Humble Leadership

Proven Leadership

Current Community Leadership

Michigan Child Lead Exposure Elimination Commission, Gubernatorial appointment (Whitmer)

Joint Kent County / City of Grand Rapids Lead Action Team, Appointed by Mayor Bliss and Kent County Board of Commissioners Chair Bolter

Kent County, Community Health Advisory Committee, Kent County Board of Commissioners appointment

City of Grand Rapids Water Advisory Council, Grand Rapids City Commission appointment

City of Grand Rapids Energy Advisory, Mayoral appointment (Bliss)

Trinity Reformed Church, Deacon

Past Community Leadership

Michigan Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board, Gubernatorial appointment (Snyder)

Kent County Lead Task Force, Appointed by Kent County Board of Commissioners Chair Saalfeld

Michigan Department of Community Health – Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee, Co-Chair for development of the State’s first strategic plan for healthy housing

National Center for Healthy Housing and American Public Health Association, Advisor for the development of the National Healthy Housing Standard      

Dyer-Ives Foundation, Board Member

North Country Trail Assoc. - Western Michigan Chapter, Board Member, Volunteer Trail Manager (coordinate all trail building and maintenance responsibilities)

United Growth of Kent County, President, Treasurer, and Board Member

West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC), President and Board Member

Neighborhood Associations of Michigan, President and Board Member 

Partners in Public Education, Vice Chair and Board Member

Michigan Lead-Safe Partnership, Co-chair

Michigan Department of Community Health – Governor’s Task Force on Childhood Lead Poisoning (non-appointed), Funding Committee 

Heart of West Michigan United Way, Investment Council Co-chair

Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, Formation Task Force

Family Futures, President and Board Member

Grand Valley State University Kirkhof School of Nursing, Advisory Committee

Central Reformed Church, Social Justice Committee

Bethel Reformed Church, Deacon, Chair of Finance Committee