Chairwoman: Emma Bell, Detroit On April 16, Emma Bell was appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm as Chairwoman of the Michigan Women's Commission.
Emma Bell first began her career in politics in the 1960's, with her participation in the election campaign of New York Mayor John Lindsey. She moved to Detroit in the early 1970's, ...
Vice Chair: Gloria Woods, Bay City Gloria Woods brings more than 20 years experience working on issues important to women and their families. Beginning in 1976 as a volunteer for the yet-to-be opened domestic violence shelter in Saginaw, she began a lifelong commitment to activism for women's rights.
Rana Abbas, Dearborn Rana Abbas is currently the Corporate Communications Manager for Global Linguist Solutions (GLS), LLC. GLS is a government contractor for the Department of Defense. Through her position with GLS, Ms. Abbas heads all media, marketing, advertising and public relations for the Company and works to help ...
Donna Budnick, Harbor Springs Donna L. Budnick is a member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and is employed by the Tribe as the Legislative Services Attorney and is a former Tribal Council member. Her past experience includes Tribal Prosecutor for the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, Appellate Judge for Little Traverse ...
Pam Faris, Clio Pam retired from Genesee County Circuit Court, where she was the Jury Board Coordinator for 14 years. In that role, she was instrumental in getting legislation passed to increase juror pay and raising awareness of the importance of jury duty.
Emily Furrow, Walker Emily Stoddard Furrow has worked on women's issues since she was 14 and attended the 150th anniversary of the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. At the time, she was a correspondent for blue jean magazine, a publication providing smarter media for and by girls, and was there ...
Sally Shaheen Joseph, Flint Sally Shaheen Joseph is an attorney. In addition she brings over twenty years of experience in Politics, as Township Trustee, Supervisor, City Administrator, Personnel Director, Risk Manager, and Purchasing Agent.
Patricia M. Lowrie, Okemos Patricia (Pat) M. Lowrie is the Director in the Women's Resource Center (WRC) at Michigan State University and Assistant to the Dean in the College of Veterinary Medicine. As WRC director, she leads a staff in developing and implementing educational, leadership, social justice and advocacy programs.
Alexandra Matish, Ann Arbor Alexandra Matish has been practicing labor and employment law for ten years. Her experiences working with unions, employees and management on discrimination and harassment issues and knowledge of Michigan's civil rights laws make her more than qualified to assist the Commission in meeting its goals o ...
Sheryl Mitchell, West Bloomfield Since 1997, Sheryl Mitchell has been a Senior Analyst for the County Board of Commissioners. Previously, she worked as a Senior Aide to Detroit Council Member Mel Ravitz for over 13 years. Sheryl is a graduate of the University of Michigan - Dearborn (BSA, Political Science) and Central Michigan ...
Judith Rosenberg, Birmingham Judy Rosenberg is a property manager with the Dunitz Management Company and was previously an accounting instructor at the Wayne State University School of Business.
Estelle Smyth, Escanaba Estelle Smyth owns and operates Ideas Unlimited a marketing and public relations company based in Escanaba. Ideas Unlimited prepares public relations and marketing campaigns, develops videos and brochures, as well as creates and places advertising.
Ronda Stryker, Portage Ronda Stryker's interest's focus on education, the empowerment of women and the support of non-traditional students at the college level. She was instrumental in the development of the Women's Education Coalition fund in Kalamazoo as well as the Stryker Leadership Institute in Colorado both assisting ...
Mary Alice Williams, Grand Rapids Mary Alice Williams is the retired President and CEO of Arbor Circle, a Grand Rapids-based behavioral health and human services organization which she helped found through the merger of four non-for-profit organizations. She won election to the Grand Rapids City Commission as a write-in candidate, and ...
Tom Wilson, Wyandotte Tom Wilson is working at Detroit Edison since 1969, two year business degree. He has been an active leader in real estate, public schools and community involvement. Tom was nominated and received the Phillip A. Hart award, from the Michigan Women's Studies Association, 2008. Tom has sought ways to ...
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