Advisors
Core Council Members
- Robert Barnes, Senior Neighbors Inc.
- Connie Bellows, Delta Strategy
- Margaret Biersack, Spectrum Health - Healthier Communities
- Teresa Branson, Kent County Health Department
- David Bulkowski, Disability Advocates of West Michigan
- Douglas K. Chung, Ph.D., Asian Center of West Michigan
- H. David Claus, Holland Home
- Chris Conklin, Visiting Nurse Association
- Thomas E. Czerwinski, Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan
- Shirley Daniels, community advocate
- Harry Dolan, Grand Rapids Police Department
- Paul Doyle, Spectrum Health - Healthy Communities, AAHI
- Bev Drake, ACSET
- Jeanne A. Englehart, Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
- Suzanne Filby-Clark, Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan
- Elizabeth Forbes, Delta Strategy
- Robert G. Haight, Heart of West Michigan United Way
- Dr. Tom Hartwig, Gerontology Network Services of KC
- Honorable George W. Heartwell, City of Grand Rapids
- Paul Ippel, network180
- Nancy Kehoe-Nielsen, community advocate
- Priscilla J. Kimboko, Ph.D., Grand Valley State University
- Morgan Lambert, Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan
- Rabbi Albert Lewis, Aquinas
- Harold Mast, Kent County Board of Commissioners
- Philip H. McCorkle Jr., Saint Mary's Mercy Medical Center
- Tom Oosterbaan, Senior Neighbors
- Zoraida Sanchez, community advocate
- Sue Sefton, Kent County Health Department
- Diana R. Sieger, Grand Rapids Community Foundation
- Katheryn Sleziak, Grand Rapids Dominicans
- Deb Snow, Advocates for Senior Issues
- Peter Varga, Interurban Transit Partnership
- Andrew Zylstra, Department of Human Services
Community Advisory Team
- Tim Allard, Alzheimer's Assoc.
- Leann Arkema, Gilda's Club
- Terri Azkoul, Holland Home
- David Baak, GRACE
- Judy Barnes, Home and Building Association
- Guy Bazzani, Bazzani Assoc, Inc.
- Scott Blinkhorn, Visiting Nurses Assoc.
- Susan Bodenner, Bishop Hills Elder Care Community
- Kent Bottles, MD, GR Medical Education & Research Ctr
- Cathy Brady, Pine Rest/St. Mary's
- Cheryl Brandsen, Calvin College
- Wayman Britt, Kent County
- Susan Broman, Steelcase Foundation
- Dick Bulkowski, Steepletown Neighborhood Services
- Barb Coleman, Gerontology Network
- Suzan Couzens, GR Area Health Ministry Consortium
- Sandra Davis, Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan
- Karyl DeBruyn, Spectrum Health
- Dave Douma, Porter Hills
- Hanni Epp, WM Caregivers Alliance
- Michael Faber, GRCC Older Learner Ctr
- Kurt Freund, Merging Faith and Finance
- Dan Gowdy, Transportation Services and North Kent Transit
- Frances Grant, Citizens for Better Care
- Lynn Gregory
- Linda Hunt, Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan
- Dave Jacobs, Home Repair Services
- Sue Karsen, Life EMS
- Priscilla Kimboko, GVSU
- Helen Kinsworthy
- Joan Konyndyk, Hope Network
- Ruth Kurlandsky, Great Lakes Center for Sages
- Sue Lemon, Luther Community
- Mary McDonald, GVSU, CRI
- Matthew Mekkes, Easter Seals
- Susan Morales-Barias, Heart of West Michigan United Way
- Lauretta Murphy, Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey
- Kym Mulhern, Nokomis Foundation
- Jo Murphy, Council on Aging of Kent County
- Jackie O'Connor, Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan
- Suzann Ogland-Hand, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services
- Korrie Ottenwess, GVSU, CRI
- Bob Perl, Clark Retirement Community
- Vicki Pickel, Kent Co. FIA
- Cathy Raevsky, Kent County Health Department
- Bill Rowell, Community Advocate
- Rebecca Rynbrandt, Wyoming Parks & Rec.
- Betty Shelby, Native American Community Services
- Randee Shenkel, Jewish Federation
- Rick Stevens, Assoc. for the Blind & Visually Impaired
- Tolly Stiffler
- Dennis Sturtevant, Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids
- Barbara Terry, Heart of West Michigan United Way
- Margaret Thomas
- Deborah VanHuffel, Kent District Library
- B. Margaret Voss, Great Lakes Center for Sages
- Lee Weber, Dyer-Ives Foundation
- Gloria Zamarripa
- Beth Zeldes, Monroe, Sweeris & Tromp, PC