Wabash College Elects Four New Trustees

New members begin four-year terms on July 1

Crawfordsville, IN (05/19/2026) — Crawfordsville, IN-The Wabash College Board of Trustees will welcome four new members to its ranks for the 2026-27 academic year, while two-long serving Trustees will leave the Board.

Trustees elected Joseph R. Impicciche '80 and Michael J. Rapier '87 to serve four-year terms beginning July 1. The National Association of Wabash Men elected Matthew "Kip" Chase '03 and William J. Kaiser '87 to serve four-year terms as Alumni Trustees, also starting in July.

"We are excited to welcome these new trustees to our Board," said Wabash President Scott E. Feller. "They bring experience that is both broad and deep, including executive leadership, company ownership, human resources, and the law. All four have led distinguished careers and have been engaged with the College throughout their lives."

John Fox '64 and Bob Grand '78 stepped down as active members of the Board and were elected to four-year terms as Emeritus Trustees. Fox served on the Board for 40 years and brought strategic leadership acumen and decades of experience as a consultant. Grand served for 20 years and most recently was chair of the Committee on Trusteeship.

"It's hard to imagine the Wabash Board without John and Bob," said Feller. "John was a true mentor to me when I first came to Wabash in 1998 and was always a guiding hand over the course of my career. Bob led the transition team when I became President, and he has provided wise counsel to me over the last six years. Both will be missed - and we hope they continue to contribute as Emeritus members going forward."

Impicciche recently retired as CEO of Ascension Health. A Crawfordsville native, he was a Lilly Award-winner at Wabash who later received a law degree from Indiana University. He joined Ascension in its legal services division in 2004, rising to Executive Vice President and General Counsel, President and COO, and eventually President and CEO. He has served on a variety of nonprofit boards, including Catholic University and Marian University. He and his wife, Tammy, reside in Santa Rosa, Florida.

Rapier recently retired as President of Domtar POS in Chandler, Arizona. He served as president of Liberty Paper for 24 years before selling his company to Iconex in 2022 and stayed on during its acquisition by Domtar. Rapier majored in psychology at Wabash and was a member of the football team and Sigma Chi fraternity. He and his wife, Cindy, reside in Chandler, Arizona, and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Chase is Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Eli Lilly and Company's International Business Unit. Throughout his 22-year career with Lilly, he has held roles in sales and marketing and gained experience in multiple human resource positions supporting Lilly China, Lilly USA, and Lilly's global commercial business units. He holds an MBA from Indiana University and a Master's of Global Management from Thunderbird. He is past president of the National Association of Wabash Men. He and his wife, Nicole, reside in Indianapolis.

Kaiser was an economics and German major at Wabash and earned his law degree from Indiana University-McKinney in 1990. He was an All-American football player and member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity while at Wabash. He is a member of the Wabash Athletics Hall of Fame and was awarded the Fredrick J. Urbaska Civic Service Award. He is a partner at Dentons, the largest law firm in the world and is Co-Chair of the National Corporate Practice Group. He and his wife, Allison, live in Jasper, Indiana.

The Wabash Board of Trustees is the governing body of the College and meets on campus three times each year. William J. Wheeler '83 serves as Chair of the Board.

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