Board Of Trustees

The board of trustees have corporate powers and responsibilities necessary to direct all affairs of the Michigan 4-H Foundation.

President

Andrew Walker

Office: President
Work Title: Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Ogemaw County
Location: West Branch, Michigan

Vice President

Thomas G. Coon, Ph.D.

Office: Vice President
Work Title: Retired VP and Dean, Oklahoma State University Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Location: Portage, Michigan

Secretary

Jodi M. Schulz

Office: Board Secretary
Work Title: State 4-H Leader & Co-Director, MSU Extension Children & Youth Institute
Location: Munger, Michigan

Treasurer

Mark E. Koester

Office: Board Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair
Work Title: VP of Finance and Accounting, GreenStone Farm Credit Services
Location: DeWitt, Michigan

Immediate Past President

Thomas L. Bosserd

Office: Immediate Past President
Work Title: Retired Representative, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management Services
Location: Plymouth, Michigan

Trustees

Reyna Atkinson

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Student, Michigan State University
Location: Chesaning, Michigan

Julie M. Becker

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Student, Michigan State University
Location: Wheeler, Michigan

Sheila M. Burkhardt

Office: Board Development Committee Chair
Work Title: Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Michigan Milk Producers Association
Location: Novi, Michigan

Julie A. Chapin, Ph.D.

Office: Resource Development Chair
Work Title: Retired State 4-H Leader & Director, MSU Extension Children & Youth Institute
Location: Portland, Michigan

Rhonda L. Coon

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Former Executive Director, Iowa 4-H Foundation
Location: Portage, Michigan

Matthew Daum, Ph.D.

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Interim Dean and Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University
Location: East Lansing, Michigan

Jennifer Kiel

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Editor, Michigan Farmer
Location: St. Johns, Michigan

Sheila Wade Kneeshaw

Office: Program Committee Chair
Work Title: Location: Detroit

Douglas E. Lewis

Office: Personnel Committee Chair
Work Title: Director of Student Legal Services, University of Michigan
Location: Milan, Michigan

Peter R. Rambadt

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: St. Joseph County 4-H’er
Location: Sturgis, Michigan

Michael Sweers

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Group Vice President Product Development & Executive Chief Engineer F-Platform Vehicles, Toyota Motor Corporation Commercial Vehicle Company
Location: Williamston, Michigan

Bruce Sutherland

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Location: Ludington

Roxanne S. Turner

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Extension Educator & Supervising Educator, Michigan State University Extension
Location: Howell, Michigan

Quentin R. Tyler, Ph.D.

Office: Board Trustee
Work Title: Director, Michigan State University Extension
Location: East Lansing, Michigan

Trustee Emeriti

Honorary Trustees

PRESIDENT

Thomas L. Bosserd
Retired Representative, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management Services
Plymouth

VICE PRESIDENT

Andrew Walker
Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney,
Ogemaw County
West Branch

SECRETARY

Jodi Schulz
State 4-H Leader and Co-Director,
Children and Youth Institute, MSU Extension
Munger

TREASURER

Mark Koester
Vice President of Finance and Accounting, Greenstone Farm Credit Services
East Lansing

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Sheila Wade Kneeshaw
Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association, Michigan Division
Detroit

TRUSTEES

Julie M. Becker
Gratiot County 4-H’er
Wheeler

Sheila M. Burkhardt
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Novi

Rhonda Coon
Portage

Thomas G. Coon, Ph.D.
Portage

Ervin Currie II
Project Manager,
Dow Inc.
Midland

Matthew Daum, Ph.D.
Interim Dean & Professor
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Michigan State University
East Lansing

Terrell Jordan
Wayne County 4-H’er
Detroit

Jennifer L. Kiel
Editor, Michigan Farmer
St. Johns

Douglas E. Lewis
Director of Student Legal Services
University of Michigan
Milan

Peter Rambadt
St. Joseph County 4-H’er
Sturgis

Bruce A. Sutherland
President
Michigan Agricultural Commodities, Inc.
Okemos

Michael Sweers
Group Vice President Product Development, Executive Chief Engineer F-Platform Vehicles
Toyota Motor North America R&D
Executive Vice President
Toyota Motor Corporation
Dansville

Roxanne S. Turner
Extension Educator, Leadership Civic Engagement Work Team
MSU Extension
Fowlerville

Quentin R. Tyler, Ph.D.
Director, Michigan State University Extension
Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Engagement, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Michigan State University
East Lansing

TRUSTEES EMERITI

Faye A. Adam
Snover

Pamala R. Babbitt
Muskegon

Raymond L. Bollaert
Yale

Ronald H. Schoen
Okemos

IN MEMORIAM:

Jack W. Barnes
Paul L. Grannis
Dyle L. Henning
George E. House
Harold E. Lein
Alan W. Ott
Rod L. Parsch

HONORARY TRUSTEES

Cheryl D. Howell
Lansing

Donald R. Jost
Holt

Sandy Clarkson Stuckman
DeWitt

IN MEMORIAM:

Carl G. Card
Lou Chapman
Anne Garrison
Milon Grinnell
Sigurd R. Larsen
Russell G. Mawby
Ezra W. Perry
P.R. Shepers
Thomas Steel
Michael J. Tate
Eleanor Wernette
Benjamin Westrate