https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Trent_Deckard Trent Deckard - Revision history 2026-05-25T05:07:26Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=556&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 18:22, 28 February 2026 2026-02-28T18:22:08Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:22, 28 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Timeline: Trent Deckard'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Timeline: Trent Deckard'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-02-26''' '''Politics: Candidate forum.''' David Henry and Trent Deckard participate in a candidate forum hosted by Bloomington Democratic Socialists of America. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/monroe-county-commissioner-candidates-spar-over-jail-immigration-housing-listening/ BSB coverage]] [[https://catstv.net/m.php?q=15564 CATS recording]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-01-08''' '''Politics: Commissioner candidacy announced.''' Trent Deckard announces he will file to seek election as Monroe County Commissioner, District 1, in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]] [[https://www.trentdeckard.com/ campaign website]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-01-08''' '''Politics: Commissioner candidacy announced.''' Trent Deckard announces he will file to seek election as Monroe County Commissioner, District 1, in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]] [[https://www.trentdeckard.com/ campaign website]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Lake Monroe board joined.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a board member of Friends of Lake Monroe. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Lake Monroe board joined.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a board member of Friends of Lake Monroe. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=544&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 15:59, 21 February 2026 2026-02-21T15:59:46Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:59, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:2026 campaign Trent Deckard 24-012401-017-HR.jpg|thumb|This photo is from Trent Deckard's 2026 website for his campaign for Monroe County commissioner.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:2026 campaign Trent Deckard 24-012401-017-HR.jpg|thumb|This photo is from Trent Deckard's 2026 website for his campaign for Monroe County commissioner.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Trent Deckard is an at-large representative on the Monroe County Council, an elected position he has held since 2019. In 2024 he served as council president. In early 2025 he changed his council campaign committee to become an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Trent Deckard is an at-large representative on the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://www.in.gov/counties/monroe/government/council/ </ins>Monroe County Council<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>, an elected position he has held since 2019. In 2024 he served as council president. In early 2025 he changed his council campaign committee to become an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He is a lecturer at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and is a two-time recipient of the Trustees' Teaching Award as well as Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award. He teaches business communication classes to undergraduate students, members of the Kelley MBA Core, and participants of the Kelley Executive Education Partners program. He is a member of Toastmasters, Rotary International, and the Kiwanis Club of South Central Indiana.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He is a lecturer at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and is a two-time recipient of the Trustees' Teaching Award as well as Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award. He teaches business communication classes to undergraduate students, members of the Kelley MBA Core, and participants of the Kelley Executive Education Partners program. He is a member of Toastmasters, Rotary International, and the Kiwanis Club of South Central Indiana.</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=543&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 15:58, 21 February 2026 2026-02-21T15:58:51Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:58, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:2026 campaign Trent Deckard 24-012401-017-HR.jpg|thumb|This photo is from Trent Deckard's 2026 website for his campaign for Monroe County commissioner.]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Trent Deckard is an at-large representative on the Monroe County Council, an elected position he has held since 2019. In 2024 he served as council president. In early 2025 he changed his council campaign committee to become an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Trent Deckard is an at-large representative on the Monroe County Council, an elected position he has held since 2019. In 2024 he served as council president. In early 2025 he changed his council campaign committee to become an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=533&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 15:36, 21 February 2026 2026-02-21T15:36:35Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:36, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Timeline: Trent Deckard'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Timeline: Trent Deckard'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-01-08''' '''Politics: Commissioner candidacy announced.''' Trent Deckard announces he will file to seek election as Monroe County Commissioner, District 1, in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-01-08''' '''Politics: Commissioner candidacy announced.''' Trent Deckard announces he will file to seek election as Monroe County Commissioner, District 1, in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] [[https://www.trentdeckard.com/ campaign website</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Lake Monroe board joined.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a board member of Friends of Lake Monroe. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Lake Monroe board joined.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a board member of Friends of Lake Monroe. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Consulting firm launched.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as president of Deckard Communication and Consulting, LLC. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Consulting firm launched.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as president of Deckard Communication and Consulting, LLC. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=532&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 15:19, 21 February 2026 2026-02-21T15:19:54Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:19, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l45">Line 45:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2004-11-00''' '''Professional: Kroger management.''' Trent Deckard starts working as a manager at Kroger. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2004-11-00''' '''Professional: Kroger management.''' Trent Deckard starts working as a manager at Kroger. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2003-01-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse intern.''' Trent Deckard starts service at the Indiana House of Representatives as intern, student services coordinator, and campaign manager. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2003-01-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse intern.''' Trent Deckard starts service at the Indiana House of Representatives as intern, student services coordinator, and campaign manager. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2001-00-00''' '''Education: Bachelor’s degree.''' Trent Deckard earns a bachelor’s degree <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">period </del>at Ball State University. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2001-00-00''' '''Education: Bachelor’s degree.''' Trent Deckard earns a bachelor’s degree at Ball State University. