Board of Directors

BOARD CHAIR
Charles Ballard
Professor
Department of Economics
Michigan State University

IMMEDIATE PAST BOARD CHAIR
Robert Swanson
Retired Director
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth

VICE CHAIR
Sonia Harb
Director
Technical Assistance Center
University of Michigan School of Social Work

TREASURER
Robert Kleine
Interim Director
MSU Center for Local Finance and Policy

SECRETARY
Gilda Z. Jacobs
President/CEO
Michigan League for Public Policy

BOARD MEMBER
Ann Kalass
CEO
Starfish Family Services

BOARD MEMBER
Richard Chang
CEO
NewFoundry

BOARD MEMBER
Martha Gonzalez-Cortes
Vice President
Kalamazoo Community Foundation

BOARD MEMBER
Cynthia Rowell
Program Director
Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation

BOARD MEMBER
Andrea Lyn Hansen
Partner
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn

BOARD MEMBER
Ja’Nel Jamerson
Executive Director
Community Foundation of Greater Flint

BOARD MEMBER
David Hecker
President
AFT Michigan

BOARD MEMBER
Sheilah Clay
Director, Training Quality & Retention
Mayor’s Office, City of Detroit

BOARD MEMBER
Dennis Paradis
Executive Director
Michigan Health and Policy Forum

BOARD MEMBER
Nancy Duncan
Retired Deputy State Budget Director
Michigan State Budget Office

BOARD MEMBER
Bill Rustem
Retired President
Public Sector Consultants

BOARD MEMBER
Danielle Smith Parker
CEO & Founder
Detroit Maid

BOARD MEMBER
Dan Little
Professor
University of Michigan

BOARD MEMBER
Denise Boucke
COO
Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan

BOARD MEMBER
Alycia Meriweather
Deputy Superintendent
Detroit Public Schools Community District

BOARD MEMBER
Jorge Gonzalez
Director
Start Garden

BOARD MEMBER
Edgar Vann III
Vice President
Diversity & Inclusion Manger, TCF Bank
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