
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
2364 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, Retired Principal | Chair | Grand Rapids |
4 | Jenell Leonard, Marketing Resource Group, Inc., Owner | Dewitt | |
5 | Paul Chaffee, Retired Journalist | Freeland | |
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 | Secretary | 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 | Vice Chair | Dryden |
12 | Versell Smith, Jr., The Corner Health Center, Executive Director | Past Chair | Ann Arbor |
Matt Jaber Stiffler, PhD., Arab American National Museum, Research Content Manager | 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 |