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''1996-00-00''' '''Education: Bachelor’s degree.''' Trent Deckard starts a bachelor’s degree program at Ball State University. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''1996-00-00''' '''Education: Bachelor’s degree.''' Trent Deckard starts a bachelor’s degree program at Ball State University. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:People]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:People]]</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=531&oldid=prev Chronically Dave: Undo revision 530 by Chronically Dave (talk) 2026-02-21T15:19:19Z <p>Undo revision <a href="/index.php/Special:Diff/530" title="Special:Diff/530">530</a> by <a href="/index.php/Special:Contributions/Chronically_Dave" title="Special:Contributions/Chronically Dave">Chronically Dave</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Chronically_Dave&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Chronically Dave (page does not exist)">talk</a>)</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:19, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Timeline: Trent Deckard'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Timeline: Trent Deckard'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2025-01''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Launches </del>Deckard Communication <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&amp; </del>Consulting LLC.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-01-08''' '''Politics: Commissioner candidacy announced.''' Trent Deckard announces he will file to seek election as Monroe County Commissioner, District 1, in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2025-01<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-00''' '</ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Professional: Lake Monroe board joined.</ins>''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trent Deckard starts serving as a board member of Friends of Lake Monroe. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2025-01''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Changes </del>his council campaign committee to an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1, a position <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">currently </del>held by Lee Jones.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Consulting firm launched.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as president of </ins>Deckard Communication <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>Consulting<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>LLC. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2025-01<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-00'</ins>'' '''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Politics: Exploratory committee launched.''' Trent Deckard changes </ins>his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">county </ins>council campaign committee to an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1, a position held by Lee Jones. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2025-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">01</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Joins </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">board </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Friends of Lake Monroe</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2025-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">00-00 Professional:''' '</ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">IU Faculty council.</ins>''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Deckard is elected to </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-</ins>of<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-county-commissioner-candidacy</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pdf  press release]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2024-11-05''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: County council general election.''' Democrats Cheryl Munson, Trent Deckard, and David Henry win election </ins>to the Monroe County <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">council unopposed on the ballot.  [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Cumulative-Results-11-6-2024-12-32-14</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AM</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pdf copy of cumulative results]] </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2024-11-05''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Is re-elected </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">one of three at-large seats on </del>the Monroe County <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Council in a four</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">way race in the general election</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2024-05-07''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: Primary election.''' Cheryl Muson, Trent Deckard, and David  Henry are elected as nominees </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Democratic Party for the </ins>three <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">county council </ins>seats<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>in a four-way race <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that also included Matt Caldie. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/monroe-county-2024-</ins>primary<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-winners-thomas-madeira-van-deventer-munson-deckard-henry/  BSB coverage]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2024-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president</ins>.''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard starts service as president of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2024-05-07''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wins one </del>of three <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at-large </del>seats <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on the Monroe County Council </del>in a four-way race <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in the Democratic Party </del>primary.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2023-00</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">00''' '</ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Politics: Council president pro tem.</ins>''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trent Deckard serves as </ins>president <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pro tempore </ins>of the Monroe County Council. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* ''</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2022-00-00</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' '''Politics: Council president pro tem.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2024</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">01</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Is elected </del>president of the Monroe County Council.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2021-07<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-00''' </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Education: PhD program.</ins>''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trent Deckard starts </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">PhD program </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Global Leadership at </ins>Saint Mary-of-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</ins>-Woods College<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, with a focus on organizational behavior and change. [[https://bloomdocs</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2020-11-03''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: County council.''' Trent Deckard wins </ins>one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2021-07''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Begins studying for </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ph.D. </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">global leadership from </del>Saint Mary-of-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The</del>-Woods College.