Mechanical Engineer at Dow Chemical in Midland, MI from May 1985 to March 1986
Project Engineer at John Brown Engineering in Mt Vernon, IN from March 1986 to June of 1988
Became licensed as a Professional Engineer in 1990
Member of Indiana Farm Bureau, National Society of Professional Engineers, Jasper Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Businessman, and Dubois County Builders Association
Messmer and his two brothers are now co-owners of Messmer Mechanical, Inc. in Jasper.
Education
Graduate of Jasper High School in 1981
Graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in May 1985
Family
Mark has been married to Kim for 24 years and they have four children, Eric 23, Laura 20, Madeline 16 and Luke 15.
Mark has been very involved in the activities of his children through coaching their sports teams for over 12 years, as a Cub Scout leader for over 20 years, and helping the Band Parents as a member of the "Pit Crew" for 3 years, and helping with concession sales at football games and at the Strassenfest stand for 9 years.
Faith
Music Minister at his church (Holy Family Catholic Church) since 1993
Member of his Parish Council from 1990-1993
President of the Parish Council 1992-1993
Member of the Finance Council 1988-1991
Member of the Holy Family School Board 2001-2004
President of the Holy Family School Board 2003-2004
Active member in parish's renewal program called Christ Renews His Parish and attended Cursillo in 1992
Member of the Parish Picnic Committee 2006-2007
Member of the Capital Campaign Committee for the recent school and church improvements 2002-2007
In addition, Mark has chaired many other fundraising projects for the church and school.
Community Service
Mark has been a member of the Jasper Kiwanis since 1999
serving as Treasurer 1999-2001
Vice President 2001-2002
President 2002-2003
Secretary 2003-2006
Mark was recognized as Distinguished New Member in 2000
Distinguished Secretary for the '05-'06 year
Member of the Knights of Columbus
Member of the Evansville Chapter of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineers since 1989
Served as President in 1992-1993.
Chairman of the Technical, Energy and Government Affairs Committee since 1992.
