2024 Board of Directors

Officers of the Corporation:

President
Jordie A. Kramer
Chief Organizational Development Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
jordie.kramer@glwater.org

 1st Vice President
Valerie Colbert-Osamuede
Deputy Director, Labor Relations
City of Detroit
colbv@detroitmi.gov

2nd Vice President
Megan Burke
Macomb County Community Mental Health
LGA Retail Inc.
megan.burke@littlegreenapple.com 

Treasurer
Barbara Wise Johnson
Retired Labor Relations Director
City of Detroit
barbarawisejohnson@yahoo.com

Secretary
Susan Vander Pol
Retired County Coordinator,
Osceola County
smobiealpacas@outlook.com

Immediate Past President
Richard W. Fanning, Jr.
Senior Counsel
ClarkHill PLC
rickfanning@clarkhill.com 

 
 
Board of Directors

Kate Baldwin
Human Resources and Benefits Manager
City of Sterling Heights
kbaldwin@sterling-heights.net

Grace DeLeon
Human Resource Generalist
City of Saginaw
gdeleon@saginaw-mi.com

Chelsea Ditz
Executive Director, Human Resources
Lansing Community College
ditzc@lcc.edu

Tia Gronlund-Fox
Director, Human Resources
City of Novi
tgronlundfox@cityofnovi.org

John Randle, Sr.
Director, Labor Relations and HR Partner Services
Easter Michigan University
jrandl13@emich.edu

Lisa Suida
Human Resources Director
Charter Township of Shelby
lsuida@shelbytwp.or

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