About our Board of Directors

Legal Aid of Western Michigan is a private non-profit organization governed by a 21 member volunteer Board of Directors drawing from both the legal and client communities that we serve.

Sixty percent of our Board members are attorneys appointed by the local Bar Associations in our 17 county service area:

James C. Boerigter, President,Kreis Enderle Hudgins & Borsos, Kalamazoo

Paul T. Vlachos, Vice-President, Vlachos & Vlachos, Kalamazoo

Preston Hopson, Jr., Treasurer, City of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids

Richard K. Burnham, Burnham Law Offices, P.C.,Paw Paw

Brian P. McMahon, Troff, Petzke & Ammeson, St. Joseph

Martin Rogalski, Martin L. Rogalski, PC., Jenison

Rebecca Sanford, Sanford Law Office, St. Joseph

Donald F. Ryman, Clark Equipment (retired), Berrien County Board of Commissioners, Buchanan

Robert D. Brower, Jr., Miller Johnson, Kalamazoo

Michael Campbell, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Grand Rapids

Thomas H. Thornhill, Parmenter O'Toole, Muskegon

Gardiner, John D., Cooper Martin, Kalamazoo

One-third of our Board members are "client eligible" people nominated by local community organizations:

Gregory Kurylowicz, Secretary, North Kent Service Center, Cedar Springs

Pam Burpee, Poverty Reduction Initiative, Kalamazoo