Board of Directors 2023-2024

Officers

Robert Easterly, Chairperson
Attorney
Easterly Law Firm

Chad Karsten, Chairperson-Elect
Associate Attorney
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes PLC

Anne Brown, Past Chairperson
Director of Client Development
Fessler & Bowman

Robert Saxton, Secretary
Director, Enterprise Facilities & Support Services

Accident Fund

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
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Elements Financial Credit Union

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

Nannette Norwood
Retired
Michigan Dept. of Corrections

Tom Reder, AIA
Architect
Bergmann Associates

Jeff Roman, CFP, AIF
Senior Financial Advisor 
CG Financial Services

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

Timothy M. Monroe, M.S.W., L.M.S.W., A.C.S.W., D.C.S.W.
Vice President

Terra Chall, MA, LPC
Director of Community Services

Tyler Jones, MPA
Residential Services Director

Laura Jurasek, BA
Fund Development Director

Edward St. John, MBA
Director of Finance

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

 

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