About Us

Dr. Ethriam Brammer

Board Chair

Assistant Dean, Rackham Graduate School
University of Michigan
South Lyon

Dr. Joseph Cialdella

Vice Chair

Senior Program Director, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor

Maureen Martin

Treasurer

Gregory

Dr. Angela Graham

Secretary

Director of Southwest Michigan Strategies, Fetzer Institute
Kalamazoo

Peg Asmus

Kewadin

Bill Beekman

Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Michigan State University

East Lansing

Paul Chaffee

President, Paul C. Chaffee LLC
Freeland

Anne Donohue

Superiorland Library Cooperative
Marquette

Julie Dorcey

Foundation Manager, Delta College Office of Institutional Advancement
Saginaw

Dr. Jennifer Drake

Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Grand Valley State University
Sparta

Antonio David Garcia

Consultant
Oak Park

Colleen Graber

Chief Operating Officer, Public Policy Associates
East Lansing

Deanne Hartman

Vice President, Sr. Relationship Strategist, PNC Bank
Plainwell

Dr. ollie Johnson

Chair and Professor, Department of African American Studies, Wayne State University
Detroit

Rachel Kuntzsch

Co-owner, Public Sector Consultants (PSC)
Lansing

Jenell Leonard

Owner, Marketing Resource Group, Inc.
Dewitt

Monique Marks

President & CEO, Franklin Wright Settlements, Inc.
Detroit

Emilio Rodriguez

Artistic Director, Black and Brown Theatre
Ypsilanti

Tansley Stearns

President and CEO, Community Financial Credit Union
Plymouth

Glenn Stevens

Executive Director of MICHauto, Vice President of Automotive & Mobility Industries; Detroit Regional Chamber
Beverly Hills

Dr. Matt Jaber Stiffler

Research and Content Manager, Arab American National Museum
Ann Arbor

Jenee Velasquez

President & CEO, The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation
Midland