About our Board of Directors
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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, Kries, Enderle, Callander, & Hudgins, Kalamazoo
Linda S. Kaare, Vice-President, Parmeter O'Toole, Muskegon
Paul T. Vlachos, Vice-President, Vlachos & Vlachos, Kalamazoo
Preston Hopson, Jr., Treasurer, City of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids
Bridget Gonder-Tucker, Spectrum Health Care, Grand Rapids
Richard K. Burnham, Paw Paw
Brian P. McMahon, Troff, Petzke & Ammonsen, St. Joseph
Kevin Dougherty, Warner, Norcross, & Judd, LLP, Grand Rapids
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
Lowell M. Seyburn, Seyburn & Associates, PLC, Kalamazoo
Michael Campbell, Miller Canfield, Grand Rapids
One-third of our Board members are "client eligible" people nominated by local community organizations:
Gregory Kurylowicz, Secretary, North Kent Service Center, Cedar Springs
Louise Schaffer, Benton Harbor
Rose McKenney, Vice-President, Eastside Neighborhood Center, Kalamazoo
Phyllis C. Webber, Senior Resources, Muskegon
Peggy Seals, Eastside Neighborhood Center, Kalamazoo
Syed Naqvi, Belmont
One member represents the community at-large:
Patricia Sanders, Gryphon Place, Kalamazoo
