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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