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Board Members and Staff

Board Members

President
Dave Clark, Director of Architectural Design,
Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc.

Vice-President
Lisa Buffin, Private Banking Officer,
National City Bank

Secretary
Mary Hanson, Member,
Altrusa International

Treasurer
Matthew Becker, C.P.A.,
BDO Seidman LLP

Heather Lee, Branch Manager,
Macatawa Bank

Stephanie Setterington, Attorney,
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

Ruth A. Lumpkins, Board Member,
Grand Rapids Public Library Board

Monica Scott, Editorial,
The Grand Rapids Press

Karen Bakale, Business Promotion Specialist,
Comerica Bank                       


Susan Jackson, Senior Business Development Manager,
The Right Place

Jean Dugan, Tutor,
Literacy Center of West Michigan

Jim Earley, Business Resource Manager,
Foremost Insurance

Martha Smart, Library Director,
Kent District Library

J. Patrick Hackett, Attorney,
Miller Johnson

Bill Nieboer, Director of Operations,
Lacks Trim Systems

Sandy Sefton, Executive Vice President/Chief People Officer,
Metro Health

Eric A. Adamy, CPA/ABV ASA, CBA
Adamy Valuation Advisors

Honorary Board Member
Juan R. Olivarez, President/CEO,
Kalamazoo Community Foundation &
Advisory Board Member,
National Institute for Literacy

 

Staff

Susan K. Ledy, M.A.
Executive Director

Diedre Deering, B.A.
Executive Assistant

Angela Steele, M.S.
Director, Adult Tutoring Program

Mary Hassinger, M.A.
Literacy Coordinator, Adult Tutoring Program

Chris Belding, B.A.
Literacy Coordinator, Adult Tutoring Program

Nancy VanIngen
Literacy Program Assistant

Shay Kraley, B.A.
Coordinator, Family Literacy Program

Estela Gonzalez-Setles, A.A.
Program Assistant, Adult Tutoring Program

 

 

Kristin Ekkens, M.A.
Director, Customized Workplace English Program

Vera Grishkina, B.A.
Coordinator, Customized Workplace English Program

Kelly Hernandez, M.A
Trainer, Customized Workplace English Program

Jane DeGroot , M.A.
Trainer, Customized Workplace English Program

LaTarro Traylor
Administrative Assistant, Customized Workplace English Program

Tom Branigan, M.Ed.
Director, Family Literacy Program

Linda Krombeen, B.S.
Development Director

Kate Rehmus, B.A.
Development Assistant

Laurie Emelander, B.A.
Accountant

 

2007 Literacy Center of West Michigan
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: 616.459.5151 | Fax: 616.245.8069

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