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The Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, a broadly representative group of community leaders. Trustees are elected for three-year terms and may serve three full terms. The Board is responsible for setting Foundation policy, approving all grant awards, and for hiring investment managers to implement the Board's investment policy.

2008 Board of Trustees

Officers

Mary J. Schafer, Chair

 CPA/Partner, Plante & Moran, PLLC

Mark E. Alley. Chair-Elect
     
Chief of Police, Lansing Police Department
Nancy L. Little, Secretary
 Attorney/Shareholder, Foster Zack Little Pasteur & Manning, PC
Douglas A. Mielock, Treasurer

Attorney/Shareholder, Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC
 

Trustees

John Abbott

President, Summit Community Bank
Diana Rodriquez Algra
    Executive Director, Volunteer Centers of Michigan
Charles Blockett, Jr.

President, Charles Blockett, Jr. & Associates
Sam L. Davis
     Administrator, Ingham County
David J. Donovan

Founder/Consultant, Donovan Company, LLC

Hon. R. George Economy     

 Chief Probate Judge, Ingham County Probate Court
Nancy A. Elwood
     Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Vincent J. Ferris
     President, Custom Home Interiors, Inc.

Pat Gillespie

President, Gillespie Group
Mark Hooper
     CPA & Partner, Andrews Hooper & Pavlik, PLC

Andy Hopping

Executive Vice President/CFO, Jackson National Life Insurance Company

Michael King

Vice President/General Manager, WILX-TV

Robert Kolt

CEO/President, Kolt Communications, Inc.

Dorothy E. Maxwell
President & CEO, Max Weingar Group
Rachelle Neal
President, Capitol Research Services
Michael Nobach

Managing Director, Clinton County Road Commission

Helen Pratt Mickens

Professor & Associate Dean of Community Relations, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Richard Ramhoff

President/Publisher, Lansing State Journal

Denise Schroeder

Chief Operating Officer, Pension Trend

Mary Ellen Sheets
Founder & Chair of the Board, Two Men and a Truck, Inc.
Sharon H. Solomon
Executive Director, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Mitchell Tomlinson

CEO, Peckham Inc.

Carmen Turner

President, Boys and Girls Club of Lansing

Steven Webster

Vice President of Governmental Affairs, MSU

Ryan M. Wilson

Attorney/Shareholder, Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, PC

Alys Alley, Student Trustee
Mason High School Student

Nate Janssen, Student Trustee - Elect

Lansing Christian High School Student

Past Board Chairs
Douglas Milbury
Marylee Davis, PhD
Joseph Frauenheim
James F. Anderton, IV
J. Michael Warren
Patricia Munshaw
Dale Martin
Gerald Finch
Robert C. Carr
Lori Hacker Fuller
Ed Souders
Lawrence Wilhite
George Nugent
Charles A. Janssen
Mark Hooper
Suzanne B. Mills
David J. Donovan

Charles Blockett, Jr.
 

Staff Members
Dennis W. Fliehman
, President
Julia Oliver
, Vice President Finance
Brad Patterson
, Vice President Program
Pauline Pasch
, Program Officer & YAC Advisor

Traci Goulding, Executive Assistant

Dennis Campbell, Technology & Operations Coordinator

Lisa Levandowski, Finance Assistant




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