ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan

Advisory Board members meet twice a year to provide advice and counsel to the ACLU of Michigan. Currently the ACLU of Michigan has advisory boards in Southeast Michigan and in Western Michigan. They are amongst hundreds of volunteers and donors who give so generously of their time and resources.

ACLU of Michigan Southeastern Advisory Board
Mo Abdrobbah, Esq.
Judith Lowitz Adler, Robert Bosch Corporation
Dr. Yahya Mossa Basha, American Muslim Council
Fay Beydoun, American Arab Chamber of Commerce
Mark Brewer, Michigan Democratic Party
Stacy Cassis, Merrill Lynch
Hon. Ken Cockrel, Detroit City Council
Hon. Paul Condino, former State Represenative
Rev. Harry Cook
Tom Costello, Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion
Margaret A. Costello, Dykema
Debbie Dingell, General Motors
Imad Hamad, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Barbara Hughes Erard, Dickinson Wright
Nolan Finley, The Detroit News
Robert Gillett, Legal Services of South Central Michigan
Fay Givens, American Indian Services
Dr. Karl Gregory
David Hecker, American Federation of Teachers - Michigan
Steven M. Horn
Joan Howarth, Dean, MSU Law School
Denise Ilitch, Ambassador Magazine
Hon. Gilda Jacobs, Michigan Senate
Eric C. Jirgens, Eric Charles Designs of Birmingham
Armene Kaye, Esq.
Betsy Kellman, Anti-Defamation League
Joel Kellman, Dykema
Dr. Michelle Keyes
Deborah LaBelle, Esq.
Jack Lessenberry, Wayne State University
Cary S. McGehee, Pitt, Dowty, McGehee & Mirer
Kaye McGowan, National Indian Coalition
Hon. Claudia House Morcom
James R. Neuhard, State Appellate Defenders Office
Andrew Nickelhoff, Sachs Waldman PC
Professor Harold Norris
Stanford Ovshinsky, Energy Conversion Devices
Hon. Linda Parker
Peggy Goldberg Pitt, Esq., Pitt, Dowty, McGehee & Mirer
Megan Pitts, Office of the Mayor
Jodee Fishman Raines, Erb Family Foundation
William Rands III
Maria Elena Rodriguez
Rev. Edwin Rowe, Central United Methodist Church
Kelvin Scott, Director, Michigan Department of Civil Rights
Elsa Shartsis, Esq.
Ralph Simpson, Esq. ACLU of Michigan President
Abe Singer, Pepper Hamilton LLP
Richard A. Soble, Soble Rowe Krichbaum LLP
Tricia Stein
Hon. Kathleen Straus, State Board of Education
Leslie Ann Thompson, Affirmations
Hon. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan House of Representatives
Hon. Steve Tobocman, former State Represenative
Jacqueline Washington, ACLU of Michigan President Pro Tem
Mary Jo Walsh, Adult & Family Counseling
Hon. Joann Watson, Detroit City Council
Hon. Alma Wheeler Smith
Dr. Orian Worden


ACLU of Michigan Western Advisory Board
David Bulkowski, Disability Advocates
Tracey Weaver Brame, Assistant Professor Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Sharon Caldwell-Newton, Grand Rapids Women’s Resource Center
Tom Clinton, Esq., artist
Timothy Curtin, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Michigan
Gil Davis, founder, ACLU of Michigan Western Branch
Cecile Fehsenfeld, Schuler Books
Gregory Forbes, Grand Rapids Community College
Gail Harrison, Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance
Don Herman, retired, Grand Valley Community College.
Richard Hillary, Kent County Defenders Office
Stephen Hoyle
Terry Kuseske, Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Jeff Meeuwsen, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
Phillip Miller
Rhett Pinsky, Pinsky Smith and Kennedy
Salvatore Pirrotta, Miller Johnson
Mike Presant, Jewish Federation
Vernis Schad, Progressive Women’s Alliance and American Association of University Women
Bette Sebastian, Progressive Women’s Alliance
Fred Stella, Muskegon Community College and the Interfaith Dialogue Association
Rick Stevens, Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Jerry Subar, board member, ACLU of Michigan Western Branch
Rev. Douglas Van Doren, Plymouth Congregational United Church
Marcia Warner, Grand Rapids Public Library
Ed Wong-Lidga, Grand Valley State University
Rev. Fred Wooden, Fountain Street Church
Bob Woodrick