Board of Directors
2021 Council Meeting Dates
The meetings listed below will be held at the Michigan Humanities office or online from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern).
- February 18
- May 20
- October 21
Michigan Humanities office address:
Woodland Office Park
364 Woodlake Drive, Suite 100
Okemos, Michigan 48864
Board of Directors
| DISTRICT | BOARD MEMBER | BOARD TITLE | CITY |
| 1 | Rena Richtig, Escanaba Catholic Faith Formations, Director | Bark River | |
| 2 | Bill Alsover, Alsover Business Consulting, President | Treasurer | Newaygo |
| 3 | Celeste Diehm, Wayland Union Schools, Baker Elementary, Principal | 1st Vice Chair | Grand Rapids |
| Ron LaMange, CPA, Semi-retired | Grand Rapids | ||
| 4 | Jenell Leonard, Marketing Resource Group, Inc., Owner | Dewitt | |
| 5 | Julie Dorcey, Delta College Institutional Advancement, Foundation Manager | Saginaw | |
| Kathryn Curtiss Spence, Dow Corning Foundation, Retired | Saginaw | ||
| Reverend Dr. Shannon Polk, Esq., Leadership Solutions, Owner | Grand Blanc | ||
| 6 | Petey Margaret Stephanak, Southwest Michigan First, Partner | At Large | Kalamazoo |
| Deanne Gavalis, Senior Advisor, PNC Wealth Management | Kalamazoo | ||
| 8 | April Clobes, MSU Federal Credit Union, CEO | Bath | |
| Colleen Graber, Public Policy Associates, COO | East Lansing | ||
| Jade Sims, MSU Eli Broad College of Business, International Trade Specialist | Okemos | ||
| Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law, Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center |
East Lansing | ||
| 9 | Glenn Stevens, Jr., MICHauto, Executive Director, Detroit Regional Chamber | Beverly Hills | |
| 10 | Jim Napolitano, Marketing Consultant, Firefighter/First Responder | Fund Raising | Dryden |
| 12 | Versell Smith, Jr., The Corner Health Center, Executive Director | Chair | Ann Arbor |
| Matt Jaber Stiffler, PhD., Arab American National Museum, Research Content Manager | At Large | Ann Arbor | |
| Ethriam Cash Brammer, Assistant Dean, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) | Ann Arbor | ||
| Joseph Stanhope Cialdella, Academic Program Manager for Public Scholarship, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) | Ann Arbor | ||
| 13 | Amisha S. Harijan, Librarian, Librarian III – Assistant Manager, Detroit Public Library (Detroit) | Detroit |
Staff
| DISTRICT | STAFF | CITY |
| 3 | Jennifer Rupp, Director of Federal and State Grants | Marshall |
| 4 | Phyllis Rathbun, Executive Assistant | Lansing |
| 7 | Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki, President and CEO | Jackson |
| 8 | Michelle Chrome, Chief Financial Officer | Mason |
| James Nelson, Director of Grants | Haslett | |
| Carol Taggart, Director of Advancement | Howell | |
| Katie Wittenauer, Director of Programs | Okemos |