Board of Directors for Michigan Friends Center
The Michigan Friends Center is run by a volunteer Board of Directors who dedicate many hours during the year ensuring the success of MFC. They are all interested in hearing ideas and feedback about programs and your experiences at MFC.
Current Board Members
Steve Daut, Clerk
Steve is finance director at St. Louis Center, a home for developmentally disabled children and adults. He has a long history of involvement in the Chelsea community. He has a degree in Geology from the University of Iowa, and has a keen interest in local foods, sustainability, and the natural world.
John Gourlay, Assistant Clerk
John has been a resident of the Chelsea area since 1987. He is a graduate of University of Michigan, taught computer science at Ohio State University, and is now a software engineer for Bauer Controls, a small company in Plymouth that provides automated testing equipment to the automotive industry. John has been active in peace and justice issues his entire life, starting with Vietnam War protests, later opposing the Ohio death penalty, and recently helping to organize CANOPAS (Chelsea Area Network of Peace Activists and Supporters). John has also volunteered for the Chelsea Schools and served on the Chelsea District Library Board.
Dina Greenway
Dina is a longtime attender of Ann Arbor Friends Meeting; is an artist in clay and paint, and former art teacher. She knows her way around power tools and has never seen a wall she wouldn’t knock down—metaphorically or physically. She loves cats, jazz, writing, cooking up a storm, and getting into mischief. She reads a lot, plays in the garden, and looks for depth in all her connections. With interests in sustainability, spiritual growth, and connecting with nature, she is active on the programs committee. She also compulsively edits any draft she is handed.
Dale Osborn
Dale Osborn is a freelance writer by day, acoustic guitarist by night; and he also happens to be the building manager of Michigan Friends Center. A graduate of Michigan State University, Dale grew up in Grand Rapids, but now resides in the town of Chelsea with his wife Anne. Dale has been a member of Friend's Lake Community since the late 1980s, loves to travel, eat Thai food--and still has all his hair, despite the other affects with which ever-advancing age is ravaging his body and mind.
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Jim Roush
Jim is a lifelong Quaker and member of the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting. He spent many days at the Michigan Friends Center growing up for youth retreats and later for various programs. He is active in a variety of environmental issues, including climate change, water quality, and hazardous waste issues. In his spare time, Jim enjoys cooking and ninjutsu. Professionally, Jim is an attorney who practices in the environmental and commercial litigation areas for a Detroit-based firm, Bodman PLC.
Debs Roush, Treasurer
Debs is a long time member of the Quaker community, and has been involved at many levels in support of Quaker principles and practices. She is acting Treasurer of MFC, and deeply involved in the financial stewardship of the Green Pastures Quaterly Meeting.
Richard Tucker
Richard is a member of Ann Arbor Friends Meeting and a member of the Friends Lake board. He is also a Buddhist meditator, and has spent years in India. He is a long-time activist in the peace and environmental movements, and works to strengthen the ties between the two movements. He teaches global environmental history at the University of Michigan, and his work centers now on the environmental impacts of warfare and military operations, past and present. He is concerned to help build communities that can be sustained into the post-fossil fuel era, and to help Friends Center and Friends Lake contribute to that future.