The Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) is pleased to present its five governor-appointed commission board members:

Vacant, MCB Commission Chair

   
Mr. Larry Posont, MCB Commission Vice Chair
Larry Posont, of Dearborn Heights, is president of the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan.  He has served for 16 years on the board of directors for Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind.  He has been active with Michigan programs for blind persons through his service to the state and the Commission for the Blind Business Enterprise Program.
E-mail:  luzenskis@michigan.gov  
Phone:  (517) 335-4265
U.S.P.S. mail:  c/o Sue Luzenski, Michigan Commission for the Blind, P.O. Box 30652, 201 N. Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48909

 
Ms. Lydia Schuck, MCB Commissioner
Lydia and her husband Nathan are parents of three daughters, the oldest of whom is blind.  Lydia and Nathan have been homeschooling their daughters for 18 years.  Lydia is pursuing a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at Western Michigan University.  Lydia was a math teacher for eight years, and currently works with youth with disabilities who are transitioning to adulthood.  She enjoys working in her front yard flower garden with a white picket fence.
E-mail:  laschuck@juno.com  
Phone:  (517) 335-4265
U.S.P.S. mail:  c/o Sue Luzenski, Michigan Commission for the Blind, P.O. Box 30652, 201 N. Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48909

 
Mr. John C. Scott, MCB Commissioner
John C. Scott was born in the Detroit area with normal vision.  He became completely blind in his left eye at the age of nine and in the right eye at the age of 19.  He was an average student until he became blind.  Once blind, he focused on school.  His mother told him, "If you don't get an education, you will end up standing on a corner selling pencils."  She had no idea of what accomplishments blind persons have made, but she knew that education would make a difference.  John went to Detroit Bible College, Michigan Lutheran College, and ultimately transferred to Western Michigan University.  As the saying goes, the rest is history:
--1970, bachelor of arts from Western Michigan University with double major in history and sociology and minor in education.
--1973, J.D. degree from Wayne State University.
--1973-75, was a fellow and then a staff attorney with the Reginald Heber Smith Foundation, assigned to Wayne County Legal Services.
--1973-75, part-time instructor at Wayne County Community College teaching business law and other law-related courses.
--November 1975--August 2007, worked 31 years for the City of Detroit as an attorney including work conducting veterans preference hearings and as a defense attorney for what is now known as the Detroit Department of Transportation, and as senior prosecutor for the city.
--Previously a member of the American Council of the Blind and its affiliated American Blind Lawyers Association.
--Currently Acting Treasurer of the Detroit Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Michigan.
--Hobbies include reading, working out, playing chess, and travel.
E-mail:  jcscot@sbcglobal.net   
Phone:  (313) 567-7742
U.S.P.S. mail:  c/o Sue Luzenski, Michigan Commission for the Blind, P.O. Box 30652, 201 N. Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48909

Vacant, MCB Commissioner