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2020-06-02''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: County council.''' Trent Deckard wins </ins>one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2019-01-13''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: County council.''' Trent Deckard is the selection of </ins>a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2020-11-03''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wins </del>one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'2019-01-00''' '''Politics: County council term starts.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a Monroe County Council member at-large. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2018<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-08-00'</ins>'' '''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard’s work </ins>as director of development <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </ins>United Way of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">South Central Indiana ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2020-06-02''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wins </del>one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2018-01-00''' '''Professional: United Way</ins>.''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard starts serving as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2018<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-01-00</ins>''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Professional: IU Kelley faculty.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as </ins>business communication faculty at Indiana <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">University’s </ins>Kelley School of Business. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2019-01-13''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wins </del>a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2017''' Earns a master's degree in applied communication from Indiana University Indianapolis.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* ''</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2017-12-00</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' '''Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard’s service as chief of staff at the Indiana House of Representatives ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2018''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Works for about 8 months </del>as director of development <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </del>United Way of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Monroe County</del>.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2017-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard’s M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis concluded in 2017. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2015<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-07-00'</ins>'' '''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard starts serving </ins>as chief of staff <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </ins>the Indiana House of Representatives<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2018''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Joins the </del>business communication faculty <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a lecturer </del>at Indiana <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">University </del>Kelley School of Business.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2015-07-00''' '''Professional: Election division</ins>.''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard’s service as co-director of the Indiana Election Division ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2015-05-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct.''' Trent Deckard’s work as adjunct faculty at IUPUI ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2017<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>' ''Earns a master's degree in applied communication from Indiana University Indianapolis.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2013''' Serves as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party until 2015<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2013-08-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct</ins>.''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard starts serving as adjunct faculty at IUPUI. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2015''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Works </del>as chief of staff <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </del>the Indiana House of Representatives <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Democratic Caucus</del>.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2012-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard starts an M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2011<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-01-00''' '</ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Professional: Election division.</ins>''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trent Deckard starts serving </ins>as co-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">director </ins>of the Indiana Election Division<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2013<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>' ''Serves as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party until 2015.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2011-01-00''' '''Professional: Congressional district.''' Trent Deckard’s work as district director for U.S. Congressman Baron P. Hill ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2009-01-00''' '''Professional: Congressional field</ins>.''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard’s work as a field representative for U.S. Congressman Baron P. Hill ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2011''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Serves </del>as co-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chair </del>of the Indiana Election Division <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">until 2015</del>.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2009-01-00''' '''Professional: Congressional district.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as district director for U.S. Congressman Baron P. Hill. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </ins>'''2007<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-01-00</ins>''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Professional: Congressional field.''' Trent Deckard starts serving </ins>as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a field representative </ins>for U.S. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Congressman Baron P. Hill</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2007''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Works </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">District Director &amp; Field Representative </del>for U.S. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rep</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Baron Hill  (9th Congressional District) until 2011</del>.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2006-12-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse field director.''' Trent Deckard’s work as field director at the Indiana House of Representatives ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2005-11-00''' '''Professional: Kroger management</ins>.''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard’s work as a manager at Kroger ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2001</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Earns </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bachelor</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s degree in political science</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">criminal justice </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">criminology from </del>Ball State University.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2005-10-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse field director.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as field director at the Indiana House of Representatives. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2004-11-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse intern.''' Trent Deckard’s service at the Indiana House of Representatives as intern, student services coordinator, and campaign manager ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2004-11-00</ins>''' '''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Professional: Kroger management.</ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard starts working as </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">manager at Kroger. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2003-01-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse intern.</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' Trent Deckard starts service at the Indiana House of Representatives as intern, student services coordinator</ins>, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">campaign manager. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2001-00-00''' '''Education: Bachelor’s degree.''' Trent Deckard earns a bachelor’s degree period at </ins>Ball State University. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''1996-00-00''' '''Education: Bachelor’s degree.'</ins>'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trent Deckard starts a bachelor’s degree program at Ball State University. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:People]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:People]]</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=530&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 15:17, 21 February 2026 2026-02-21T15:17:37Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:17, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Timeline: Trent Deckard'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Timeline: Trent Deckard'''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-01-08''' '''Politics: Commissioner candidacy announced.''' Trent Deckard announces he will file to seek election as Monroe County Commissioner, District 1, in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2025-01''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Launches </ins>Deckard <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Communication &amp; </ins>Consulting <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LLC</ins>.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2025-01<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-00''' '</del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Professional: Lake Monroe board joined.</del>''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trent </del>Deckard <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">starts serving as a board member of Friends of Lake Monroe. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: </del>Consulting <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">firm launched</del>.''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard starts serving as president of Deckard Communication and Consulting, LLC. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2025-01''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Changes </ins>his council campaign committee to an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1, a position <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">currently </ins>held by Lee Jones.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2025-01<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-00'</del>'' '''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Politics: Exploratory committee launched.''' Trent Deckard changes </del>his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">county </del>council campaign committee to an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1, a position held by Lee Jones. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2025-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">00-00 Professional:</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'IU Faculty council</del>.''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Deckard is elected to the Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2025-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">01</ins>''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Joins the board of Friends of Lake Monroe</ins>.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2024-11-05''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: </del>County <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">council </del>general election.''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Democrats Cheryl Munson, Trent Deckard, and David Henry win election to the Monroe County council unopposed on the ballot.  [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Cumulative-Results-11-6-2024-12-32-14-AM.pdf copy of cumulative results]] </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2024-05-07''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: Primary election.''' Cheryl Muson, Trent Deckard, and David  Henry are elected as nominees </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Democratic Party for the </del>three <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">county council </del>seats<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>in a four-way race <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that also included Matt Caldie. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/monroe-county-2024-</del>primary<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-winners-thomas-madeira-van-deventer-munson-deckard-henry/  BSB coverage]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2024-11-05''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Is re-elected to one of three at-large seats on the Monroe </ins>County <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Council in a four-way race in the </ins>general election.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2024-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president</del>.''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard starts service as president of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2023</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">00-00</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: Council </del>president <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pro tem.''' Trent Deckard serves as president pro tempore </del>of the Monroe County Council. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2024-05-07''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wins one </ins>of three <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at-large </ins>seats <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on the Monroe County Council </ins>in a four-way race <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in the Democratic Party </ins>primary.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'2022-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president pro tem.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2021-07<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-00</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Education: PhD program</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' Trent Deckard starts a PhD program </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Global Leadership at </del>Saint Mary-of-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the</del>-Woods College<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, with a focus on organizational behavior and change</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2024</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">01</ins>''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Is elected </ins>president of the Monroe County Council.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2020-11-03''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: County council.''' Trent Deckard wins </del>one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2020-06-02''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: County council.''' Trent Deckard wins </del>one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2021-07''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Begins studying for a Ph.D</ins>. in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">global leadership from </ins>Saint Mary-of-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The</ins>-Woods College.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2019-01-13''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Politics: County council.''' Trent Deckard is the selection of </del>a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'2019-01-00''' '''Politics: County council term starts.