Board of Trustees
The board of trustees have corporate powers and responsibilities necessary to direct all affairs of the Michigan 4-H Foundation.
PRESIDENT
Sheila Wade Kneeshaw
Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association, Michigan Division
Detroit
VICE PRESIDENT
Thomas L. Bosserd
Representative, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management Services
Plymouth
SECRETARY
Jacob M. DeDecker
State Leader, Michigan 4-H Youth Development,
MSU Extension
St. Johns
TREASURER
Melissa Humphrey
Regional Vice President, Sales & Customer Relations
GreenStone Farm Credit Services
Fowler
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Sara A. Stuby
Constantine
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Faye A. Adam
Snover
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
Donald R. Jost
Holt
Sandy Clarkson Stuckman
DeWitt
Michael J. Tate
Pullman, Washington
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
Eleanor Wernette
Benjamin Westrate
TRUSTEES
Pamala R. Babbitt
Muskegon
Sheila M. Burkhardt
Senior Director of Member Relations and Public Affairs
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Novi
Julie A. Chapin
Retired State 4-H Leader and Director
MSU Extension Children and Youth Institute
Portland
Patrick I. Cudney
Acting Director,
Michigan State University Extension
DeWitt
Kennedy DeFrancesco
Alger County 4-H’er
Munising
Mary F. Draves
Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety
Dow
Midland
Ronald L. Hendrick
Dean, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources,
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Jennifer L. Vincent Kiel
Editor, Michigan Farmer
St. Johns
Douglas E. Lewis
Director of Student Legal Services
University of Michigan
Milan
Shawn M. McNamara
St. Joseph County 4-H’er
Centreville
Grace Schmidt
Livingston County 4-H’er
South Lyon
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
Andrew Walker
Staff Attorney
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
West Branch