Board of Directors

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
President & Chief Executive Officer
Leader Dogs for the Blind

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

VP for IDEA
Katora Cole, MSW
Chief Development Officer
Michigan Science Center

VP for Marketing & Communications
Miah Davis
Executive Director
Detroit Artists Market

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

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

Kristin Benton, CFRE
Director of Major Gifts
Wayne State University College of Nursing

Bobie Clement, CFRE
Senior Associate Consultant
Marts&Lundy

 

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

 

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

Jamie Westrick
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Michigan Humane