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Board of Directors

Governing Board members also serve on Lansing or Ann Arbor Community Board. They can be reached via e-mail at healing@elesplace.org.

  • Chair*: Mark Ouimet
  • Vice Chair*: Mary Papageorgiou McGrath
  • Treasurer*:  Paula Reichle
  • Secretary*: Charlie Crone
  • Chair-Ann Arbor Community Board: Charlie Crone
  • Chair-Lansing Community Board: Chris Wilson
  • Founder: Betsy Stover
  • President/CEO*: Laurie Strauss Baumer

*Executive Committee


Ann Arbor Community Board
  • Chair: Charlie Crone, First Vice President, Bank of Ann Arbor
  • Vice Chair: Jeff Hall, President, Second To None, Inc.
  • Laurie Strauss Baumer, President & CEO, Ele’s Place
  • Anita Bohn, Organizational Development Consultant, University of Michigan, Division of Student Affairs
  • Sean A. Duval, CEO, Golden Limousine International, Inc.
  • Virginia Gauger, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan
  • Cindy Harrison, VP Human Resources, Chelsea Community Hospital
  • Diane Kieliszewski, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
  • Sheldon F. Markel, M.D., Community Volunteer
  • Liz Newland-Margolis, Director of Communications, Ann Arbor Public Schools
  • Ron Reed, Principal, Milan High School
  • Jane Shrosbree, Physical Therapist, Chelsea Community Hospital
  • Susan Torrible Spoor, Geriatrician
  • Tamara Sutton, Author
  • Debra Urquhart, MA LLP, Learning Disability Specialist, Washtenaw Community College
  • Susan West, M.S.W., Community Volunteer

Lansing Community Board
  • Chair: Chris Wilson, Store Director, Meijer-Lake Lansing Rd.
  • Vice Chair: Kevin Shaw, Vice President - Marketing, The Wieland-Davco Corporation
  • Honorable Laura Baird, Judge, Ingham County Circuit Court
  • Patty Lloyd Barnas, Senior Vice President, Capitol National Bank
  • Laurie Strauss Baumer, President & CEO, Ele’s Place
  • Jeff Benson, CPA, Vice President – Operations, MSU Federal Credit Union
  • Stuart Birn, Senior Vice President, Auto-Owners Insurance Company
  • Alexis Branoff, Community Volunteer
  • James Cash, Senior Vice President, Christman Company
  • Anthony Colarossi, Partner, Plante & Moran, PLLC
  • Becky Dantonio, Community Volunteer
  • Brian Goodenough, Partner, Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, PC
  • Thomas Hoban, Senior Vice President, Lansing, Mercantile Bank of Michigan
  • Barry Kaufman, PhD, Prevention Specialist/Psychologist, Community Mental Health 
  • Everett Kunzelman, Vice President & Chief Underwriter, Jackson National Life Insurance Co. 
  • Denise Maybank, PhD, Sr. Assoc. V.P. for Student Affairs & Services, Michigan State University
  • Robert Nero, President/CEO, Sircon
  • Paul Rathbun II, Vice President, Rathbun Insurance
  • Paula Reichle, Senior Vice President & CFO, Sparrow Health System
  • Lisa Riddle, Vice President of Claims Operations, Accident Fund Insurance Company of America  
  • Mary Roszel, Founder, Biggby Coffee
  • Mary Jo Scofes, Community Volunteer
  • Betsy Stover, Founder, Ele’s Place