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a Monroe County Council member at-large. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2020-11-03''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wins </ins>one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2018<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-08-00</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard’s work </del>as director of development <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </del>United Way of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">South Central Indiana ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'2018-01-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2020-06-02''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wins </ins>one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2018<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-01-00</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Professional: IU Kelley faculty.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as </del>business communication faculty at Indiana <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">University’s </del>Kelley School of Business. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2017''' Earns a master's degree in applied communication from Indiana University Indianapolis.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2019-01-13''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wins </ins>a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* ''</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2017-12-00</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' '''Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard’s service as chief of staff at the Indiana House of Representatives ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2017-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard’s M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis concluded in 2017. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2018''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Works for about 8 months </ins>as director of development <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </ins>United Way of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Monroe County</ins>.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2015<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-07-00'</del>'' '''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard starts serving </del>as chief of staff <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </del>the Indiana House of Representatives. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'2015-07-00''' '''Professional: Election division.''' Trent Deckard’s service as co-director of the Indiana Election Division ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2018''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Joins the </ins>business communication faculty <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a lecturer </ins>at Indiana <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">University </ins>Kelley School of Business.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2015-05-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct.''' Trent Deckard’s work as adjunct faculty at IUPUI ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'2013</del>''' Serves as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party until 2015<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2017<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>' ''Earns a master's degree in applied communication from Indiana University Indianapolis.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2013-08-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct</del>.''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard starts serving as adjunct faculty at IUPUI. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2012-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard starts an M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2015''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Works </ins>as chief of staff <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </ins>the Indiana House of Representatives <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Democratic Caucus</ins>.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''2011<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-01-00</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Professional: Election division.''' Trent Deckard starts serving </del>as co-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">director </del>of the Indiana Election Division. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'2011-01-00''' '''Professional: Congressional district.''' Trent Deckard’s work as district director for U.S. Congressman Baron P. Hill ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2013</ins>''' ''Serves as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party until 2015.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2009-01-00</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Professional: Congressional field.</del>''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trent Deckard’s work </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a field representative </del>for U.S. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Congressman Baron P. Hill ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2009-01-00''' '''Professional: Congressional district.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as district director for U.S</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Congressman </del>Baron <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">P. Hill. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''2011''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Serves </ins>as co-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chair </ins>of the Indiana Election Division <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">until 2015</ins>.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2007-01-00''' '''Professional: </del>Congressional <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">field</del>.''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' Trent Deckard starts serving as a field representative for U.S. Congressman Baron P. Hill. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2006-12-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse field director.''' Trent Deckard’s work as field director at the Indiana House of Representatives ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2007</ins>''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Works </ins>as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">District Director &amp; Field Representative </ins>for U.S. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rep</ins>. Baron <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Hill  (9th </ins>Congressional <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">District) until 2011</ins>.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2005-11-00</del>''' ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'Professional: Kroger management.''' Trent Deckard’s work as </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">manager at Kroger ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''2005-10-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse field director.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as field director at the Indiana House of Representatives. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2001</ins>''' ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Earns </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bachelor</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s degree in political science</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">criminal justice </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">criminology from </ins>Ball State University.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2004-11-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse intern.''' Trent Deckard’s service at the Indiana House of Representatives as intern, student services coordinator</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">campaign manager ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2004-11-00''' '''Professional: Kroger management.''' Trent Deckard starts working as a manager at Kroger. