Our Staff
Tammy Pearson, Director
tpearson@projectleadership.org | 765-651-0650, ext. 111
Tammy Pearson joined the Project Leadership team in August 2007 and serves as its director. She has lived in Grant County since 1991, the year she graduated from Ball State University with a bachelor degree in journalism and started her journalism career at the Marion Chronicle-Tribune. She worked for the newspaper for 16 years in a variety of roles, from reporting to graphics, eventually becoming its editor where she emphasized community journalism and news about local people and issues. In February 2007, she transferred within the Gannett company from the Chronicle-Tribune to The Star Press in Muncie where she served as executive editor until returning to Marion to join the Community Foundation. In her new role, Tammy continues to strive for positive change for three of her passions – children, education and Grant County. Tammy and her husband, Phil, have two children and are pleased to call Grant County home.
Linda Lowe, Community Scholarship Liaison
llowe@projectleadership.org | 765-651-0650, ext. 114
Linda Lowe is the Community Scholarship Liaison for Project Leadership at the Community Foundation. She has been a resident of Grant County for 13 years and has 30 years of business experience. Linda has a degree from Indiana Wesleyan University in Business Management. She has been married to her husband, Steve, for 29 years, has two children, and four grandchildren. Linda has a passion for the youths of Grant County and is excited about working to promote education.
Steve Gibson , Education Liaison
sgibson@projectleadership.org | 765-651-0650, ext. 112
Steve Gibson is the Education Liaison for Project Leadership at the Community Foundation of Grant County. Steve was born and raised in central Indiana and has lived in Marion with his wife, Tricia, for the past seven years. He is a graduate of Ball State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English. Before joining Project Leadership in April 2008, he had worked in Marion Community Schools since his semester student teaching at Justice Middle School in 2003. For the last four years, he had worked as a literacy specialist at Lincoln Elementary School. Steve is excited to continue his work promoting literacy in Grant County as Project Leadership develops new projects and programs in cooperation with local schools.