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2009-2010 Board of Directors
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Janet I. Martineau, President
Jan Poppe, Vice-President, Marketing
Bonnie McManus, Vice-President, Governance
David Burke, Secretary/Treasurer
Pam Hart
Laurie Kroupa
Rudolph R. Radosa, Jr.
2008-2009 Board of Directors
Janet I. Martineau, President
Thad Hallberg, Vice President
Jan Poppe, Secretary
David Burke, Treasurer
Roz Berlin
Pam Hart
Bonnie McManus
Cheryl Swarthout
Kelly Nori
Jan Weaver
Laurie Kroupa
Jane Heiss
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2007- 2008 Board of Directors
(L to R): David Rousse, Anne McGeehan-Woodard,
Janet Martineau, Roz Berlin, Thad Hallberg.
Not pictured: David Burke, Jan Poppe, Jan Weaver, Kelly D. Nori
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David J. Burke, Treasurer
Midland
Chartered Accountant, Certified Public Accountant (IL).
Affiliations: Creative 360 (Treasurer), Midland Symphony Orchestra Advisory Committee (Recorder), Dow/Tri-city Cyclist MS150 (Team committee member), licensed member of USA Cycling Inc.
Thad A. Hallberg, Vice-President
Midland
Industrial Designer/Exhibit Designer (Principal) Hallberg Design Studio.
Affiliations: Creative 360 (Board Member), Midland's Downtown Development Authority (design committee member)
Janet I. Martineau, President
Saginaw
Arts/Entertainment Editor at The Saginaw News.
Affiliations: Saginaw Valley Master Gardener Association (historian), Creative 360 (president), Chippewa Nature Center board (chair "Celebrating Nature Through Art" contest), Friends of Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge board (secretary), Saginaw Habitat for Humanity (newsletter editor), Old Saginaw City Lawn Chair Film Festival (movie selection committee), graduate Leadership Saginaw 2006
Jan R. Poppe
Midland
Assistant to Vice-President for Public Affairs in University Communications, SVSU.
Affiliations: Creative 360 (Secretary); member Saginaw (Downtown) Rotary Club; VP Long Range Planning for Saginaw Choral Society
Janet S. Weaver
Midland
Retired former Public Information Officer and Marketing Director, Genesee County.
Affiliations: Midland County Master Gardeners, Chemical City Garden Club,
Dow Gardens (volunteer), Midland Center for the Arts (volunteer), Creative 360 (Board Member)
Kelly D. Nori
Bay City
A Customer Service Representative with The Dow Chemical Company. Affiliations: Junior League of Saginaw Valley and a Creative 360 Board member since 2007
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Cheryl Swarthout
Midland
Employed by Member First Credit Union of Midland and is an adjunct instructor at Northwood University.
Affiliation: graduate Leadership Midland
Jane Heiss
Midland
Ayre/Rhinehart real estate.
Affiliations: Midland Community Tennis Center, Center for Independent Living, Midland County Master Gardeners, graduate Leadership Midland
Bonnie McManus
Sanford
Retired.
Affiliations: Midland Area Community Foundation, graduate Leadership Midland
Pam Hart
Midland
Former elementary and high school teacher.
Affiliations: Saginaw Choral Society
Laurie Kroupa
Midland
Employed by Dow Corning.
Affiliations: Juvenile Care Center (volunteer mentor), Windover Academy (volunteer mentor)
Roz Berlin
Saginaw
Retired.
Affiliations: River Junction Poets (Historian), Friends of Libraries, AAUW - Fine Arts, Saginaw Art Museum, Tri-city Action for peace, Saginaw Macintosh Users Group
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Co-Founders
Linda Z. Smith, Co-Founder
• Linda Z. Smith, B.A. is co-founder of Creative Spirit Center (now Creative 360) and pioneer of the Creating YES! Corporate Workshops.
• Director of Creativity Emerita
• She is nationally recognized as an accomplished creator and artistic specialist who develops dynamic, innovative presentations, programs, courses and classes for adults, children and teens.
• Linda has more than 20 years of significant achievements as a dancer, creator, teacher, consultant, coordinator and implementer of arts and wellness programs.
• She is a founding member and initial president of Michigan Dance Association; co-author of the books Creating YES! and Essential Goals and Objectives for Dance.
• In 2007, Linda Z. Smith received national recognition for her work in co-founding Creative Spirit Center . Martha Stewart and Martha Stewart Living named Smith one of 11 "Dreamers into Doers," exceptional women who won a national contest for their ability to make their dreams into reality.”
"When people are encouraged to express their creativity, the result is a more fulfilled and sustained workforce." Linda Z. Smith
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Cynthia Keefe, Co-Founder
• Cynthia won Midland's Outstanding Business Person of the Year in 1997, partially for the time and energy she put into the Artwalk and DiversityWalk held that year.
• Cynthia is also an award-winning artist and former Northwood Gallery director whose works have been exhibited throughout Michigan.
• Cynthia received her bachelor's degree from Vermont College of Norwich University.
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