John R. Whikehart took office as the Chancellor of the Bloomington campus of Ivy Tech Community College on September 5, 2001. An employee of the College since 1991, he vacated the post of Executive Director for Administration at Ivy Tech’s Region 5 at Kokomo to lead Ivy Tech’s newest region based in Bloomington. In his previous position, John was responsible for financial, human resources, and the auxiliary service areas of the three campuses – Kokomo, Logansport and Wabash - in the Region 5 / Kokomo service area. In addition to those administrative duties, John taught courses in public policy and political science as an adjunct faculty member at both Ivy Tech Kokomo and Indiana University Kokomo.

Prior to his tenure with Ivy Tech, John served as Director of Staff in the Indiana State Senate, Director of Community Relations at Indiana University Kokomo, Personnel Director for the City of Kokomo, and Director of the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) program in Monroe, Lawrence, Orange, Washington and Jackson counties. In addition, he served as a member of the Board of Public Works for the City of Kokomo.

John earned a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from Indiana University Bloomington, a Certificate in Public Management from the SPEA Graduate School at IUPUI and a Master of Arts in Political Science from Ball State University. He also has post-graduate work in a PhD program in Educational Administration from Indiana State University.

John R. Whikehart,
Chancellor