{"id":44,"date":"2022-06-06T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodmichigan.org\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:49:21","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eodmichigan.org\/about\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Embracing Our Differences Michigan Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Board of Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Nancy Margolis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

President<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Executive Director
Embracing Our Differences Michigan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bonnie Billups, Jr.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Member<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Executive Director
Peace Neighborhood Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lynne Settles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Treasurer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Community arts advocate
Retired Ypsilanti art teacher<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lynette Findley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Member<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Clerk, Superior Township<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Edwin<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Edwin Pear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Member<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Partner: Pear, Sperling, Eggan & Daniels<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brandon Roderick Tucker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vice President<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Washtenaw Community College<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Katerina\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Katrina Wade-Golden, PhD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Member<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Associate Vice Provost
Deputy Chief Diversity Officer
University of Michigan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Laura Orta<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Member<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Director of Organizational Equity for the city of Ann Arbor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Nancy<\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nancy Margolis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Executive Director<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nancy has spent a lifetime working to break down barriers and bring diverse populations together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In high school she organized and led a community -wide brotherhood day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In college, she helped remove religious restrictions from groups. As the deputy director of the Washtenaw County\u2019s anti-poverty agency, she worked with minority groups to ensure equal representation in leadership roles in Head Start, senior nutrition programs, and Foster Grandparent Programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about Nancy Margolis.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lynne Settles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Art Director<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A retired Ypsilanti high school art teacher, Lynne has inspired numerous artistic endeavors. The Ypsilanti student artwork featured on banners around Ypsilanti was part of a district-wide exhibit selected to go to Washington D.C. to be displayed at the US Department of Education. Unfortunately, the exhibit had to be canceled because of the pandemic. Lynne spearheaded large wall murals which depict little-known African American history in Ypsilanti. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about Lynne Settles.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Kay<\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kay Wade<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Education Director<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Kay Wade<\/strong> began her teaching career at Willow Run High School in 1970 teaching English.  During her 24 years there, she taught a variety of English, Science, and Social Studies courses which included the required US Government course. She developed curriculum guides and created new courses for English and Social Studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Kay Wade.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Gant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Project Director<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Chris came to the US from Berlin, Germany in 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris was the Evaluation Program Manager for GEAR UP at the University of Michigan, School of Social Work, a federally funded college access program where she developed a strategic plan and built collaborations across university departments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Chris Gant.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Embracing Our Differences Action Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Barb Bach<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lynette Findley<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Christiane Gant<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Patricia Jenkins<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nancy Margolis<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Diana McKnight-Morton<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Lynne<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lynne Settles<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"June<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

June Swartz<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Debby Mitchel-Covington<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Linda Grekin<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Huda Karaman Rosen<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Wadad Abed<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pat Chapman<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Sarajane<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sarajane Winkelman<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2023 Art Judges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Travis<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Travis D. Erby<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Illustrator, art educator
Ypsilanti, MI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Paloma<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Paloma N\u00fa\u00f1ez-Regueiro<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Printmaking
Ann Arbor, MI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Elisa<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Elisa Guyton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Creative agent
Ann Arbor, MI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Guy<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Gary Horton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Painter, muralist
Ypsilanti, MI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Crislan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chrislan Fuller Manuel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Painter
Ann Arbor, MI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jan Bogart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sculpture
Ann Arbor, MI <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Team of Diversity Leaders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lois Allen-Richardson<\/td>Wadad Abed<\/td>Jamill Bufford<\/td><\/tr>
Karen Crawford<\/td>Sheriff Jerry Clayton<\/td>Leigh Greden<\/td><\/tr>
William Hampton<\/td>Henry Johnson<\/td>Huda Karaman Rosen<\/td><\/tr>
Lucie Nisson<\/td>Amy Seetoo<\/td>Pam Smith<\/td><\/tr>
Christopher Taylor<\/td>Brandon Tucker<\/td>Anthony Williamson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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