BOARD & STAFF

For Profit Sector

Allan Hooper, Council Treasurer
Consumers Energy
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, MI 49201
Phone: 517-788-1691
Fax: 517-788-1955
Email: achooper@cmsenergy.com

Mary Ann Vandemark
Cass River Enterprises, Inc.
429 Montague Ave.
Caro, MI  48273
Phone: 989-673-4121
Fax: 989-672-6283
Email: maryannv@hdc-caro.org

Pete Walker
Wilcox Professional Services
111 W. Edgewood Blvd., Suite 7
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone:  517-882-4359
Fax:  517-882-5137
Email:  peterw@wilcoxassociates.com
 

Local Government

Sharon Stalsberg, Council Secretary
Pinconning Township Supervisor
P.O. Box 58
Pinconning, MI 48650
Phone:  989-879-4018
Fax:  989-879-4553
Email: snadolphin@hotmail.com

Carl Osentoski
Huron County Economic Development Corp.
250 East Huron Avenue, Room #303
Bad Axe, MI  48413
Phone: 989-269-6431
Fax: 989-269-8209
Email:  carl@huroncounty.com

Jerry Peterson
President, Michigan Association of Counties
4861 Dorothy
Vassar, MI 48768
Phone: 989-823-7891
Fax:
Email: jerry@qsdoc.com

Dan Elliott, Council Vice-Chair
Evart Downtown Development Authority
127 North River St,  PO  Box 668
Evart, MI 49631-0668
Phone/Fax:  231-734-6119
Home Phone: 231-734-5620
Fax:  231-734-6773
Email:  ddaldfa@evart.org
 

Federal Government

Alan Herceg
USDA - NRCS
3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 250
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone:  517-324-5282
Fax:  517-324-5171
Email:  alan.herceg@mi.usda.gov

Traci Smith
USDA – Rural Development
3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 200
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone:  517-324-5221
Fax:  517-324-5224
Email:  traci.smith@mi.usda.gov
 

Non-Profit Sector

Elaine Brown
Michigan Integrated Food and Farming Systems
416 Agriculture Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone:  517-432-0712
Fax:  517-353-1812
Cell:  517/749-7193
Email:  miffs@msu.edu

Juan A. Marinez
Michigan State University Extension
74066 Agriculture Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone:  517-353-9772
Fax:  517-432-7644
Email: marinez@msue.msu.edu

Jan Blecke
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Saginaw Valley State University
7400 Bay Road
University Center, MI 48710
Phone:  989-964-4145
Fax:  989-964-4024
Email:  blecke@svsu.edu

Scott Stevenson
Michigan Telecommunications Association
124 W. Allegan, Ste. 1400
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone:  517-482-4166
Fax:  517-482-3548
Email:  stevenson.scott@telecommich.org
 

State Government

Susan Richardson
MI Dept of Transportation (MDOT)
PO Box 30050
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone:  517-373-1881
Fax:  517-373-9255
 Email: richardsons@michigan.gov

Terri Novak
MI Dept of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
G-4215 W. Pasadena Ave.
Flint, MI 48504-2376
Phone:   517-930-3170
Email: novaktl@michigan.gov

Rich Harlow
MI Dept of Agriculture (MDA)
525 W. Allegan, Constitutional Hall
PO Box 30017
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-335-3466
Email: harlowr@michigan.gov
 

Tribal Government


Bill Mrdeza, Council Chair
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
7070 East Broadway
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Phone:  989-775-4013
Fax:  989-772-4151
Email: bmrdeza@sagchip.org

Carol Bergquist
Hannahville Indian Community
N 14911 Hannahville B-1 Road
Wilson, MI 49896
Phone:  906-466-2959 , ext. 15
Fax:  906-466-7350
Email:  carolbergquist@hannahville.org
 

Governing Board Appointees


Dave Armstrong
GreenStone Farm Credit Services
1760 Abbey Rd.
Lansing, MI  48823
Phone: 517-318-4105
Fax: 517-318-1259
Email: darmstrong@greenstonefcs.com

Mike Buda
Michigan Electric Cooperative Association
2859 Jolly Rd
Lansing, MI 48864
Phone: 517-351-6322. ext. 206
Email:  mbuda@countrylines.com

Charles Mulholland
Michigan Association of Regions
14640 Coral Rd
Coral, MI 49322
Phone:  231-354-6325
Email:  1cm49322@yahoo.com

James Logue
Great Lakes Capital Fund
1000 S. Washington Ave
Lansing, MI. 48901
Phone: 517-482-8555
Fax: 517-482-8598
Email:  jlogue@capfund.net

Randy Terronez
Clare County Administrator
225 W. Main St., P.O. Box 438
Harrison, MI. 48625
Phone: 989-539-2510
Fax: 989-539-2588
Email:  rterronez@clareco.net

Alan Garner
Michigan Farm Bureau
7629 Heritage Dr., #2
Lansing, MI  48917
Phone:  517-622-0981
Cell: 517-242-2526
Email: algarfarms@comcast.net
 

Staff

Mike Green, Executive Director
Rural Partners of Michigan
1500 East Blackmore Road
Mayville, MI  48744
Phone: (989) 550-7430
Fax: (989) 943-0577
Email:  mpg@tds.net

 

Rural Partners of Michigan Offices are with Allan Hooper, its chairman: One Energy Plaza, Jackson, MI 49201-2276
Phone: 517-788-1691     E-mail: achooper@cmsenergy.com