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Metro Detroit Advisory Board

 

2026 IMPACT REPORT

Metro Detroit Advisory Board

Community leaders lending their experience, influence and commitment to help strengthen lives across Metro Detroit.

 
 

“The Advisory Board consists of a diverse group of hard-working men and women who share in the vision to transform and restore lives in the city of Detroit.”

 
 

BOARD LEADERSHIP

Guiding service and stewardship.

 

Clenetta Frazier

ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR

The HR Whisperer®

 

Ewa Matuszewski

FIRST VICE CHAIR

Medical Net One Health Solutions

Thomas Callan

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

UHY Advisors MI, Inc.

 

George Clark Jr.

TREASURER
FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

 

COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP

Janet Lawson

Public Relations & Development Committee Chair
The Shepherd Group

 

David M. Thoms

Building & Property Committee Chair
Retired, Varnum LLP

 

Tim Ross

Program & Services Committee Chair
Ross Mortgage Corps.

 

John Below

Nominating & Board Cultivation Committee Chair
Bodman PLC

 
 

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Serving Metro Detroit together.

Leaders from business, law, health care, finance, media and community organizations lend their expertise and advocacy to The Salvation Army’s mission.

 
Samantha Bourque
National Food Group
 
Derek Brown
Quorum Commercial
 
Burton W. Carlson, Jr.
Life Member
Gina Carrier
Fifth Third Bank
 
Jay Coslow
Royal Oak Advisory Council
AT&T Business Services
 
Jim Cunningham
Pontiac Advisory Council
Monarch Investments
Angela Cusmano
Dahring, Cusmano & Associates
 
Nicole Felix
Meridian Health
 
Paolo Franzese
Franzese USA
Ted Galeski
Downriver Advisory Council
 
Geoffrey Gallinger
Butzel Long
 
Ray Gunn
Wingspan Group
Mel Haggood
Nivar Property Management & Investments
 
Jan Huang
Merrill Lynch
 
Envoys Bob & Jacqulynn Idzior
Southeast Michigan Adult Rehabilitation Center
Cody Johnson
Echelon Detroit Chapter President
Merrill Lynch
 
Barbara Jean Johnson
Tireman Conference & Banquet Center
 
Anil Kapoor
National Echelon New Chapter Development
Bank of America
W. Bruce Knight
AdvoMAS/Knight & Firth, P.C.
 
John J. Latella
United States Specialty Sports Association
 
Jonathan Latella
GM Financial
Ronald Marcinelli
Comerica Bank
 
Gary Marowske
Kerroy Company
 
Herman Moore
Team 84, LLC
Tackle Life Foundation
Jonathan Orr
Athlete Transition Services
 
Judge Yasmine Poles
6th Circuit Court
 
Dan Ponder
Retired, Franco
Dick Purtan
Hall of Fame Broadcaster
 
Dr. Heidi Ramos
Corewell Health
 
Steven H. Riga
Morgan Stanley
Thomas F. Rost
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes
 
Maria Salinas
Congress of Communities
 
Jeff Sangster
Harbor Light Advisory Council Chair
Kotz Sangster Wysocki P.C.
Robert Stocki
Simplified Internet Design
 
Jean Stachura
Plymouth Advisory Council
 
David G. Strachan
Retired, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
General Detroit Area
Emeritus Member
Richard J. Strowger
Life Member
 
Dr. Kurt E. Tech, MD
Corewell Health
 
Kurt O. Tech II
JP Morgan Private Bank
Judge Edward M. Thomas
American Settlement Centers
Emeritus Member
 
Jimm White
Farmington Hills Advisory Council
White Financial, LLC
 
Crystal Williams
Crystal Vision Communications, LLC
Scott Wolffis
Commercial Alliance
 
Robert Zocco
High Noon Promotions & Apparel
 
 
 

IN LOVING MEMORY

Remembering those who served.

Ed Deeb

Advisory Board Member
1993–2025

Professor Robert N. Brown

Advisory Board Member
1999–2025

Jack Aronson

Advisory Board Member
2009–2021

 
 

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

United by a shared commitment to serve.

The Metro Detroit Advisory Board helps advance The Salvation Army’s mission through leadership, advocacy and community partnership.

 
   SERVING METRO DETROIT