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2010-2011 Board of Directors
Dave Burke
Janet I. Martineau
Jan Poppe
Bonnie McManus
Laurie Kroupa
Rudolph R. Radosa, Jr.
Denyse Clayton
Emma Clayton
Lance B. Lewis
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
Georgia Abbott
Emma Clayton
Lance B. Lewis, Ph.D.
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
Retired Finance Director, The Dow Chemical Company.
Affiliations: Creative 360 (Treasurer/secretary), 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
Retired Arts/Entertainment Editor of 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. She has performed with the Midland Theater Guild's Golden Guild, is a member of the River Junction Poets and has won state and local awards in journalism.
Jan R. Poppe
Midland
Employed by Saginaw Valley State University as Director of Integrated Marketing.
Affiliations: Creative 360 (Secretary, Vice President/Marketing), 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 as Executive Director of Family and Children's Services in Midland, MI.
Affiliations: Creative 360 (Vice President/Governance), Midland Area Community Foundation, graduate Leadership Midland, member Matrix Midland Advisory Board, Midland Center for the Arts
Pam Hart
Midland
Former elementary and high school teacher.
Affiliations: Saginaw Choral Society
Laurie Kroupa
Midland
Employed by Dow Corning corporation as Innovation Accelerator.
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
Rudolph R. Radosa Jr.
Employed by Chemical Bank Wealth and Investment Management Services.
Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, from Northwood University. Graduate of the Midwest Trust School.
Georgia Abbott, MBA
Adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Northwood University, Director of the Alden B. Dow Center for Creativity and Innovation, and owner, The Children’s School of Music, Midland MI. MBA from DeVos Graduate School at Northwood University and BA from Kalamazoo College.
Emma Clayton
Rising 10th-grade student at Midland High School in Midland. Veteran of numerous school- and community-based theatrical productions. Recipient of scholarship to Blue Lake Arts Camp, 2010. Volunteer with the Flying Pig Theatre Academy at Creative 360, productions at the Midland Center for the Arts, and community outreach for Meta4, Inc.
Lance B. Lewis, Ph.D.
Academic Dean and past Dean of International Programs, Northwood University. MLS, Fort Hays State University, MS, Kansas State University, and Ph.D., Michigan State University.
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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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