Board of Directors 2023

PresidentLeslie Carmona, CFRE
Senior Director, Donor Experience & Individual Giving
Wayne State University

President-Elect
MiVida Burrus, MBA
Avalon Healing Center

Immediate Past President
Melissa Weisse, CFRE
Vice President & Chief Philanthropy Officer
Leader Dogs for the Blind

VP for Education and Programs
Erin Lin
Director of Development
Orchards Children’s Services Inc.

VP for IDEAShenise Foote
Director of Development, Horizons-Upward Bound
Cranbrook Educational Community

VP for Marketing & Communications
Vanessa Miller
Senior Corporate Relations Officer
Wayne State University

VP for Membership
Stephanie Maurice Beason, MSW, CFRE
Director of Development
Psi Chi

VP for National Philanthropy Day
Paula M. Rodriguez
Sr. Development Officer – Wyandotte
Henry Ford Health

Treasurer
Ashley Calhoun
Development and Partnerships Manager
Atlantic Impact

Secretary and Be the Cause Campaign
Jennifer Dale, CNM
Director of Community Outreach & Philanthropy
Angela Hospice

Miah Davis
Executive Director
Detroit Artists Market

George Jackson, GPC
Associate Director of Grants Management
Michigan Science Center

Dawn Dyer Magretta, CFRE
Executive Director
Schoolcraft College Foundation & Alumni Relations

 

Justin Remington
Chief Operating Officer
The Remington Group

Nina Sapp, CFRE
Sr. Vice Pres., Chief Development Officer
Detroit Institute of Art