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Leadership Team
Lt. Colonel John E. Turner
Divisional Commander
(Regional Chief Executive Officer)
Lt. Colonel Theresa Turner
Officer Development Secretary/Camp Administrator
Major Timothy Meyer
General Secretary and Metro Detroit Area Commander
(Regional Chief Operating Officer)
Major Timothy Pascoe
Divisional Secretary for Business (Regional Chief Financial Officer)
Major Judith Tekautz
Divisional Secretary for Program/Women's Ministries Secretary
Major Lori Meyer
Spiritual Life Development Secretary and Pastoral Care Officer
Major Debra Pascoe
Divisional Secretary for Mission
Captain Jonathan Cooper
Divisional Youth Secretary
Captain Chrissy Cooper
Divisional Youth and Candidates' Secretary
Major Louise Blessing
Community Care/VAVS Ministries
Captain Karl Blessing
Divisional Correctional Services and Men's Ministries
Major Mark Brown
Assistant Disaster Services Director
John Hale
Executive Director of Development
Elizabeth Moon Carter
Director of Social Services
Sharon Tatom Garcia
Director of Communications
Russell Dobney
Finance Director
Christina Gallop
Corporate & Foundation Relations Director
Terri Butler
Senior Director of Philanthropy
Christina Holman
Director of Integrated Marketing & Mail
Advisory Board
The Eastern Michigan 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.
Teresa DeBastiani
Chair
Bank of America
Angela Cusmano
First Vice Chair
Dahring / Cusmano Investment Professionals
John J. Latella
Second Vice Chair
Legacy Fantasy Sports
Gary Marowske
Immediate Past Chair
Flame Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, & Electrical
Thomas Callan
Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
UHY Advisors
Clenetta Frazier
Secretary
David M. Thoms
Property & Facilities Committee Chair
Varnum, LLP
Janet Lawson
Public Relations & Development Committee Chair
The Shepherd Group
Daniel F. Ponder
Program and Services Committee Chair
Adult Rehabilitation Center Advisory Council Chair
Franco
Ronald Marcinelli
Nominating & Board Cultivation Committee Chair
Comerica Bank
John (Jack) Ray
Planned Giving Committee Chair
Jack Aronson
Clean Planet Foods
Honorable Alisha Bell
Wayne County Commissioner
John Below
Bodman PLC
Derek Brown
Quorum Commercial
Robert N. Brown
Programs & Services Committee, Vice Chair
Univ. of Detroit Mercy Law School
Burton W. Carlson, Jr.
Board Member
George A. Clark, Jr.
PNC Wealth Management
David Crawford
Jim Cunningham
Monarch Investments
Pontiac Advisory Council
Toby Dahm
Board Member
Ed Deeb
Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation
Connor Donnelly
University of Michigan Board Fellow
Robert B. Fair, Jr.
Board Member
Paolo Franzese
Franzese USA
Geoffrey Gallinger
Butzel Long
Courtney Gilliam
Superior Industries
Ted Galeski
Downriver Advisory Council
Mel Haggood
Nivar Property Management & Investments
Barbara Jean Johnson
Tireman Conference & Banquet Center
Anil Kapoor
National Echelon New Chapter Development
Bank of America
Emily Kazmierczak
Metro Detroit Women's Auxiliary
W. Bruce Knight
AdvoMAS
Knight & Firth, P.C.
Sunita Lala
The Walt Disney Company
Jonathan Latella
GM Financial
Major Larry Manzella
Southeast Michigan
Adult Rehabilitaion Center
Dick Purtan
Hall of Fame Broadcaster
Percy Richardson
Great Lakes Benefit Group
Steven H. Riga
Morgan Stanley
Thomas F. Rost
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes
Maria Salinas
Congress of Communities
Jeff Sangster
Harbor Light Advisory Council Chair
Kotz Sangster
David G. Strachan
Retired, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles General Detroit Area
Jean Stachura
Plymouth Advisory Council
Richard J. Strowger
Board Member
Judge Edward M. Thomas
American Settlement Centers
Jim Vella
Vella Strategic Philanthropy Group
Tarence Wheeler
The Wheeler Group
Jimm White
Farmington Hills Advisory Council
White Financial, LLC
Scott Wolffis
Fifth Third Bank
Robert Zocco
HighNoon Promotions & Apparel
Frank Sopata
Royal Oak Corps Advisory Council