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Will Eicher
Chairman
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Tom Steele
Secretary

Will Eichler serves as the vice-chairman of the HFWC and is the Chair of the Projects Committee.  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.

Thomas Steele, a 7 year U.S. Navy submarine veteran, currently serves as the secretary of the HFWC Projects Committee. The son of a 1963 Air Force inductee, he brings his lineage back to recreate the past and help pave the way of the future for Fort Wayne. As a co-founder of the “Sally Port Mess”, a Civil War living history unit, Tom helps bring the Fort to life through historical interpretation and tireless research. As the secretary of the Projects Committee, Tom keeps the flow of information in order. Beyond the paperwork, Tom provides technical leadership during workdays and coordinates paint and material analysis for pending projects.

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Bob Hovansian
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Richard Napier

Bob has been a member of the HFWC since March 2006 and has been a member of the Projects Committee since January 2007. Bob brings many years of volunteer experience to the Coalition, having been involved with numerous organizations including Boy Scouts of America, Little League  Baseball, Little Caesars Youth Hockey, Allen Park Hockey Association, Melvindale Athletic Club, Big/Brothers/Big Sisters, Focus Hope and many others civic minded groups specializing in mentoring area youth and adults. Bob is a six year veteran of the United States Army, having served with the 5th Special Forces, “Nightstalkers” in Mexico, Central and South America and was involved in conflicts including Grenada, El Salvador and Panama. Bob’s father, Arthur, inducted into the Army at Fort Wayne in 1940, and Bob and his wife Mary honor his memory by performing preservation carpentry on the many structures currently undergoing restoration on the Fort grounds.

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