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MEMBERS ON THE MOVE                                                          FOCUS MAGAZINE  |  MAY 2022



        Sparrow Clinton Hospital Board                                                              Suma Cum
        of Directors are Mark Weismiller,                                                           Laude. President
        M.D., Sparrow Medical Group                                                                 Carter is leaving
        general surgeon and Sparrow                                                                 a lasting
        Clinton Hospital Medical chief                                                              legacy upon
        of staff; Matthew Wilcox, D.O.,                                                             the institution
        cardiology specialist, Sparrow TCI.                                                         and students.
        New members of the Sparrow                                                                  Throughout his
        Eaton Hospital Board are: Maria                                                             presidency, he
        Davis, Ph.D., provost, professor     Kolt              Magyar              Carter           has led in the
        of biology, Olivet College; Joseph                                                          accreditation
        Garcia, deputy general counsel,                                            of the school with the Higher
        state of Michigan Department of                                            Learning Commission and has
        Insurance and Financial Services;                                          brought the college to a very
        Colette Scrimger, MSW, health                                              stable position financially and
        officer, Barry-Eaton District Health                                       academically. The students see him
        Department. At Sparrow Ionia                                               as a mentor and guide.  His open-
        Hospital, new members include:                                             door policy has been a tool to assist
        Virgil Biggs, CPA, owner, Biggs,                                           students through their goals, joys,
        Dickinson & Roberts Wealth                                                 disappointments, and problems. He
        Management Services, LLC; John       Kimble            Schneidewind        has counseled students and staff
        Milewski, II, director of technology,                                      in reaching their potential toward
        Ionia County Intermediate School                       Magyar is the       fulfilling the mission of GLCC, which
        District, and Brett Reich, D.O.,                       director of         is to train students to be servant-
        Emergency Medicine medical                             corporate giving    leaders in the church and world.
        director at Sparrow Eaton and                          with General
        Sparrow Ionia and Sparrow Ionia                        Motors. William                      Kobe Rochester,
        Hospital medical chief of staff.                       J. Kimble, an                        a second-year
        Sparrow Specialty Hospital's                           Independent                          student in the
        board has added: Rebecca                               from DeWitt, is                      criminal justice
        Behar-Cook, CEO, Capitol                               the president                        program at the
        Fundraising Associates;              Tucker            and group                            Wilson Talent
        Dion'trae Hayes, township            leader of C2AE, an architecture                        Center (WTC),
        supervisor and chief administrative   and engineering firm. Eric                            noticed the
        officer, Lansing Township, and       Schneidewind, an Independent                           police officers
        Martha Jakubiak, RN, retired         from Lansing, previously served       Rochester        at Sexton High
        neurosurgical registered nurse.      as an attorney at Varnum LLP and                       School during
                                             served as the former volunteer        his sophomore year. He was curious
        Governor Gretchen Whitmer            national and Michigan president       about their job and role at his
        recently announced the               of AARP. Jo-Ellyn H. Tucker, a        school and in his community. This
        appointments of mid-Michigan         Democrat in East Lansing, currently   was also the year COVID-19 struck,
        leaders to the Michigan              serves on the board.                  and he was unable to attend a visit
        Community Service Commission                                               to the WTC to learn more about the
        (MCSC), the State of Michigan's lead   PEOPLE NEWS                         criminal justice program. However,
        agency promoting volunteerism                                              he decided to take a chance and
        and community service. Appointees    Larry Carter, president of Great      enroll anyway, and he is so glad
        include Robert T. Kolt, a Democrat   Lakes Christian College (GLCC),       that he did. He's in the process of
        from Haslett, who was reappointed    announced his retirement to begin     being promoted to sergeant with
        to a fourth three-year term and      on June 1. President Carter will      the Lansing Police Department's
        serves as chair of the MCSC. Kolt    complete 23 years as president,       Explorer Post 911, a program for
        is president and CEO of Kolt         having served as an instructor of     students ages 14 to 21. He has
        Communications, an Okemos            Christian ministries for two years    applied to advance as a cadet with
        public relations and advertising     before his appointment. Larry         the East Lansing Police Department
        firm and serves as a professor       received a B.S. in biblical studies   and will begin taking classes in
        in public relations at MSU. Heidi    from Cincinnati Bible College. He     the fall at Lansing Community
        E. Magyar, a Republican from         then received a master’s degree       College before entering the police
        Laingsburg, was reappointed to       in Christian ministries from          academy. In addition, Rochester
        the MCSC and serves as vice chair.   Huntington College, graduating        recently participated in SkillsUSA.

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