After action by the Kent County Commission Thursday, Jan. 3, the following are 2019 appointments to various county boards and committees. For a complete list of board membership, visit this page at accesskent.com .
Agricultural Preservation Board
Commissioner Matt Kallman
Area Agency on Aging – Advisory Council
Commissioner Stephen Wooden (filling unexpired term of Harold Mast)
Harold Mast (filling unexpired term of Dr. Frederick Deane)
Area Agency on Aging – Board of Directors
Commissioner Carol Hennessy
Community Corrections Advisory Board
Circuit Court Judge Mark Trusock
Commissioner Jim Talen
Christine Tober – Defense Attorney
Christine Witters – Probation Representative
Community Health Advisory Committee
Commissioner Emily Brieve
Commissioner Betsy Melton
Savator Selden-Johnson – DHHS Representative
Mark Swan – Health Care Provider
Lori Pearl-Kraus – Health Care Provider
Lisa Knight – Community-based Organization
County Building Authority
Michael Jaskula
Ross Leisman
Fire Commission
Commissioner Roger Morgan
Commissioner Tom Antor
Carlton Blough – Township Elected Official
Jacqueline Smith – Township Elected Official
Jennifer Venema – Township Elected Official
Foreign Trade Zone Board
Wayman Britt – County Administrator
FOC Citizens Advisory Committee
Chuck DeWitt – Sheriff’s Designee
Michelle Smith-Lowe – Prosecutor’s Designee (filling unexpired term of Mark Vermeer)
Kyle Quinn – Family Law Attorney
Malique Greer – General Public Representative
Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority Board
Birgit Klohs
Dan Koorndyk – County Representative
Grand Valley Metro Council
Mandy Bolter (filling unexpired term of Carol Hennessy)
Grand Rapids – Kent County Convention/Arena Authority
Steve Heacock
Kent County Community Action Agency Advisory Governing Board
Tom Oosterbaan – Consumer Sector Representative
Jessica White-Hatinger – Public Sector Representative
Kent County Family & Children’s Coordinating Council
Jack Greenfield – Private Agency Representative
Scott Smith – KISD Superintendent At-Large
Kasie Pickardt – Private Agency Representative
Maureen Kirkwood – Private Funding Representative
Kent District Library Board
Thomas Noreen – Region 1
Charles Myers – Region 5
Kent Hospital Finance Authority
Richard Fabiano
Hattie Patterson
Lakeshore Regional Partners Substance Abuse Oversight Policy Board
Shellie Cole-Mickens
Molly Reid (filling unexpired term of Carol Avery)
Sara Sobel (filling unexpired term of Harold Mast)
Land Bank Authority
Kurt Reppart (filling unexpired term of Mayor Rosalynn Bliss)
Millennium Park Architectural Advisory Review Board
Commissioner Stan Stek
Dave Custer – Design Community Representative
Public Works Board
Commissioner Tom Antor (filling unexpired term of Dan Koorndyk)
Commissioner Phil Skaggs
Remonumentation Peer Review Group
Arthur Brintnall – Professional Surveyor
Ken Vierzen – Professional Surveyor
Randall Jonker – Professional Surveyor
Dan Pratt – Professional Surveyor (filling unexpired term of Tom Chettleburgh)
Road Commission
Rob VerHeulen
Veterans’ Services Committee
Trisha Sexton
