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 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

CHAIR & CEO
 
SUSAN M. CISCHKE
  Senior Vice President
  Environmental & Safety
  Ford Motor Company
 
 
VICE CHAIR
 
DEBORAH MORRISSETT
 Vice President
Regulatory Affairs
 Chrysler Corporation
 
 
 
SECRETARY
 
MICHAEL PALCHESKO  Director
Community Affairs
  DTE Energy
 
    
TREASURER
 
BRUCE BEREND, CPA
Partner
Plante & Moran
(Retired)
 
   

MEMBERS AT LARGE

BRENT O. BAIR
  Managing Director
  Road Commission for Oakland County

JAMES BARBARESSO
  Vice President
National ITS Practice Leader
HNTB Corporation 
ROBERT KITTLE
President
The Kittle Group
ROBERT C. LANGE  Executive Director
Vehicle Safety & Safety Integration
General Motors Corporation
 
NEIL MUNRO
  Editor
The Oakland Press
(Retired)
RICHARD G. SKARRITT
  Commissioner
  Road Commission for Oakland County
JOSEPH W. SUTSCHEK
 Vice President
 Ramco-Gershenson, Inc
J. DAVID VANDERVEEN
 Director
Central Services
 County of Oakland

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SHERRY BALL
City Manager
City of Pleasant Ridge
 
LEE BEGOLE
Chief of Police
City of Novi
(Retired)
 
MICHAEL BILL
Senior Safety Specialist Great Lakes Division
FedEx Corporation
 
GUY D. BRIGGS
Group Vice President
N.A. Manufacturing & Labor Relations
General Motors Corporation 
 
CHARLES T. CRAFT
Chief of Police
City of Troy 
JOHN CROWDER
President & CEO
Milliken Millwork, Inc. 
ELDEN DANIELSON
Chief Engineer
City of Royal Oak 
 
RUSSELL GRONEVELT
President & CEO
Orchard Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.
DIANA C. JONES
Vice President
Community Affairs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
 
KEVIN KENNEDY
Vice President
Sales
TAKATA
DR. VICKIE MARKAVITCH
Superintendent
Oakland Schools
DAVID MOLLOY
Chief of Police 
City of Novi
 
JERRY NARSH
Chief of Police
Village of Lake Orion
 
DAVID PAYNE
Supervisor
Township of Bloomfield
 BLAKE ROE
Partner
Plante & Moran
JEANNE STINE
Councilwoman
City of Troy
                        
MARK WOLLENWEBER
City Administrator
City of Grosse Pointe Woods
 
     

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MICHAEL J. BOUCHARD
Sheriff
County of Oakland
JOHN L. GRUBBA
Deputy County Executive
County of Oakland
(Retired)
 
BRUCE B. MADSEN
Executive Director
Traffic Improvement
Association
(Retired)
L. BROOKS PATTERSON
County Executive
County of Oakland
GARY RUSSI, PhD
President
Oakland University
JOHN L. SIMON
Senior Vice President
The Taubman Company, Inc.
 
 
 

PAST CHAIRS OF THE BOARD

JAMES O. WRIGHT
President
Federal-Mogul Corporation
1965-1967
 
PAUL NEAL AVERILL
Publisher
Birmingham Eccentric
1967-1969
EDWIN O. GEORGE
President
Detroit Edison
1969-1972
F. JAMES MCDONALD
General Manager
Chevrolet Motor Division
Vice President
General Motors Corporation
1972-1974
 
H. RICHARD FORD
Vice President
Worldwide Automotive Marketing
Bendix Corporation
1974-1977
ALEX C. MAIR
General Manager
Pontiac Motor Division
Vice President
General Motors Corporation
1977-1979
HERBERT L. MISCH
Vice President
Environmental Safety Engineering
Ford Motor Company
1979-1983
WILLIAM E. HOGLUND
Vice President
Group Executive - Operating Staff
General Motors Corporation
1983-1986
 
JAMES L. TOLLEY
Vice President
Public Affairs
Chrysler Corporation (Retired)
1986-1992
GUY D. BRIGGS
Group Vice President & Labor Relations
General Motors Corporation
1992-2005