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2003-01-00''' '''Professional: Statehouse intern.''' Trent Deckard starts service at the Indiana House of Representatives as intern, student services coordinator, and campaign manager. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2001-00-00''' '''Education: Bachelor’s degree.''' Trent Deckard earns a bachelor’s degree period at </del>Ball State University. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''1996-00-00''' '''Education: Bachelor’s degree.'</del>'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trent Deckard starts a bachelor’s degree program at Ball State University. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:People]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:People]]</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=525&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 15:04, 21 February 2026 2026-02-21T15:04:45Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:04, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18">Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2022-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president pro tem.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2022-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president pro tem.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2021-07-00''' '''Education: PhD program.''' Trent Deckard starts a PhD program in Global Leadership at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, with a focus on organizational behavior and change. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2021-07-00''' '''Education: PhD program.''' Trent Deckard starts a PhD program in Global Leadership at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, with a focus on organizational behavior and change. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-11-03''' Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-11-03<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' '''Politics: County council.</ins>''' Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-02''' Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-02<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' '''Politics: County council.</ins>''' Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-13''' Trent Deckard is the selection of a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-13<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' '''Politics: County council.</ins>''' Trent Deckard is the selection of a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-00''' '''Politics: County council term starts.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a Monroe County Council member at-large. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-00''' '''Politics: County council term starts.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a Monroe County Council member at-large. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-08-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard’s work as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-08-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard’s work as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=524&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 15:03, 21 February 2026 2026-02-21T15:03:36Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:03, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18">Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2022-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president pro tem.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2022-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president pro tem.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2021-07-00''' '''Education: PhD program.''' Trent Deckard starts a PhD program in Global Leadership at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, with a focus on organizational behavior and change. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2021-07-00''' '''Education: PhD program.''' Trent Deckard starts a PhD program in Global Leadership at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, with a focus on organizational behavior and change. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-11-03<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>' ''Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-11-03''' Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-02<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>' ''Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-02''' Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-13<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>' ''Trent Deckard is the selection of a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-13''' Trent Deckard is the selection of a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-00''' '''Politics: County council term starts.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a Monroe County Council member at-large. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-00''' '''Politics: County council term starts.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a Monroe County Council member at-large. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-08-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard’s work as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-08-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard’s work as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-01-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-01-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-01-00''' '''Professional: IU Kelley faculty.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as business communication faculty at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-01-00''' '''Professional: IU Kelley faculty.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as business communication faculty at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>' ''Earns a master's degree in applied communication from Indiana University Indianapolis.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017''' Earns a master's degree in applied communication from Indiana University Indianapolis.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017-12-00''' '''Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard’s service as chief of staff at the Indiana House of Representatives ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017-12-00''' '''Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard’s service as chief of staff at the Indiana House of Representatives ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard’s M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis concluded in 2017. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard’s M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis concluded in 2017. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l31">Line 31:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 31:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-07-00''' '''Professional: Election division.''' Trent Deckard’s service as co-director of the Indiana Election Division ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-07-00''' '''Professional: Election division.''' Trent Deckard’s service as co-director of the Indiana Election Division ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-05-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct.''' Trent Deckard’s work as adjunct faculty at IUPUI ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-05-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct.''' Trent Deckard’s work as adjunct faculty at IUPUI ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2013<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>' ''Serves as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party until 2015.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2013''' Serves as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party until 2015.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2013-08-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as adjunct faculty at IUPUI. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2013-08-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as adjunct faculty at IUPUI. