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Legal Aid Society
1 NW Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Civic Center Complex, Room 105
Evansville, IN 47708
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The Legal Aid Society is governed by a Board of Directors. Six board members are attorneys appointed by the Evansville Bar Association, three members are non-attorneys appointed by the Mayor, and three members are non-attorneys appointed by the Vanderburgh County Commissioners.

Member & President - Derrick McDowell
Dentons, Bingham, Greenebaum
Evansville, Indiana  47713
Appointed by Evansville Bar Association
1st term expires May 31, 2025

Member & Vice President - Kevin Gray
University of Evansville
Evansville, Indiana  
Appointed by County Commissioners
2nd term expires May 31, 2027

Member & Treasurer -  Ashley Schultz
Harding, Shymanski & Company, PSC.
Appointed by County Commissioners
Second term expires May 31, 2025

Member & Secretary - Craig R. Emig
Jones & Wallace
Evansville, Indiana 
Appointed by Evansville Bar Association 
1st term expires May 31, 2026    

Member - Max Happe

Appointed by Evansville Bar Association
1st term expires May 31, 2027

Member - Garvin D. Senn, III

Appointed by Evansville Bar Association 
1st term expires May 31, 2027

Member - Vacant

Appointed by Mayor
1st term expires May 31, 2027

 Member - Jordan Buechler
Stoll, Keenon, Ogden, PLLC.
Appointed by Evansville Bar Association
1st term expires May 31, 2026
Member - Rob Clark

Appointed by County Commissioners
Partial first term expires May 31, 2025

Member - Jennifer Yaser
Appointed by Mayor
1st term expires May 31, 2026
Member - Yvette LaPlante


Appointed by Evansville Bar Association
1st term expires May 31, 2026

Member - Laine Krumenacker

Appointed by Mayor
1st term expires May 31, 2026