Dear Freedom Center Supporter,
I am pleased to announce the addition of three new exceptional members of the Michigan Armed Forces Hospitality Freedom Center Board of Directors - Chip Campbell, Janina Parrott Jacobs, and Jim Breaugh!
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Chip served as a Naval Flight Officer/TACCO/Mission Commander/Instructor in the P3 Orion ASW Aircraft (25 years total Active/Reserve service). In the civilian sector, he served as a Corporate Finance Manager for the Ford Motor Company (32 years service) where his focus was on cost control, budgets, forecasting, and business planning, and where he spent his last 2 years as Chairman of the Ford Veterans Network Group. Heis a graduate of U.S. Naval Academy (BS, 1976) and UofM (MBA, 1984)
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Janina Jacobs is an entrepreneur, multi-media consultant and motivational speaker specializing in golf, business, music, nutrition, fitness, community, military, veterans and women’s issues. She is President of the Metropolitan Detroit Council of the Navy League of the U.S. and is Vice-President of Communications/Community Outreach/Special Events for Motor City Veterans Village (MCVV), which supports fundraising for the Fisher House coming to Detroit. In 2016 she served as Special Events Chair for the Commissioning of the USS Detroit
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Jim served as an A-6 pilot with the USN and later as an A-7 and F-16 pilot with the MI Air National Guard. He later applied these skills as a Captain/First Officer with Delta. He has been very active in non-profit organizations in SE MI including service as President of Thrivent Financial West Oakland Chapter, a member of the Metro Detroit YMCA Board of Directors, and the Delta Pilots Charitable Fund among many others.
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In addition to new members of the Board, we have also elected two new officers. Melonie Colaianne was elected to serve as our new Secretary. Chip Campbell was elected to serve as our new Treasurer. Furthermore, Ken Pratt's title as President was replaced with that of Chairperson to align with best practices of other 501c3 organizations.
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In the wake of resignations earlier this year by Steve Ihrig, Krista Sohm, and Tim Burns, our new MAFHC Board of Directors composition is now as follows:
- Ken Pratt, Chairperson
- Chip Campbell, Treasurer (New)
- Melonie Colaianne, Secretary
- Howard Rundell, Director
- Jim Breaugh, Director (New)
- CarolAnn Fausone, Director
- Mike Greiger, Director
- Janina Parrott Jacobs, Director (New)
- Patrick Colbeck, Director
Many of our board members plan to be present at our 8/17 Volunteer Appreciation event where you can meet them in person.
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Thank you for your support of our mission to serve those who serve us!
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Honored to serve,
Patrick Colbeck
MI Freedom Center, CEO
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