April 17, 2019
MotorCities National Heritage Area Elects New Slate of Officers and Five New Members of its Board of Directors
DETROIT – At its Annual Membership Meeting last week at Lansing’s R.E. Olds Transportation Museum, the MotorCities National Heritage Area Partnership welcomed five new members to its Board of Directors.
The following newly-elected board members will serve two-year terms:
- Michael Bauman, a 25-year professional in the architecture and construction industries most recently with Ford Motor Land Development Corp.;
- Annie Rubel, site manager of Fair Lane, the home of Clara and Henry Ford in Dearborn;
- Mike Twomley, plant manager of DTE Energy’s Monroe Power Plant.
The following were elected to fulfill terms ending in 2020:
- Mallory Bower, Southeast Michigan field representative for the Michigan Historic Preservation Network;
- Edward Clemente, hearing commissioner for the Michigan Liquor Control Commission in Lansing.
In addition, the board elected the following slate of officers for two-year terms:
· Chair: Michael O’Callaghan, vice president of the Detroit Metro Convention Visitors Bureau;
· Immediate Past Chair: Robert Kreipke, retired corporate historian and creative manager, Ford Motor Company;
· Vice Chair: Mark Heppner, president and chief executive officer, Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores;
· Secretary and Stewardship Council Representative: Don Nicholson, president of Don Nicholson Enterprises, LLC in Westland;
· Treasurer: Ted O’Dell, executive director of the Hackett Auto Museum in Jackson.