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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE -- November 5, 2003
Contact: Scott Hirko, Public Relations Officer
(517) 372-7770 -- shirko
[at] michiganhumanities.org
MICHIGAN
HUMANITIES COUNCIL WELCOMES FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THREE NEW OFFICERS
Recognized
Are: 3 Lansing Area Residents, 2 Metro Detroit Residents, 2 Upper Peninsula
Residents
LANSING—
Michigan Humanities Council welcomes four individuals recently elected
to serve on the board of Michigan Humanities Council. The Council also
elected three officers for two-year terms.
The new
board members will serve terms beginning January 1, 2004. The individuals
are:
- Ana Luisa
Cardona of Lansing. Ms. Cardona is a Consultant for Arts Education in
the Office of School Excellence for the Michigan Department of Education.
- Patrick
Russell LeBeau, Ph.D. of East Lansing. Dr. LeBeau is an Associate Professor
and the Director of the American Indian Studies Program at Michigan
State University.
- Erik Nordberg
of Houghton. Mr. Nordberg is the University Archivist for Michigan Technological
University.
- Kelvin
Smyth of Escanaba. Mr. Smyth is the Government and Community Affairs
Manager for MeadWestvaco Papers Group.
The new
board officers will serve two-year terms beginning October 17, 2003. The
officers are:
- James
A. McConnell of Livonia has been elected Chair. Mr. McConnell is a retired
social studies teacher from Dearborn Public Schools who also has served
on the boards of the Historical Society of Michigan and Michigan Council
for History Education. Mr. McConnell joined the board in May 2001.
- David
Scobey, Ph.D., of Ann Arbor has been elected Vice Chair. Dr. Scobey
is the Director of the Arts of Citizenship Program at the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor and an associate professor in the Taubman College
of Architecture and Urban Planning at U-M. Dr. Scobey joined the board
in January 2003.
- Claudia
Bleil of Okemos has been elected Secretary/Treasurer. Ms. Bleil currently
serves as Marketing Director for Meridian Mall in Okemos and previously
was Executive Director of the Michigan Theatre of Jackson. An interdisciplinary
humanities graduate of Michigan State University, she has been active
in nonprofit cultural and civic organizations in marketing and fund-raising
roles. Ms. Bleil joined the board in January 2001 and was elected Secretary/Treasurer
on an interim basis in January 2003 .
Michigan
Humanities Council board consists of 25 members whose responsibilities
range from program and proposal review, planning, fundraising, advocacy
for the humanities, liaison to projects and other representation of the
Council at activities around the state. Six members of the Council are
gubernatorial appointees while 19 are elected by the Council Board.
Michigan Humanities Council, founded in 1974, is the state’s independent,
non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Michigan
Humanities Council, founded in 1974, is the state’s independent,
non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
