Meet the Board

Indiana Hearing Association Board 

Left to right: Mary Gootee, Jessica Franklin, Mike Schantz, Drew Huffman, Rod Noftsger,
Ryan Andrson, Amy Anderson, Steve Douglas, Sean Noris.

    

Steve Douglas, HIS
President

Senior Hearing Instrument Specialist

Steven S Douglas, HIS, President/Indiana Hearing Alliance, President/CEO/Hearing Aids Plus+, Member/International Hearing Society, was diagnosed with hearing loss in 1990 at the young age of 30 and was fit with his first set of hearing aids. Because of his new-found life of sound, Steve became an advocate for the hearing industry and a licensed Hearing Instrument Specialist.  He is an outdoorsman, a musician, a father, and a husband.

steve@hearingaidsplususa.com     260.403.0234 


Drew Huffman, BC-HIS
Vice President

drewskihuff@gmail.com    812.870.4747 


Mary Gootee, HIS
Secretary

Mary Gootee was born and raised in a rural town in Ontario, Canada. She has been a resident of Brownsburg, Indiana for more than 30years with her husband and 2 cats. She received her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Economics from the University of Arkansas in 1988, and she received her Hearing Instrument Specialist License in 2008. Throughout her career she has helped hundreds. Since 2020 she joined HearingLife.

jmgootee3@tds.net   |   317.595.8736  


Amy Anderson, HIS
Treasurer

Amy Anderson has been in the hearing aid industry for over 10 years. Amy is the Executive Director at Clear Choice Hearing Aid Centers.  She is a licensed hearing aid specialist in Indiana and Ohio. She also has a Bachelor of Sciences degree from Purdue University. Amy currently serves on the Indiana Hearing Alliance board as the treasurer.

amymanderson36@gmail.com    765.488.0859 


Mike Schantz, BC-HIS
Past President

Mike has been a member of the Indiana Hearing Alliance since 1987 and the International Hearing Society since 1989. He is board certified by the National Board of Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences. Mike attended Vincennes University and Indiana State University. He has been in the hearing healthcare field for more than 38 years and has owned his own practice since 1993. Mike is also a member of the Starkey Hearing Alliance.
mike@hearingaidservices.net     812.847.4034 


Ryan Anderson, HIS

Board

Ryan Anderson is the owner of Clear Choice Hearing Aid Centers established in May 2010. Ryan is a National Board-Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist. Ryan has over 25 years of experience in the hearing healthcare industry. Ryan has 9 office locations serving over 2000 people. He currently serves on the Indiana Hearing Alliance Board as a board member.

earguyanderson@gmail.com   |   765.488.0859  


Sean Norris, HIS
Board

Co-owner of Northern Indiana Hearing Center Inc. in South Bend and Portage, IN since 2019. Sean has been a Licensed H.A.D. since 2008.  He has 10 Children, and 7 Grandsons.  He is a former auto mechanic of 20 years (and ASE certified during half of that time) before getting into the hearing industry.  He enjoys hiking and kayaking when not in the office.

nihcmish@yahoo.com    574.383.5595


Jessica Franklin
Board

Jessica Franklin is a Hearing Instrument Specialist. Jessica has been a member of the International Hearing Society since 2022. She has been in the industry since 2016.

tessagbenlh@gmail.com   |   260.602.5190  

Rod Noftsger, HIS
Board

rod.noftsger@arhac.com   |   574.933.4400