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Our Leadership

Our Leadership

Great Lakes Division Leadership Team

Lt. Colonel Steven J. Merritt

Divisional Commander

Lt. Colonel Christine Merritt

Divisional Leader for Officer Development, Camp Administrator - Echo Grove Camp & Retreat Center

Major Andrew B. Shiels

General Secretary

Major Melissa M. Shiels

Divisional Secretary for Program

Major David Worthy

Divisional Secretary for Business

Major Dawn Worthy

Secretary for Metro Detroit Area Command

Captain Christopher C. White

Divisional Youth Secretary

Captain Rachel White

Divisional Candidates' Secretary

Lieutenant Johnathan R. Harvy

Intercultural Ministries Coordinator

Derek Kumpula

Executive Director of Finance

John Hale

Executive Director of Development

Gariann Brock

Executive Director of Social Services

April Brooks

Director of Human Services  

Christina Holman

Director of Integrated Marketing & Mail

Jonathan Hicks

Director-Corporate, Grants & Foundation Relations

Terri Butler

Senior Director of Philanthropy

Bill Wenzell

Senior Donor Relations Director

 

 

Metro Detroit Advisory Board

The Advisory Board consists of a wide spectrum of hard-working men and women who share in the vision to transform and restore lives in the city of Detroit.

Thomas Callan

Advisory Board Chair
UHY Advisors

Ewa Matuszewski

Advisory Board Vice Chair

Kurt E. Tech, M.D.

Immediate Past Chair
Corewell Health

Clenetta Frazier

Secretary
Edmund Enterprises LLC

George A. Clark, Jr.

Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
PNC Wealth Management

David M. Thoms

Property & Facilities Committee Chair
Life Member

Janet Lawson

Public Relations & Development
Committee Chair
The Shepherd Group

John Below

Bodman PLC

Daniel F. Ponder

Programs and Services Committee Chair
Adult Rehabilitation Center Advisory Council Chair

John (Jack) Ray

Life Member
Planned Giving
Committee Chair

John J. Latella

Nominating & Board Cultivation
Committee Chair
Legacy Fantasy Sports

Gary Marowske

Kerroy Company

Jonathan Latella

GM Financial

Ronald Marcinelli

Comerica Bank

Samantha Bourque

National Food Group

Derek Brown

Detroit Conner Creek
Advisory Council Chair
Quorum Commercial

Kerry Buffington

Kapstone Employment Services

Burton W. Carlson, Jr.

Life Member

Gina Carrier

Fifth Third

Jay Coslow

Royal Oak Advisory Council
AT&T Business Services

Jim Cunningham

Pontiac Advisory Council
Monarch Investments

Angela Cusmano

Dahring / Cusmano Investment Professionals

Teresa DeBastiani

Bank of America

Ed Deeb

Michigan Youth
Appreciation Foundation

Paolo Franzese

Franzese USA

Geoffrey Gallinger

Butzel Long

Ted Galeski

Downriver Advisory Council

Ray Gunn

Wingspan Group

Mel Haggood

Emeritus Member
Nivar Property Management & Investments

Jan Huang

Merrill Lynch

Envoy Bob Idzior

Southeast Michigan
Adult Rehabilitation Center

Cody Johnson

Detroit Echelon Chapter Chair
Merrill Lynch / Bank of America

In Loving Memory

Jack Aronson
Advisory Board Member 2009–2021

Robert N. Brown

Advisory Board Member 1998–2025
Past Chair, Past Program & Services Chair/Co-Chair

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