theological conferences. She enjoys research and writing, reading, traveling, teaching, working on family projects, serving in her church and spending time with her family, especially her twenty-four grandchildren.
Member
Anne Ekins Raver
Anne is a Batesville native and St. Louis School and Batesville High School alum. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Georgia. She moved back to Batesville to raise a family with her husband Joe Raver about 25 years ago. Anne is retired from a varied interior design career. She has been locally involved in BAAC, Batesville Main Street, Batesville Beautification League and the Vision Fund board in volunteer roles.
Member
Leon Enneking
After 42 years of teaching music (band, choir, general music, and World Music) in the Batesville Schools, Leon retired in 2018. He continues to make music in a variety of ways: church, ukulele club, and African drum circle. He was drawn to serve on the VISION board since he can personally attest to its dramatic effect on many programs and subjects in the Batesville area schools. The World Music program at Batesville Middle School and Batesville High School would not have happened without the support of the VISION Fund. He encourages all teachers to look into funding their dream projects with the help of this funding support.
Member
Rachael Berkemeier
Rachael is a community volunteer and part-time Adult Program Coordinator at the Batesville Memorial Public Library. An educator and lover of lifelong learning, Rachael spent 20 years in education—beginning as a teacher at Batesville High School and later serving at Batesville Primary School as Librarian and Information Technology Specialist. She continues to help with education as a board member of the Batesville Area Arts Council, where she helps lead the Arts in Education program across all six area schools. Outside of her professional and volunteer commitments, Rachael enjoys spending time with her husband, Greg, and their two sons, Evan and Simon.
Treasurer
Bonnie Boyce
Bonnie is John Hillenbrand’s personal assistant and serves as the VISION Fund’s treasurer. A widow, she lives in Batesville. She treasures time spent with her two sons and their families.