At their June meeting, our Board of Trustees elected new trustees Julie Burrell and Dorothy Paris.
Burrell is a Hesperia High School graduate and is the senior economic development director for Newaygo County with The Right Place. She holds a degree from Grand Valley State University and serves on our Impact Investment Committee as well as several other local boards and committees.
Burrell is looking forward to becoming more involved with the work of the Community Foundation.
“I look forward to seeing the strategic process of how the Community Foundation makes the biggest impact possible,” said Burrell. “Being a part of those conversations is exciting. I feel that the Community Foundation is an organization where board service is truly making a difference.”
Paris is a retired CPA and partner at H&S Companies with experience in nonprofit accounting. She has served on local boards and committees, including the board of Newaygo County Compassion Home. She also chairs our Audit and Risk Management Committee.
“I was interested in serving on the board because I’m retired and wanted to stay involved in the community,” said Paris. As a longtime area resident, “I love that people are caring here,” she said. “I love all the nature we have around us and that everybody knows your name.”
Burrell and Paris were elected to fill vacancies left by the retirements of Dr. Lori Tubbergen Clark and Micheal Anderson, who had both served the maximum of three terms.
Tubbergen Clark was elected to the board in 2015 and most recently served as board chair. She will remain chair of the Trusteeship Committee. Anderson was also elected to the board in 2015, has served on the Distribution Committee, and will remain on the Audit Committee.
New officers were elected at the June meeting as well. Bill Alsover was named board chair and Ken DeLaat was named vice chair. Mikhail Salacina will serve as treasurer, and Dr. Susan Wente will be secretary. Rounding out the board’s Executive Committee is Peggy Rossler as trustee at large.
The board meeting also included the approval of committee assignments, financial statements, multiple fund agreements, and spring community grant recommendations.
