The Midland Area Partnership board consists 19 community leaders and experts with a significant vested interest in youth. The board provides overall organizational vision, fiscal oversight as well as supervision of operations. The board meets every month, alternating between General and Executive Committee meetings.

Executive Board

Dr. Paul Burns

Chair

The Dow Chemical Co. MI Regional Health Service

Kevin Kendrick

Vice Chair

Dow Corning Corp., Vice President, Global Security

Sharon Miller

Secretary

Owner/Principal ITH Staffing Solutions

Cheryl Warner

Treasurer

Assistant Controller, Northwood University

Dick Skochdopole, PhD

Member at Large

Retired - The Dow Chemical Company

Bonnie McManus

Interim Executive Director

Midland Area Partnership for Drug-Free Youth

General Board

John Blahunka

Principal, Meridian High School

Kathy Dollard, PhD

Immediate Past Chair, Program Director, Community Mental Health of Central MI

Peggy Gerstacker

Senior HR Specialist, Dow Corning Corporation

Todd Gorsuch

Principal, Bullock Creek High School

Jeff Jaster

Principal, Northeast Middle School

Chief Gerald Ladwig

Midland Police Department

Rev. Wallace H. Mayton III

Memorial Presbyterian Church

Sheriff Jerry Nielsen

Midland County Sheriff’s Department

Charlie Russian

Retired - Meridian Public Schools

Rod Zapolski

Director of Imaging/ Pres. of MRI, MidMichigan Medical Center- Midland

Advisory Members

Mike Krecek

Health Officer, Midland County Health Department

Joanna Kolbiaz

VP Personal Trust Officer, Chemical Bank

Dr. Jeff Newman

ER Physician, MidMichigan Medical Center- Midland