Board
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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