Board of Directors 2025-2026

 

Officers
Robert Saxton, Secretary
Director, Enterprise Facilities & Support Services

Accident Fund

Amanda Toy, Chairperson-Elect
VP of Membership and Partnership
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

Chad Karsten, Past Chairperson
Associate Attorney
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes PLC

Sam Davis, Secretary
Michigan High School Athletic Association

Carol Giacoletto, Treasurer
Retired
JP Morgan Chase

 

Directors

Kelly Babcock
Coordinator, Regional Motor Carrier Division
Auto Owners Insurance Company

Dr. Carol Beals
Retired
Beals Institute

Robert Burgee
Attorney
Fraser Trebilcock

Kellee Christensen 
Director of Strategic Planning
Board of Water and Light

Jorma Duran
News Anchor
WLNS 6 News

Brian Gallagher
Attorney
Miller Canfield

Ashley Higginson
Attorney
Miller Canfield

Ashley Jex
Employee Benefits Advisor
OVD Insurance

Dan Korte
Vice President
Clark Construction

Jarrod Lynch
CPA – Tax Manager
Plante Moran

Taylor Moberg
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager
MSU Federal Credit Union

Tom Reder, AIA
Architect
Bergmann Associates

Jeff Roman, CFP, AIF
Senior Financial Advisor 
Roman Capital Strategies

Alexander Rusek
Attorney 
Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC

Jacob Sabins, PE, LEED AP
Principal
Matrix Consulting Engineers

Gerald Sambaer
Chief Financial Officer
Dart Bank

Mandy Schmitz
Director of Administrative Operations
Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce

Shannon Scholten
Managing Director of Communications and Community Relations
Accident Fund

Samantha Selleck, PHR
Talent Success Consultant
Jackson National Life Insurance Company

Kevin A. Shaw, LEED AP
Partner/Vice-President – Marketing
Wieland

Capt. Anthony Stewart
Jail Administrator
Jackson County – Wesley Street Jail

Elisabeth Yeider
Bank Manager
Independent Bank

Directors Emeritus

Hon. Robert L. Drake*
Derwood L. Boyd*
Patricia Brown
Kenneth Frankland
Frank L. Guerriero*
Jo Hacker*
Harold E. Hicks*
Dr. Olivia I. Letts*
Richard Martin

Mary McCarthy*
Lawrence Parker

Shirley L. Richards*
Grant A. Santimore*
Duane R. Vernon*
Malcolm M. Williams*

*deceased

Senior Leadership

Brian Philson, L.M.S.W., A.C.S.W.
President & Chief Executive Officer

Brenda Cotton, B.S.
Director of Out of School Time Programs

Becky Gardner, L.M.S.W.
Director of Quality and Education, Mindfulness and Meditation Coordinator

Joanna Hayes, L.M.S.W.
Director of Juvenile Justice Alternative Programs

Tyler Jones, M.B.A.
Director of Residential Services

Laura Jurasek, B.A.
Director of Fund Development

Edward St. John, M.B.A.
Director of Finance

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