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2012-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard starts an M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2012-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard starts an M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Trent_Deckard&diff=523&oldid=prev Chronically Dave at 15:03, 21 February 2026 2026-02-21T15:03:09Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:03, 21 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Consulting firm launched.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as president of Deckard Communication and Consulting, LLC. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Professional: Consulting firm launched.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as president of Deckard Communication and Consulting, LLC. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Politics: Exploratory committee launched.''' Trent Deckard changes his county council campaign committee to an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1, a position held by Lee Jones. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-01-00''' '''Politics: Exploratory committee launched.''' Trent Deckard changes his county council campaign committee to an exploratory committee for Monroe County Commissioner District 1, a position held by Lee Jones. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-00-00''' '''IU Faculty council.''' Deckard is elected to the Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-00-00 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Professional:</ins>''' '''IU Faculty council.''' Deckard is elected to the Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-01-08-Trent-Deckard-annoucement-of-county-commissioner-candidacy.pdf  press release]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2024-11-05''' '''Politics: County council general election.''' Democrats Cheryl Munson, Trent Deckard, and David Henry win election to the Monroe County council unopposed on the ballot.  [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Cumulative-Results-11-6-2024-12-32-14-AM.pdf copy of cumulative results]]  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2024-11-05''' '''Politics: County council general election.''' Democrats Cheryl Munson, Trent Deckard, and David Henry win election to the Monroe County council unopposed on the ballot.  [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Cumulative-Results-11-6-2024-12-32-14-AM.pdf copy of cumulative results]]  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2024-05-07''' '''Politics: Primary election.''' Cheryl Muson, Trent Deckard, and David  Henry are elected as nominees of the Democratic Party for the three county council seats, in a four-way race that also included Matt Caldie. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/monroe-county-2024-primary-winners-thomas-madeira-van-deventer-munson-deckard-henry/  BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2024-05-07''' '''Politics: Primary election.''' Cheryl Muson, Trent Deckard, and David  Henry are elected as nominees of the Democratic Party for the three county council seats, in a four-way race that also included Matt Caldie. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/monroe-county-2024-primary-winners-thomas-madeira-van-deventer-munson-deckard-henry/  BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2024-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2024-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2023-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president pro tem.''' Trent Deckard serves as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2023-00-00''' '''Politics: Council president pro tem.''' Trent Deckard serves as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2022-00-00''' '''Politics: Council pro tem.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2022-00-00''' '''Politics: Council <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">president </ins>pro tem.''' Trent Deckard starts service as president pro tempore of the Monroe County Council. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2021-07-00''' '''Education: PhD program.''' Trent Deckard starts a PhD program in Global Leadership at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, with a focus on organizational behavior and change. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2021-07-00''' '''Education: PhD program.''' Trent Deckard starts a PhD program in Global Leadership at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, with a focus on organizational behavior and change. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-11-03''' ''Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.''  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-11-03''' ''Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a six-way race in the general election.''  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-02''' ''Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-02''' ''Trent Deckard wins one of three at-large seats on the Monroe County Council in a five-way race in the Democratic Party primary. The primary was originally slated for May 5 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-13''' ''Trent Deckard a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-13''' ''Trent Deckard <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is the selection of </ins>a Democratic Party caucus to replace Lee Jones for an at-large seat on the Monroe County Council.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-00''' '''Politics: County council term starts.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a Monroe County Council member at-large. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2019-01-00''' '''Politics: County council term starts.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as a Monroe County Council member at-large. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-08-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard’s work as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2018-08-00''' '''Professional: United Way.''' Trent Deckard’s work as director of development at United Way of South Central Indiana ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l28">Line 28:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 28:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017-12-00''' '''Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard’s service as chief of staff at the Indiana House of Representatives ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017-12-00''' '''Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard’s service as chief of staff at the Indiana House of Representatives ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard’s M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis concluded in 2017. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2017-00-00''' '''Education: Master’s degree.''' Trent Deckard’s M.A. program in applied communication at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis concluded in 2017. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2015''' ''Works as chief of staff for the Indiana House of Representatives Democratic Caucus.''</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-07-00''' '''Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as chief of staff at the Indiana House of Representatives. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-07-00''' '''Professional: Legislative chief of staff.''' Trent Deckard starts serving as chief of staff at the Indiana House of Representatives. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-07-00''' '''Professional: Election division.''' Trent Deckard’s service as co-director of the Indiana Election Division ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-07-00''' '''Professional: Election division.''' Trent Deckard’s service as co-director of the Indiana Election Division ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-05-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct.''' Trent Deckard’s work as adjunct faculty at IUPUI ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2015-05-00''' '''Professional: IUPUI adjunct.''' Trent Deckard’s work as adjunct faculty at IUPUI ends. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-18-Linkedin-Profile-Trent-Deckard.pdf  LinkedIn profile]]</div></td></tr> </table> Chronically Dave