Senator Ed
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Edward E. Charbonneau, a Hoosier by birth, was born in Northwest Indiana. He completed his undergraduate education at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN and received M.B.A. at Loyola University in Chicago, IL. Charbonneau then earned a law degree from the South Texas College of Law in Houston Texas.
Upon completion of his accomplished educational career, Ed Charbonneau embarked on an equally impressive professional career. For 36 years, Charbonneau was employed by U.S. Steel Corporation. For ten of those 36 years, Charbonneau operated as head of the government and community affairs for U.S. Steel. In 2006, Charbonneau was appointed the Interim President and CEO of The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. and maintains that position today.
Charbonneau has also held several key positions for many different organizations. Currently, he is the Board Chairman of the Porter County United Way, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Methodist Hospitals, and President of the Home Field Advantage Foundation. In the past, Charbonneau has served as one of the original members of the Executive Board of the Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council, the President of the Board of Directors and member of the Tradewinds Rehabilitation Center where he earned the Sempre Vivum Award, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center.
In addition to his impressive dossier, Charbonneau has also been appointed to several positions by many Hoosier Governors. Governor Robert Orr appointed Charbonneau to the Prospective Payment Study Commission and in 1993, Governor Evan Bayh appointed him to a special task force to resolve the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s budget crisis. In 1998, Governor Frank O’Bannon appointed Charbonneau to the Indiana Steel Industry Advisory Commission and finally, in 2005, Charbonneau was appointed by our Governor, Mitch Daniels, to the Indiana State Ethics Commission. Furthermore, Charbonneau was the recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash award, given to him by Governor Frank O’Bannon.
Today, Charbonneau and his wife Sharon of 34 years reside in Valparaiso, Indiana. They will have lived in Valparaiso for 27 years this Thanksgiving. Ed and Sharon have two children and two grandchildren.