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Daniel Brady, President & Treasurer
Dan Brady is a Consumer Marketing Manager with NuStep, Inc. where he manages the company’s consumer division and is responsible for all sales and marketing efforts as well as the division’s P&L. Prior to joining NuStep Dan was a Top Achiever in Ford Motor Company’s Marketing Leadership Program, having served in brand management, sales, and franchising. Dan has a unique depth of international experience. He spent over four years with the International Republican Institute (IRI) conducting democracy programs throughout Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa. His time with IRI allowed Dan to contribute to historic elections in Haiti, Nicaragua, Guatemala, South Africa, and Nigeria. He has lived and worked on three continents, including two years in Durban, South Africa.

Dan holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan with emphases in marketing and corporate strategy. His undergraduate degree is from Hope College with a BA in political science and foreign affairs. Dan has served on the Board of Directors for Peace Neighborhood Center for four years

Seth Kopald, Vice President
Seth Kopald is a Technical Assistance Specialist with the Migrant & Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) Technical Assistance Center at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, DC. Seth has worked in the field of education since 1989 and has served the field of Early Childhood Education (ECE) in many ways. He has been a Director of a private childcare center, an ECE consultant; a state-level, MSHS Education Specialist for Oregon Child Development Coalition; a Community College, Early Childhood Education Instructor; and a preschool teacher. He has a Masters Degree in Education, specializing in Early Childhood Education from Loyola College in Maryland. His training spans across many theoretical perspectives. Seth presents at national and state conferences and is currently pursuing a PhD in Organization Management with a Specialization in Leadership at Capella University. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors at PNC, Seth has played drums in the house band during two of the Performing Arts performances.

Kathy Sample, Secretary
Kathy Sample is a consultant living in Ann Arbor, MI. Her recent experience includes a position as Vice President, Global Market Development for a British automotive supplier. She has also held sales management and marketing management roles, including the management and integration of newly acquired companies’ sales and marketing departments. Kathy and her family have lived in Ann Arbor since 2001, moving here from New Jersey. Kathy graduated with an MBA from the University of Michigan. She currently serves on the Alumni Board of Governors of the UM Business School as well as working with the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation and the Burns Park Foreign Language Initiative. Kathy believes that the long-term approach Peace takes towards their “family members” is the most effective way to help people be the most that they can be.

Matt Derrenberger, Board Member
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Jackie Hogan, Board Member
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Heather Khanna, Board Member
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Laurence H. Margolis, Board Member
Larry Margolis is an attorney who practices law in Ann Arbor, MI, owning a boutique law firm that focuses on individual rights – criminal defense, immigration defense, and personal and economic injuries.

Larry was born and raised in Ann Arbor and returned to the city with his family in 2007 after living in Atlanta, Georgia for more than a decade where he was a partner of a law firm, and where he successfully handled civil and criminal jury trials. In Atlanta, Larry received accommodation from the City of Atlanta for his contribution to social justice for work done on behalf of the Grady Coalition. He was also recognized by the State Bar of Georgia for doing pro bono work on behalf of children and families. In law school, Larry was been involved with research on death penalty cases and prisoner rights litigation while interning at the Southern Center for Human Rights. He has clerked with Legal Aid. Larry has been a member of numerous state bar organizations and he continues to take court appointed criminal cases in Washtenaw County.

In his youth, Larry has worked for or been affiliated with local community service organizations such as Huron Services for Youth, the Corner Health Center, and Prospect Place Family Shelter. After college, Larry worked as a youth care worker and for U.S. Senator Carl Levin before going to law school.

Larry Margolis received his undergraduate degree at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, BA in Political Science, and his Juris Doctorate (JD) from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Larry comes to Peace in order to try and follow in the footsteps of his mother, Nancy Margolis, who was an early supporter of Peace and a former Board Member. Larry joined the Board of Directors of Peace Neighborhood in September, 2009.

Fred McCuiston, Board Member
Fred McCuiston is a retired General Motors Powertrain Development Systems Manager.
Fred played a major role in reorganizing Ann Arbor NAACP in 1982. Also elected president and served until 1992. Currently, Life Member NAACP, Education Committee Chairman, and treasurer.

Leslie McGraw, Board Member
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Sarah Newman, Board Member
As a recent retiree from the University of Michigan, Sarah is beginning a second "career" in community service. Her goal is to find asmall number of community service organizations in Ann Arbor where she can make a difference, and to invest in those organizations.

In August 2007, she re-retired from a career as a Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology. Between 1970 and 1996, and then again from 2004-2007, Sarah taught neuroanatomy to medical and graduate students, ran a neuroscience research laboratory, and served the University in a wide variety of administrative positions. Most recently, as an Associate Dean at Rackham Graduate School, she was the UM institutional coordinator for a national Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs by the National Research Council. Between 1996 and 2003, Sarah lived in Ithaca, New York, where she taught and did research with colleagues at Cornell University.

Sarah lives on the Old West Side of Ann Arbor, making Peace truly a Neighborhood Center for her.
She loves the out-of-doors and works as a volunteer Park Steward at Furstenberg Nature Area for NAP (Natural Area Preservation) in Ann Arbor. Additionally, she goes on walking and hiking trips with the Ann Arbor Hikers. Sarah is also a volunteer at the Chelsea Retirement Community. Her pleasures are reading, drawing, painting, cooking, attending local theater performances, music, and, most importantly, spending time with friends.

Amy Pachera, Board Member
Amy started working with Peace after graduating for college by tutoring with the “Special Friends” program, and Peace has always had a special place in her heart. Amy worked for EDS for 13 years in business development. When she had her first child she started a small personal business and this allowed her more opportunity to get involved. She is active with her church board/council, and with the school system, including the Ann Arbor Public School Foundation, and Habitat for Humanity, among other things. Amy is married to Tom Pachera and they have two sons: Nicholas, 5, and Zachary, 3.

Rachel Parker, Board Member
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Don Vereen, Board Member
Don Vereen is the Director of Community-Based Public Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He is a physician who has used his training in psychiatry and public health to develop strategies to tackle public health issues such as violence, addiction, and doping in sports. Don recently moved with his family from Washington, D.C. where he held positions at the National Institutes of Health and at the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He also served on the Boards of several non-profits in D.C. addressing the needs of children and the mentally ill. Don believes that communities are key to healthy lives.

Ken Weber, Board Member
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