Executive Committee
Chair – Betty (Elizabeth) Bishop (Ann Arbor-Sink), BA 1972, LS&A
Vice-Chair – Diane Hummel (Grand Rapids Federation), MILS 1992, Rackham
Recording Secretary – Feriel Presswwalla (unaffiliated), BS 2015, LS&A
Corresponding Secretary – Marian Molly Magoon (Boston, unaffiliated), BA 1980, LS&A
Treasurer – Roberta Zald (unaffiliated), BS 1978
Nominating Chair – Sondra Loucks Wilson (Grand Rapids Federation), BA 1983, LS&A
Governing Board Members Elected at Large
Emily Anderson, BA 2011, Psychology (Flint)
Dr. Helen Clay-Spoetser (Detroit – DAUMW), MSW 1981
Anna Marie Ferguson (Detroit – DAUMW)
Honorable Sheila Ann Gibson (Detroit – DAUMW)
Lea Goodsell (unaffiliated), BGS 1990, Accounting LS&A
Aleasia Hall (Detroit – DAUMW), BA 1991, LS&A
Adele Karas (Flint), BS 1997, MPA 2000
Dana C. Moore (unaffiliated), MA 1998, Education
Julie Nemeth (Flint), BA 1990, LS&A
Dr. Carol Tierney (unaffiliated), BA 1975 LS&A; PhD 2000
Cerise Rustin Tounsel (Detroit – DAUMW), MA 1975, Education
Linda Severin (unaffiliated), AB 1978, LS&A
Wendy Urquhart (Ann Arbor – Waterman)
Judy Waterston (unaffiliated), BSN 1972, Nursing
JoLynn Williams (Detroit – DAUMW)
Representatives to the Michigan League Board of Governors
Ann Moln (Ann Arbor – Waterman)
Lois McEntyre (Detroit – DAUMW), BA 1988 Sociology
Barbara Sands Balbach (Ann Arbor – Waterman), MA 1968
Representatives to the Henderson House Board of Governors
Chair – Helen Hill (unaffiliated)
Vice-Chair – Persis Sopariwala (unaffiliated), BA 2013, MSW 2017
Secretary – Feriel Presswalla (unaffiliated), BS 2015, LS&A
Treasurer – Roberta Zald (unaffiliated), BS 1978
Board member – Linda Severin (unaffiliated), AB 1978, LS&A
Board member – Patricia Magle Jones
Board member – Nikki Briggs
House President – Taylor Bowie
Resident Director – Andrea Valenzuela
Ex-Officio
Sheryl Szady, Consultant
Barbara Pitts, Parliamentarian
Helen Hill, Chair, Henderson House
Alumnae Club Information
There are currently eight alumnae clubs in Michigan. If you live outside the state or are in a region that’s not represented, you can still be a member of the Alumnae Council. For more information about the Alumnae Council, email Julie at marketing@um-alumnae.org.
• Ann Arbor-Waterman Group – President, Janice Trouba; Membership Chairs, Emily Salvette and Sandy Burdi
• Birmingham – President, Christine Lynn
• Detroit Association of University of Michigan Women (DAUMW) – President, Hon. Sheila A. Gibson; Membership Chair, Linda Moragne
• Flint – President, Adele Karas
• Grand Rapids Federation – President, Jocelyn Dettloff
• Lansing – President, Traceen Pasteur
• Saginaw – President, Teresa Borowski