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2020 Council Meeting Dates
February 20, 2020*
May 20, 2020
August 5-6, 2020 – Retreat
October 15, 2020*
*All Council meetings for 2020 will be held at the new offices in Okemos, except May 20th meeting, which will be held at the University Club in Lansing.
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 | Larry Preston, Temple Art, CEO | Secretary | Midland |
| 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 | Royal Oak | |
| 10 | Jim Napolitano, Publicis Groupe, SVP, Managing Director | 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 |
| Jessica Ryan, Marketing/Advocacy Research | Grand Rapids | |
| 4 | Phyllis Rathbun, Executive Assistant | Lansing |
| Hanna Espie, Program Assistant | Eagle | |
| 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 |