Advisory Board members meet twice a year to provide advice and counsel to the ACLU of Michigan. Currently the ACLU of Michigan has advisory boards in Southeast Michigan and in Western Michigan. They are amongst hundreds of volunteers and donors who give so generously of their time and resources.
ACLU of Michigan Southeastern Advisory Board
- Mo Abdrobbah, Esq.
- Judith Lowitz Adler, Robert Bosch Corporation
- Dr. Yahya Mossa Basha, American Muslim Council
- Fay Beydoun, American Arab Chamber of Commerce
- Mark Brewer, Michigan Democratic Party
- Stacy Cassis, Merrill Lynch
- Hon. Ken Cockrel, Detroit City Council
- Hon. Paul Condino, former State Represenative
- Rev. Harry Cook
- Tom Costello, Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion
- Margaret A. Costello, Dykema
- Debbie Dingell, General Motors
- Imad Hamad, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- Barbara Hughes Erard, Dickinson Wright
- Nolan Finley, The Detroit News
- Robert Gillett, Legal Services of South Central Michigan
- Fay Givens, American Indian Services
- Dr. Karl Gregory
- David Hecker, American Federation of Teachers - Michigan
- Steven M. Horn
- Joan Howarth, Dean, MSU Law School
- Denise Ilitch, Ambassador Magazine
- Hon. Gilda Jacobs, Michigan Senate
- Eric C. Jirgens, Eric Charles Designs of Birmingham
- Armene Kaye, Esq.
- Betsy Kellman, Anti-Defamation League
- Joel Kellman, Dykema
- Dr. Michelle Keyes
- Dr. Orian Worden
- Cary S. McGehee, Pitt, Dowty, McGehee & Mirer
- Kaye McGowan, National Indian Coalition
- Hon. Claudia House Morcom
- James R. Neuhard, State Appellate Defenders Office
- Andrew Nickelhoff, Sachs Waldman PC
- Professor Harold Norris
- Stanford Ovshinsky, Energy Conversion Devices
- Hon. Linda Parker
- Peggy Goldberg Pitt, Esq., Pitt, Dowty, McGehee & Mirer
- Megan Pitts, Office of the Mayor
- Jodee Fishman Raines, Erb Family Foundation
- William Rands III
- Maria Elena Rodriguez
- Rev. Edwin Rowe, Central United Methodist Church
- Kelvin Scott, Director, Michigan Department of Civil Rights
- Elsa Shartsis, Esq.
- Ralph Simpson, Esq. ACLU of Michigan President
- Abe Singer, Pepper Hamilton LLP
- Richard A. Soble, Soble Rowe Krichbaum LLP
- Tricia Stein
- Hon. Kathleen Straus, State Board of Education
- Leslie Ann Thompson, Affirmations
- Hon. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan House of Representatives
- Hon. Steve Tobocman, former State Represenative
- Jacqueline Washington, ACLU of Michigan President Pro Tem
- Mary Jo Walsh, Adult & Family Counseling
- Hon. Joann Watson, Detroit City Council
- Hon. Alma Wheeler Smith
ACLU of Michigan western Advisory Board
- Connie Bellows, Conversation Matters
- David Bulkowski, Disability Advocates of Kent County
- Sharon Caldwell-Newton, Grand Rapids Women’s Resource Center
- Janet Carbonneau Jones, Planned Parenthood
- Tom Clinton, Esq., artist
- Gil Davis, founder, ACLU of Michigan Western Branch
- Hon. Paul Denenfeld
- Robert Eleveld, Esq.
- Cecile Fehsenfeld, Schuler Books
- Reverend Bill Freeman, The Journey Church
- Daniel L. Groce
- Dr. Gregory Forbes, Grand Rapids Community College
- Gail Harrison, Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance
- Sonya Hughes, Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce
- Ronald Jimmerson, Cascade Engineering and Seeds of Hope
- Jeff Meeuwsen, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
- Reverend Nathaniel Moody, Brown Hutcherson Ministries
- Rhett Pinsky, Esq., Pinsky, Smith, Fayette and Kennedy
- Salvatore Pirrotta, Miller Johnson
- Mike Presant, Jewish Federation
- Susan Reed, Michigan Immigrant Rights Center
- Deborah Rockman, artist
- Vernis Schad, Progressive Women’s Alliance & American Association of University Women
- Bette Sebastian, Progressive Women’s Alliance
- Fred Stella, Muskegon Community College and the Interfaith Dialogue Association
- Rick Stevens, Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Jerry Subar, board member, ACLU of Michigan Western Branch
- Reverend Douglas Van Doren, Plymouth Congregational United Church
- Marcia Warner, Grand Rapids Public Library
- Ed Wong-Ligda, Grand Valley State University
- Reverend Fred Wooden, Fountain Street Church