Program Officer for Arts & Culture, Youth and Scholarship Programs. Program Director for Arts & Culture

Ethel & James Flinn Foundation is a mental health foundation that partners with organizations that deliver mental health care and services to develop, evaluate and implement best practice treatment programs. We collaborate with other funders to leverage mental health resources into our community. Our core values are Collaboration, Equity, Dignity and Impact.

With origins dating back to 1939, the Hudson-Webber Foundation is a private, independent grant-making organization created to support organizations and institutions that move the city of Detroit forward.

Grounded in the lived examples of Tracy and Katherine McGregor, the McGregor Fund works to support and strengthen a safety net of essential resources and opportunities for vulnerable members of our community, particularly those experiencing sustained and concentrated poverty. We believe all human beings deserve access to these essential resources and opportunities, without which a healthy, fulfilled life is impossible. People living in poverty differ only insomuch as they are unable to pay for them. Working within the tri-county region of Metropolitan Detroit, we optimize our investments of grants and staff time to strengthen the safety net of essential resources for people in need.

Serving this generation of engineers and fostering the next, The Engineering Society of Detroit promotes and celebrates excellence, innovation, cooperation, professional growth and fellowship in the engineering, scientific and technical professions. ESD provides support and programming for professionals and their affiliated technical societies. In turn, ESD corporate and professional members invest in the growth of our region by supporting our STEM outreach programs. Exemplifying to students the importance of math and science education, ESD members continue to lead the youth of Michigan towards successful and fulfilling careers in engineering, architecture, construction and design, information technologies, and the skilled trades. Join our LinkedIn Group!

Our Mission: The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan leads the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and to accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives. Our Vision: The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan values all people with epilepsy. We commit our resources to empowering their independence and inspiring productive lives. To the extent of our capabilities, we offer our services to every individual without regard to artificial barriers. Our Goals: • Close the treatment gap between what is being done for people with epilepsy and what should be done. • Improve how people with epilepsy are perceived, accepted, and valued in society. • Ensure that people with epilepsy and their families have access to full life experiences.

The Detroit Crime Commission’s mission is to act as a citizen ally to public and private organizations in Southeast Michigan, by facilitating the prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime leading to a safer place to live, learn and work. The Detroit Crime Commission is a tax exempt public charity as defined by Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

NECA is dedicated to enhancing the industry through innovative research, performance standards, progress labor relations, and workforce recruiting and training. NECA offers the most comprehensive educational opportunities of any electrical association as well as the industry’s premier trade show and management training.

We empower individuals to transform communities and the workplace to overcome racism, discrimination, systemic inequities, and institutional and inherent bias. The Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion was originally founded in 1941 to mediate religious differences. Over time the Roundtable evolved to also mediate cultural and racial differences. Before long, the Roundtable became known as a leader in promoting harmony among racial, religious, cultural, and economic groups. Today, the Roundtable serves as a human relations organization whose purpose is to overcome discrimination and racism by crossing generational, geographic, racial, religious, ethnic, and cultural boundaries. The Roundtable’s primary goals are centered on solving two societal issues: 1) systemic disparities related to racial, cultural, and social injustices; and 2) combating institutional and inherent bias. We address these issues by exploring how racism has affected the Metropolitan Detroit area’s ability to flourish by focusing on three key programming areas: Community Engagement, Youth Development, and Workplace Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Consulting.

➢ Grow the membership of MEJC through partnerships with grassrootsleadership across the state of Michigan; growing and training the baseand network of activists and leaders, preparing for mass movement.➢ Maintain an in-depth working knowledge of significant developmentsand trends related to environmental justice communities.➢ Encourage and ensure each team member’s professional development,empowerment, health, and safety.➢ Provide leadership in developing program, organizational, andfinancial plans for three “departments” (Operations, Policy andOrganizing) within MEJC as well as maintain official records anddocuments to ensure compliance with federal, state and localregulations.

Retired in 1994 and returned in 2001.

New Detroit Media Relations Manager 1978-1979 Media relations and communications specialist for urban coalition  * Supervised media relations for nonprofit organized to promote economic and social progress in Detroit  * Wrote executive speeches for top managers  * Produced print material for various stakeholder groups and the general community