Lake City Bank, Warsaw, and its holding company, Lakeland Financial Corporation, appointed two new members to the boards of each organization in May.
Mindy Creighton Truex is president of Creighton Brothers Farms LLC, a Warsaw-based family-owned farm founded in 1925, developing innovative initiatives, including educational and farm-to-table experiences.
Creighton Truex has served in leadership roles with national and local agricultural advocacy organizations, including the American Egg Board, United Egg Producers, Indiana State Poultry Association and Purdue University Animal Science Department Dean’s Advisory Committee. She has a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University.
Dan Starr is CEO of Do it Best Corp., a Fort Wayne-based member-owned hardware, lumber and building materials buying cooperative in the home improvement industry with thousands of member-owned locations across the United States and more than 60 other countries.
Starr has a juris doctorate from the Indiana University School of Law and was a partner with Barnes & Thornburg LLP before moving to Do it Best 20 years ago. He volunteers with numerous organizations, including the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, St. Francis Family Business Center and Fort Wayne Ballet. He currently serves as chair of the Parkview Health Board of Directors, as well as a member of the Manchester University Board of Trustees’ Outreach Committee and the Do it Best Foundation.
