Michigan Federation Board of Directors

Michigan Federation for Children and Families

Board of Directors • FY 2009-10

President
Gary Tester
Director of Advocacy
Holy Cross Children’s Services

Immediate Past Board President
John Yablonky
Executive Director
Christ Child House

Board Vice President
Jim Scherrer
Chief Executive Officer
Child & Family Services of NW MI

Board Secretary
Addie Williams
President/Chief Executive Officer
Spaulding for Children

Board Treasurer
Debora Matthews
Chief Executive Officer
Children’s Center of Wayne Co.

Non-Officer Executive Committee member
Sharon Loughridge
Executive Director
D.A. Blodgett for Children

Non-Officer Executive Committee member
Martin Mitchell
President/CEO
Starr Commonwealth

Representing Full Members:

Gary Bennett
President/CEO
Eagle Village

Veneese Chandler
Executive Director
Family Outreach Center

Brian DeVos
Director of Operations
Bethany Christian Services

Lyle Dorr
Executive Director
Child & Family Services of NE Michigan

Cameron Hosner
President/CEO
Vista Maria

Allen Jansen
Corporate Director of Residential Services
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services

Mark Lambert
Executive Director
Good Will Farm

DeLois T. Leapheart
President
Adoption Option, Inc.

Delores May
Executive Director
Federation of Youth Services

Deborah Nykamp
President/CEO
Catholic Charities West Michigan

Robert Miles
President/CEO
Lutheran Child & Family Service of MI

Jacquelynn Moffett
President
Homes for Black Children

Kathleen Nelson
Director
Hands Across the Water

Jim Paparella
Executive Director
Child & Family Services, Capital Area

Brian D. Philson
President/CEO
Highfields, Inc

Fred Prasser
President
The Manor

Andrea Seyka
CEO
St. Vincent Catholic Charities

Vickie Thompson-Sandy
Vice President, Services for Children and Families
Lutheran Social Services of Michigan

Mark Thomson
Executive Director
St. John’s Home

Randy Zylstra
Chief Operations Officer
Wedgwood Christian Services

Representing Affiliate Members:
Gary Anderson
Director
MSU School of Social Work

Alma Schmidt
Executive Director
MAFAK

Representing Individual Members:
Alan Brown
Consultant
Circlewood Solutions

Richard Osburn
Provider Network Administrator
NLCMH

Daryl Vanella