Board of Directors 2023

AFP Greater Detroit Chapter Board of Directors

President Leslie Carmona photo

Leslie Carmona, CFRE

Senior Director, Donor Experience and Individual Giving
Wayne State University
(313) 577-8085
leslie.carmona@wayne.edu

President-Elect
MiVida Burrus photo

MiVida Burrus, MBA
Avalon Healing Center
(313) 500-4834
Mburrus@avalonhealing.org

Immediate Past President
Melissa Weisse photo

Melissa Weisse, CFRE
Vice President & Chief Philanthropy Officer
Leader Dogs for the Blind
(248)659-5029
mweisse@leaderdog.org

VP for Education and Programs
Erin Lin photo

Erin Lin
Director of Development
Orchards Children’s Services Inc.
313-648-1603
elin@orchards.org

VP for IDEA Shenise Foote photo

Shenise Foote
Director of Development, Horizons-Upward Bound
Cranbrook Educational Community
(248) 645-3137
sfoote@cranbrook.edu

VP for Marketing
Vanessa Miller photo

Vanessa Miller
Senior Corporate Relations Officer
Wayne State University
(313) 577-1162
vanessa.miller@wayne.edu

VP for Membership
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Stephanie Maurice Beason, MSW, CFRE
Director of Development
Psi Chi
(248) 707-0741
smaurice22@gmail.com

VP for National Philanthropy Day
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Paula M. Rodriguez
Sr. Development Officer – Wyandotte
Henry Ford Health
(734) 287-1384
prodrig3@hfhs.org

Treasurer
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Ashley Calhoun
Development and Partnerships Manager
Atlantic Impact
(313) 516-8116
ashleyjcalhoun@gmail.com

Secretary and Ethics Program

Jennifer Dale, CNM
Director of Community Outreach & Philanthropy
Angela Hospice
734-502-3646
jendale1104@yahoo.com

Directors

Miah Davis
Engagement + Philanthropy Manager
Basblue
(313) 384-2072
miah@basblueus.com

George Jackson, GPC
Associate Director of Grants Management
Michigan Science Center
(313) 577-8400 x415
george.jackson@mi-sci.org

Dawn Dyer Magretta, CFRE
Executive Director
Schoolcraft College Foundation & Alumni Relations
(734) 462-4455
dmagrett@schoolcraft.edu

Justin Remington
Chief Operating Officer
The Remington Group
(248) 723-9570
jremington@remingtongroup1.com

Nina Sapp, CFRE
Sr. Vice Pres., Chief Development Officer
Detroit Institute of Art
(313) 570-3134
nholden@dia.org