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Board of Directors

Governing Board members also serve on Lansing or Ann Arbor Community Board. They can be reached via e-mail at healing@elesplace.org.

  • Chair*: Elizabeth Haar, President & CEO, Accident Fund Insurance Co of America
  • Vice Chair*: Paula Reichle, Senior Vice President & CFO, Ingham Regional Medical Center
  • Treasurer*:  Jeffrey Benson, CPA, Vice President—Operations—MSU Federal Credit Union. 
  • Secretary*: Charles Crone Jr.,  Community Leader
  • Chair-Ann Arbor Community Board: Mark Ouimet, Owner, The OUIMET Group
  • Chair-Lansing Community Board: Patty Lloyd Barnas, Senior Vice President, Capitol National Bank
  • Founder: Betsy Stover
  • President/CEO*: Laurie Strauss Baumer

*Executive Committee


Ann Arbor Community Board
  • Chair: Mark Ouimet, Owner, The OUIMET Group LLC
  • Vice Chair: Charles Crone Jr., Community Leader
  • Laurie Strauss Baumer, President & CEO, Ele’s Place
  • Wade Cooper, D.O., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan
  • Jeff Hall, President, Second To None, Inc.
  • Diane Kieliszewski, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
  • Dennis M. McComb, Superintendent, Milan Area Schools
  • Sheila Patrias, Speech/Language Pathologist, Jackson County ISD
  • Ron Reed, Principal, Milan High School
  • Jane Shrosbree, Physical Therapist, Chelsea Community Hospital
  • Tamara Sutton, Author

Lansing Community Board
  • Chair: Patty Lloyd Barnas, Senior Vice President, Capitol National Bank
  • Vice Chair: Mary Papageorgiou, Vice President, Merrill Lynch
  • Laurie Strauss Baumer, President & CEO, Ele’s Place
  • Jeff Benson, CPA, Vice President – Operations, MSU Federal Credit Union
  • Alexis Branoff, Community Volunteer
  • James Cash, Senior Vice President, Christman Company
  • Ken Glickman, Principal Consultant, Gilbert Tweed Associates
  • Elizabeth Haar, President & CEO, Accident Fund Insurance Co.
  • Thomas Hoban, Senior Vice President, Lansing, Mercantile Bank of Michigan
  • Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., Prevention Specialist/Psychologist, Community Mental Health 
  • Clark P. Manning Jr., President & CEO, Jackson National Life Insurance Co.
  • Jo McGlew, M.D., Associate Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sparrow Hospital
  • Robert Nero, President/CEO, Sircon
  • Paul Rathbun II, Executive Vice President, The Rathbun Agency
  • Paula Reichle, Senior Vice President & CFO, Ingham Regional Medical Center
  • Mary Roszel, Founder, Global Orange Development, LLC
  • Mary Jo Scofes, Community Volunteer
  • Betsy Stover, Ele’s Place Founder
  • Chris Wilson, Store Director, Meijer - Lake Lansing Rd.