Officers
Chad Karsten, Chairperson
Associate Attorney
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes PLC
Robert Saxton, Secretary
Director, Enterprise Facilities & Support Services
Accident Fund
Robert Easterly, Past Chairperson
Attorney
Easterly Law PLLC
Sam Davis, Secretary
Michigan High School Athletic Association
Carol Giacoletto, Treasurer
Retired
JP Morgan Chase
Directors
Dr. Carol Beals
Retired
Beals Institute
Robert Burgee
Attorney
Fraser Trebilcock
Kellee Christensen
Director of Strategic Planning
Board of Water and Light
Mark DeLuca
Senior Vice President/Senior Trust Officer
Bank of America
Amanda Denney
Senior Vice President of Experience
Elements Financial Credit Union
Jorma Duran
News Anchor
WLNS 6 News
Carrie S. Freeman
Attorney at Law/Partner
Grua, Freeman, Tupper & Young, PLC
Brian Gallagher
Attorney
Miller Canfield
Ashley Higginson
Attorney
Miller Canfield
Dan Korte
Vice President
Clark Construction
Fran Loose
Retired
Michigan Department of Education
Jarrod Lynch
CPA – Tax Manager
Plante Moran
Mable Martin-Scott
Assistant Dean of Lansing Campus and Professor
WMU-Cooley Law School
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
Clark Trombley Randers
Gerald Sambaer
Chief Financial Officer
Dart Bank
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
Amanda Toy
VP of Membership and Partnership
Michigan Chamber of Commerce
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
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
Becky Womboldt, L.M.S.W.
Director of Quality and Education, Mindfulness and Meditation Coordinator