Board of Trustees (2013-2014)
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 Emeritus 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.


Trustees 

Kyle Caldwell, Chair

Program Director

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Flint, MI

 

Honorable John Hallacy,

Vice Chair

District Court Judge

10th District Court

Battle Creek, MI

 

Tom Kolassa, Secretary

Senior Vice President

Hub International

Battle Creek, MI

 

Wally Bakare

Vice President, Operations

Time Warner Cable

Mid Ohio Division

Columbus, OH

 

Scott Bennett

Vice President

UBS Financial Services

Birmingham, MI

 

Craig Carrel

President and Partner

Team 1 Plastics

Albion, MI

 

Doug Clark

Senior Vice President

Masterworks

Poulsbo, WA

 

Joseph Gesmundo

Co-Founder

AVB, Inc.

Kalamazoo, MI

 

Lawrence Givens

Blackmond and Givens, Inc.

Southfield, MI

 

George A. Goodman

Ypsilanti, MI

 

Jack Kresnak

Journalist / Child Advocate

Livonia, MI

 

Dr. Pamela Lemerand

Professor

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI

 

Kenneth Miller

Chief Executive Officer

Principal Partner

Millennium Restaurant Group

Kalamazoo, MI

 

Randy Neumann

Vice President

J.F. Daley, Inc.

San Antonio, TX

 

William C. Rands

Managing Partner

Sagres Partners, L.P.

Grosse Pointe, MI

 

Cornelia Romanowski

Educator

Shavertown, PA

 

Mary E. Rutan

Human Resources Director

(Retired)

Grosse Pointe Woods, 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

 

 

Trustees Emeritus

 

Margaret Starr Leutheuser

Daughter of Floyd Starr

Haverford, PA

 

Michael J. Gable

Human Resources Executive

Orlans Associates, PC

Troy, 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

 

Honorable Eugene A. Moore

Chief Probate Judge (Retired)

Oakland County

Pontiac, MI

 

William K. Stoffer

Chairman and CEO

Albion Machine & Tool Co.

Albion, MI

 

 

Honorable Trustees

 

Anne Willson Dupré

Granddaughter of Floyd Starr

Toronto, Canada

 

Diana Starr Langley

Montecito, CA

 

Sylvia Starr Richey

Granddaughter of Floyd Starr

Seal Beach, CA

 

 

Presidential Emeritus

 

Arlin E. Ness

President Emeritus

Anthem, AZ

 

 

*All Officers and Trustees can be reached at the following address and phone number:

Starr Commonwealth

13725 Starr Commonwealth Road

Albion, MI 49224

(517) 629-5591

 

 

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