Board of Trustees (2011-2012)
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.


Trustees 

Kyle Caldwell, Chair
President and CEO
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Lansing, MI  

Michael Leach, Vice Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Nationwide Insurance
Columbus, OH

Tom Kolassa, Secretary
Senior Vice President
Hub International
Battle Creek, MI

Honorable Eugene A. Moore,
Immediate Past Chair
Chief Probate Judge (Retired)
Oakland County
Pontiac, MI  

Scott Bennett
Vice President
UBS Financial Services
Birmingham, MI

Ralph J. Burrell
President and CEO
SymCon, Inc.
Detroit, MI  

Craig Carrel
President and Partner
Team 1 Plastics
Albion, MI  

Dr. 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
Ypsilanti, MI

H. Ronald Griffith
President (Retired)
Baker College of Jackson
Jackson, MI      

Jack Kresnak
President and CEO
Michigan’s Children
Lansing, MI  

Dr. Pamela Lemerand
Professor
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI  

Albert Little
Vice President and Business Development Officer
Greenleaf Trust
Kalamazoo, MI 

William C. Rands
Managing Partner
Sagres Partners, L.P.
Grosse Pointe, MI  

Jon A. Rhoades
Vice President (Retired)
Central Mutual Insurance
Van Wert, OH  

Cornelia Romanowski
Educator
Shavertown, PA

 

Ahmad Sinno

Starr Columbus Board Chair

Columbus, OH

 

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

Alumni Association President

General Agent
Wilson Insurance Services
Gilbert Wiseman Agency
Flint, MI            

Trustees Emeritus  

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           

Honorary 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    

President Emeritus  

Arlin E. Ness
President Emeritus 
Anthem, AZ 

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