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    • 2011-12 Board of Directors

    NameCountyTerm Expires*Contact
    Pres.Luke D. HoultonCheboygan2013 E-mail
    VPMichael A. MaloneyOntonagon2013 E-mail
    STJon F. RiceKent2012 E-mail
    Brent O. BairOakland2013E-mail
    Blair E. BallouEaton2013 E-mail
    John H. Daly IIIGenesee2014 E-mail
    Mary N. GillisGrand Traverse2014E-mail
    Kevin P. HarjuHoughton2012 E-mail
    Robert P. HoepfnerMacomb2012 586.463.8671
    John M. HuntHuron2014 E-mail
    James M. IwanickiMarquette2014 E-mail
    Douglas J. MillsBaraga2012 E-mail
    Joe PulverClinton2012 E-mail
    Hassan A. SaabWayne2012 E-mail
    Burt R. ThompsonAntrim2012 E-mail
    Ronald A. YoungAlcona2012 E-mail

    *Terms expire March 31

    Staff

    John D. Niemela
    Extension 13

    John has served as CRAM’s Director since 1996. Prior to coming to CRAM, he served as Manager of State and Federal Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League. John has a wealth of local government experience having served as City Manager of Belding, Mayor and City Manager of Hancock, and Village Manager for the Village of Laurium.


    Ed Noyola
    Extension 16

    Ed joined CRAM as Deputy Director in 2003. He has been a legislative advocate on transportation issues for 17 years. He served in various roles at the Michigan Department of Transportation for 27 years, including his last position as legislative liaison before leaving the Department for the private sector in 2000. In the private sector he served as Director of Government Affairs for the Michigan Asphalt Paving Association (MAPA) and as President of Noyola & Associates before moving to CRAM.


    Kristi Peña
    Extension 12
    Kristi joined CRAM in 2011 as Office Manager. She is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day administration of CRAM activities; bookkeeping, payroll and human resources functions; conference planning and many other activities.


    Thomas Eldred
    Extension 10

    Tom joined CRAM as Administrative Associate in 2001. He manages the association’s Information Technology needs, and oversees research and data management. He produces CRAM-News, the Association’s monthly newsletter, and assists local road agencies with information requests. Tom also administers the CRAM Web site and works hard to ensure that it is user friendly and loaded with valuable information.


    Cindy Reisig
    Extension 12
    Cindy joined CRAM in 2011 as an Administrative Assistant. She provides a variety of routine and complex clerical and technical work in the operation of the County Road Association of Michigan (CRAM) and its Rural and Urban Streets and Highways political action committee (RUSH-PAC).


    Monica A. Ware
    Extension 17

    Monica joined CRAM as Public Relations Specialist in November of 2007. She has served in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, including eleven years as a legislative aide for the Michigan House of Representatives.




    A steady decrease in road funding and an increase in costs have forced state and local agencies to alter their winter maintenance plans and change plowing priorities. However, one important fact has not changed: road crews must have ample room in order to safely clear the many miles of roadway of snow and ice.
    Click here to download the media release

    Click here for more tips for winter driving




    Click here to download a copy of Michigan's County Road Commissions: Driving Our Economy Forward




    Road funding has fallen short of maintenance needs for too long.

    Call, write or e-mail your State legislators and tell them that you want Michigan's roads fully funded. Click here to link to the Drive Michigan Campaign.




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