Tom Berlucchi serves as the Chairman of the Historic Fort Wayne Coalition, a position he has held since it’s founding. As one of the two founders, Tom also is involved with the Grounds Committee, Events, and the daily running of the organization. Along with his commitment to Historic Fort Wayne, Tom has been employed with the United States Postal Service for 23 years with 21 of them in management positions. He is very experienced in many areas of workplace safety and has lead development our safety plans. Tom serves the City of Detroit as President of the Advisory Commission on Historic Fort Wayne. He served in the Navy from 1979 to 1983 when he was medically discharged due to injuries sustained on Active duty. Tom holds the title of Disabled American Veteran (DAV).   His career at Fort Wayne started in 1974 re-enacting in Loomis Battery. Tom holds a degree in Automotive Technology. You can find Tom around Fort Wayne also Re-enacting as a member of the 7th Michigan Vol. Co. B.  The first and most important role in Tom’s life is that of a husband to Judy and father to his three children: Pam, Mary and Tom Jr. (TJ).

Will Eichler serves as the Interim Vice Chair of the HFWC. He was elected to the post when work forced Bob Hovansian to resign. In the real world, he is a camera and Steadicam operator.  Before moving to that role, he served as a camera assistant, the manager of the camera department.  It is these skills as a manager that Will brings to the boards of the Coalition.  Will enjoys very much the work that goes into restoration of the Fort and is happy to help the talented restoration experts that make the work we are doing possible.  In the re-enacting world, Will helps Michigan by serving as one of the Union Infantry battalion commanders and is a member of the 5th Michigan Infantry, a group that portrays a regiment that spent 10 weeks at Fort Wayne.  If you visit during living history events you’ll see Will portraying a Union soldier or officer. Will is married to Wendy Eichler and the very proud father of Hannah, who is almost 2 years old.

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Dale Jones first joined the HFWC after getting to know the organization through the Boy Scout programs that have been growing.  When not at the Fort, Dale is extremely active in Scouting.  He has served scouting units as an Assistant Den Leader, Cubmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster and Venture Crew Advisor.  He also is active as a member of the Detroit Area Council in the Gibraltar and Rockwood, Michigan Area. Dale is the recipient of the training awards for each leadership position he has ever held.  Dale and his wife of almost 28 years have one son and two daughters.  Dale has been employed with Chrysler Corporation for 9 years. He enjoys time with his family, watching NASCAR and doing honey-do's.