A Jennings County native with more than 26 years of industrial and economic development experience has been hired as executive director of Jackson County Industrial Development Corp.
Trevor Lane will begin his duties early next month, replacing Jim Plump, who announced his retirement earlier this year after 42 years at the helm of JCIDC.
For the past 21 years, Lane has worked for Indiana Economic Development Corp. and most recently has been the southern region attractions director. Prior to joining IEDC, Lane was executive director of Jennings County Economic Development Commission.
As the state’s southern region director, Lane negotiated more than 430 business attraction and expansion deals, representing more than $8.2 billion in new capital investment, over 36,000 new jobs and retention of more than 69,000 Indiana workers.
“We are thrilled to welcome Trevor to our team,” said Kevin Gabbard, president of the JCIDC board of directors. “He brings a wealth of experience to our organization and has worked with many of our companies in Jackson County.”
During his tenure with IEDC, and specific to Jackson County, he managed attraction and expansion efforts resulting in over 1,700 new jobs and more than $635.5 million in investments for local companies, including AISIN, Lannett Company Inc., Cummins Inc., Guardian Bikes, Valeo North America, Sims Bark, SpaceGuard Products and Vital Farms.
The large multinational and small local companies Lane worked with to locate or expand in Indiana include Amazon, Autoneum, Batesville Tool & Die, Catamaran, Cummins, ENTEK, Faurecia, Honda, Ken’s Foods, King’s Hawaiian, Madison Precision Products, Mill Steel, Redwire Technologies, Sazarac of Indiana, Sunright America, Toyota Material Handling and TS Tech Indiana.
“We have put together a plan that will assure a smooth transition,” Gabbard said. “Trevor and Jim will attend a couple of events and do some travel before Jim officially steps down.”
Lane and his wife, Pamela, manage a 500-acre family cattle and grain farm in southeast Jennings County. They are the parents of three daughters, Lauren, Victoria and Emma, and three grandchildren, Coleson, Holdin and Alaina.