Leadership Team
Lt. Colonel John E. Turner
Divisional Commander
Lt. Colonel Theresa Turner
Divisional Director of Women's Ministries
Major Russ Sjogren
General Secretary & Metro Detroit Area Commander
Major Jim McDowell
Divisional Secretary for Business
Major Jan Sjogren
Divisional Secretary for Program
Major Valerie McDowell
Women's Ministries Secretary
Captain Jonathon Cooper
Divisional Youth Secretary
Captain Christina Cooper
Divisional Youth and Candidates' Secretary
Captain Karl Blessing
Divisional Correctional Services and Men's Ministries
Major Louise Blessing
Community Care/VAVS Ministries
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
Director of Planned Giving
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.
Gary Marowske
Board Chair
Flame Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, & Electrical
Teresa DeBastiani
First Vice Chair
Bank of America
Angela Cusmano
Second Vice Chair
Dahring / Cusmano Investment Professionals
John J. Latella
Immediate Past Chair
Latella, Inc.
Dr. Kurt E. Tech
Treasurer
Beaumont Health
David M. Thoms
Property & Facilities Committee Chair
Warner, Norcross + Judd, LLP
Daniel F. Ponder
Public Relations & Development Committee Chair
Adult Rehabilitation Center Advisory Council Chair
CEO, Franco
Toby Dahm
Programs & Services Committee Chair
Hitachi Business Finance
Ronald Marcinelli
Nominating & Board Cultivation Committee Chair
John (Jack) Ray
Planned Giving Committee Chair
Jack Aronson
President - Clean Planet Foods
Honorable Alisha Bell
Wayne County Commissioner
John Below
Kotz Sangster Wysocki P.C.
Derek Brown
Quorum Commercial
Robert N. Brown
Programs & Services Committee, Vice Chair
Univ. of Detroit Mercy Law School
Burton W. Carlson, Jr.
Board Member
Thomas Callan
UHY Advisors
George A. Clark, Jr.
PNC Wealth Management
Jim Coslow
Royal Oak Advisory Council
Jim Cunningham
Monarch Investments
Pontiac Advisory Council
Ed Deeb
Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation
Robert B. Fair, Jr.
Board Member
Wendy Fichter
American World Trade Chamber of Commerce
Dearborn Heights Advisory Council
Jenna Fiore
University of Michigan Board Fellow
Mary M. Fowlie
Compliance Results Associates, PLCC
Paolo Franzese
Co-Founder & CEO, Franzese USA
Peter H. Franklin
Public Relations & Development Committee, Vice Chair
Clenetta Frazier
DESTACO
Geoffrey Gallinger
Butzel Long
Ted Galeski
Downriver Advisory Council
Mel Haggood
Nivar Property Management & Investments
Daniel Heckman
University of Michigan Board Fellow
Barbara Jean Johnson
Tireman Conference & Banquet Center
Anil Kapoor
Echelon Chair
Bank of America
W. Bruce Knight
AdvoMAS
Knight & Firth, P.C.
Sunita Lala
Fox Networks Group
Jonathon Latella
GM Financial
Janet Lawson
The Shepherd Group
Keith Mayer
Board Member
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
Susan Moross
Metro Detroit Women's Auxiliary
Maria Salinas
Congress of Communities
Jeff Sangster
Harbor Light Advisory Council Chair
Kotz Sangster
Errol Service
Detroit Conner Creek Advisory Council Chair
E.C.S. Partnership - McDonald's
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
Sandra Kirtley Vanover
Retired, Plante Moran Trust
Tarence Wheeler
The Wheeler Group
Jimm White
Farmington Hills Advisory Council
White Financial, LLC
Scott Wolffis
Fifth Third Bank
Robert Zocco
HighNoon Promotions & Apparel