Community
Kent County Family and Children's Coordinating Council
Council Members
Council members are appointed by the Board of Commissioners for three-year terms. The Board solicits applications for Board-appointed committees in the fall of each year. In addition to its Board-appointed membership, the Council encourages broad participation in its committees. Committee membership is open to the community, and is appointed by the Chair of the Council.
- Candace Cowling, Chair - Family and Child Advocate
- Kristin Gietzen - Vice Chair - Arbor Circle
- Tara Aday - Safe Haven Ministries
- Chris Becker - Kent County Prosecutor
- Tracie Coffman - W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Mandy DeWilde - Corewell Health
- James Geisen - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Kristin Gietzen - Arbor Circle
- Ron Gorman - Kent Intermediate School District
- Kendrick Heinlein - Area Agency on Aging
- Bryana Hopkins - Frey Foundation
- Maureen Kirkwood - Health Net of West Michigan
- Carissa Judy - Kent County Friend of the Court
- Jason Loepp - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Adam London - Kent County Health Department
- Jacob Maas - Area Community Services & Employment Training
- Judge Deborah McNabb - 17th Circuit Court Family Division
- Trudy Ngo-Brown - Steelcase Foundation
- Joas Occes - Grand Rapids West International Church of the Nazarene
- Madelyn Olson - Kent County Health Department
- Leadriane Roby - Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Tracey Silas - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Scott Smith - Kent Intermediate School District
- Michelle Van Dyke - Heart of West Michigan United Way
- Bill Ward - Network180