Board of Trustees (2009-2010)
The Starr Commonwealth Board of Trustees controls and manages the property, affairs and business of Starr Commonwealth. It consists of 15 to 29 active and Emertius members, each of whom are from various representative communities. In addition, the current president of the Starr Commonwealth Alumni Association and a member of the Hannah Neil Center Development Board also hold seats.
Honorable Eugene A. Moore, Chair
Chief Probate Judge
Oakland County
Pontiac, MI
Kyle Caldwell, Vice Chair
President and CEO
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Lansing, MI
Jennifer Lawter, Secretary
Vice President, Risk Management
American Physicians Capital
East Lansing, MI
Jon A. Rhoades, Immediate Past Chair
Vice President (Retired)
Central Mutual Insurance
Van Wert, OH
Scott Bennett
Vice President
UBS Financial Services
Birmingham, MI
Noble Billingsley
Director of Rates & Business Support
Consumers Energy
Jackson, MI
Ralph J. Burrell
President and CEO
SymCon, Inc.
Detroit, MI
Craig Carrel
President and Partner
Team 1 Plastics
Albion, MI
Velma Clay
Director of Equal Employment Opportunity (Retired)
Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center
Battle Creek, MI
Honorable John Hallacy
District Court Judge
10th District Court
Battle Creek, MI
Lawrence Givens
Blackmond and Givens, Inc.
Southfield, MI
George A. Goodman
Special Agent
US Department of Justice ATF
Redford, MI
H. Ronald Griffith
President (Retired)
Baker College of Jackson
Jackson, MI
Tom Kolassa
Senior Vice President
Hub International
Battle Creek, MI
Jack Kresnak
President and CEO
Michigan’s Children
Lansing, MI
Michael Leach
Vice President
Nationwide Insurance
Columbus, OH
Dr. Pamela Lemerand
Professor
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
Albert Little
Vice President and Business Development Officer
Greenleaf Trust
Kalamazoo, MI
Dr. James E. Pelt
President Diversified Vocational Services Corporation
Madison Heights, MI
William C. Rands
Managing Partner
Sagres Partners, L.P.
Grosse Pointe, MI
Donald J. Ribar
Vice President of Operations
Meridian managed Technologies
Westerville, OH
Joyce Soebbing
Regional Vice President (Retired)
State Farm Insurance Company
Marshall, MI
Erick Stewart
President
Stewart Industries LLC
Battle Creek, MI
Gary Taylor
Owner
Taylor Auto Sales Inc.
Van Wert, OH
Bruce Vande Vusse
Attorney
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
Farmington Hills, MI
George Wilson
General Agent
Wilson Insurance Services
Gilbert Wiseman Agency
Flint, MI
Margaret Starr Leutheuser
Daughter of Floyd Starr
Haverford, PA
Michael J. Gable
Chief Operating Officer
Howard and Howard
Royal Oak, MI
George D. Goodman
Executive Director (Retired)
Michigan Municipal League
Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Russell G. Mawby
Chairman Emeritus
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI
William K. Stoffer
Chairman and CEO
Albion Machine & Tool Co.
Albion, MI
Anne Willson Dupré
Granddaughter of Floyd Starr
Toronto, Canada
Diana Starr Langley
Montecito, CA
Sylvia Starr Richey
Granddaughter of Floyd Starr
Seal Beach, CA
Arlin E. Ness
President Emeritus
Anthem, AZ