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Meet the Commission
 Chairwoman: Emma Bell, Detroit
On April 16, Emma Bell was appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm as Chairwoman of the Michigan Women's Commission.
Emma Bell first began her career in politics in the 1960's, with her participation in the election campaign of New York Mayor John Lindsey. She moved to Detroit in the early 1970's, ...
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 Vice Chair: Gloria Woods, Bay City
Gloria Woods brings more than 20 years experience working on issues important to women and their families. Beginning in 1976 as a volunteer for the yet-to-be opened domestic violence shelter in Saginaw, she began a lifelong commitment to activism for women's rights.
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 Rana Abbas, Dearborn
Rana Abbas is currently the Deputy Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's (ADC) Michigan Office. ADC is the premier civil rights organization on behalf of Arab Americans in the nation.
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 Donna Budnick, Harbor Springs
Donna L. Budnick is a member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and is employed by the Tribe as the Legislative Services Attorney and is a former Tribal Council member. Her past experience includes Tribal Prosecutor for the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, Appellate Judge for Little Traverse ...
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 Pam Faris, Clio
Pam retired from Genesee County Circuit Court, where she was the Jury Board Coordinator for 14 years. In that role, she was instrumental in getting legislation passed to increase juror pay and raising awareness of the importance of jury duty.
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 Sally Shaheen Joseph, Flint
Sally Shaheen Joseph is an attorney. In addition she brings over twenty years of experience in Politics, as Township Trustee, Supervisor, City Administrator, Personnel Director, Risk Manager, and Purchasing Agent.
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 Patricia M. Lowrie, Okemos
Patricia (Pat) M. Lowrie is the Director in the Women's Resource Center (WRC) at Michigan State University and Assistant to the Dean in the College of Veterinary Medicine. As WRC director, she leads a staff in developing and implementing educational, leadership, social justice and advocacy programs.
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 Emily Stoddard Malloy, Haslett
Emily began working with women’s issues at age 14, when she was a teen correspondent for blue jean magazine, a publication providing smarter media for and by girls. She went on to be a monthly columnist for blue jean, with the column also being published in various newspapers around the country through ...
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 Alexandra Matish, Ann Arbor
Alexandra Matish has been practicing labor and employment law for ten years. Her experiences working with unions, employees and management on discrimination and harassment issues and knowledge of Michigan's civil rights laws make her more than qualified to assist the Commission in meeting its goals o ...
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 Sheryl Mitchell, West Bloomfield
Since 1997, Sheryl Mitchell has been a Senior Analyst for the County Board of Commissioners. Previously, she worked as a Senior Aide to Detroit Council Member Mel Ravitz for over 13 years. Sheryl is a graduate of the University of Michigan - Dearborn (BSA, Political Science) and Central Michigan ...
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 Rosa Eréndira Morales, Saginaw
Rosa Eréndira Morales is a faculty member and Director of the Hispanics and Minorities in Journalism Programs at Michigan State University. She also coordinates the "Creating the Next Generation of Minority Journalists", a collaborative project with the Lansing School District 8th graders, the Lansing ...
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 Judith Rosenberg, Birmingham
Judy Rosenberg is a property manager with the Dunitz Management Company and was previously an accounting instructor at the Wayne State University School of Business.
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Estelle Smyth, Escanaba
Estelle Smyth owns and operates Ideas Unlimited a marketing and public relations company based in Escanaba. Ideas Unlimited prepares public relations and marketing campaigns, develops videos and brochures, as well as creates and places advertising.
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 Ronda Stryker, Portage
Ronda Stryker's interest's focus on education, the empowerment of women and the support of non-traditional students at the college level. She was instrumental in the development of the Women's Education Coalition fund in Kalamazoo as well as the Stryker Leadership Institute in Colorado both assisting ...
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 Mary Alice Williams, Grand Rapids
Mary Alice Williams is the retired President and CEO of Arbor Circle, a Grand Rapids-based behavioral health and human services organization which she helped found through the merger of four non-for-profit organizations. She won election to the Grand Rapids City Commission as a write-in candidate, and ...
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