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Ford School welcomes new alumni board members

Jan 20, 2026
Six Ford School alumni have been selected to serve on the Alumni Board by their peers. These alumni have diverse backgrounds working in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors in finance, labor, technology, transportation, housing, and other polic...
Headshots of Sam Conchuratt (MPP ‘21), Eliza Erickson (MPP ‘10), Jasmine Kaltenbach (BA ‘21), Tara Lanigan (MPA ‘21), Laurel Ruza (BA ‘15), and Pablo Velázquez (MPP ‘14)
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Fall 2025 Alumni Update

Oct 3, 2025
The Ford School Alumni Board convened in person and virtually on Friday, October 3, 2025 for our fall meeting during Homecoming weekend. Go Blue!
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Spring 2025 Alumni Update

Mar 28, 2025
The Ford School Alumni Board convened in a hybrid format this past April for our spring meeting. We had a rich and forward-looking conversation focused on alumni engagement, student support, and the evolving priorities of the school in the current cl...
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Ford School alumni board welcomes new members

Jan 15, 2025
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to serve on the Alumni Board by their peers. These engaged alumni bring diverse experience working in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors in higher education, housing policy, health reform, and other po...
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14th annual Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day, in pictures

Jul 22, 2024
Each year, our Ford School community of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends gather together in the name of President Ford on or near his birthday (July 14!). Approximately 200 Fordies celebrated in Ann Arbor, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los A...
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Spring 2024 Alumni Update

Apr 11, 2024
Greetings fellow Fordies, The Ford School Alumni Board convened in Ann Arbor on Friday, April 5 for our twice-annual meeting. Weill Hall was buzzing, not just because it was Spring Preview weekend, but also because we had the largest in-person attend...
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Welcome newly-elected 2024 Alumni Board members

Jan 18, 2024
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to serve on the Alumni Board by their peers. These engaged alumni bring diverse experience in international finance, criminal law, health reform, and more. Elected members include: Michael Cahill (MPP/J...
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Welcome new 2023 alumni board members

Jan 6, 2023
Six Ford School alumni have been elected by their peers to serve on the Alumni Board. The newly elected members bring experience in finance, consulting, government, and more. The elected members are: Alli Berry (BA '19) Brenda Duverce (MPP '...
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Fall 2022 update from the Ford School Alumni Board

Sep 10, 2022
Dear Ford School alumni and friends, Our fall 2022 alumni board meeting that coincided with the Ford School’s Welcome hoMe celebration was a big success! We met in a hybrid format, and those joining in-person at Weill Hall took the opportunity to mee...
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Spring 2022 update from the Ford School Alumni Board

Jun 1, 2022
Greetings Ford School alumni,  The Ford School Alumni Board gathered for a hybrid board meeting on April 8, with half of its members joining virtually and the rest joining in-person at Weill Hall. The meeting coincided with Spring Preview, the da...
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Welcome newly-elected 2022 Alumni Board members

Dec 16, 2021
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to serve on the Alumni Board by their peers. The newly elected members are all engaged alumni, bringing experience from numerous fields, including environmental work, philanthropy, consulting, government, and ...
Headshots of Ed Chu, Tosha Downey, Sam Geller, Latesha Love-Grayer, Jackson Voss, and Kevin Sweitzer
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September 2021 Updates

Sep 30, 2021
Greetings Ford School alumni,  The Ford School Alumni Board met in September in a hybrid format for our fall meeting. Several alumni gathered on the third floor of Weill Hall alongside Ford School staff, while the rest of the board joined via Zoo...
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Spring 2021 update from the Ford School Alumni Board

Apr 13, 2021
Greetings Ford School alumni,  The Alumni Board held its spring meeting on April 9, via Zoom. This was our third virtual meeting of the pandemic and while we have all missed coming to Ann Arbor for our meetings and the opportunities to interact i...
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Welcome newly elected Alumni Board members

Dec 17, 2020
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to the Alumni Board by their peers. Their term starts January 1, 2021, and runs through December 31, 2023. The elected members all are very engaged members of the alumni community, and they bring experience in...
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Winter 2020 update from the Ford School Alumni Board

Feb 1, 2020
Dear fellow Ford School alumni, The winter 2020 semester is nearing the midway point, with Spring Break and the Alumni Board Spring meeting approaching in the next few weeks. (It is hard to imagine “Spring anything” with snow on the ground!) Befo...

Welcoming our newly elected Alumni Board members

Dec 18, 2019
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to the Alumni Board by their peers. The term starts January 1, 2020 and runs through December 31, 2022. The newly-elected members are: Grace Evans (MPP ‘16) Richard King Mellon Foundation, Program Ass...
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The Last Word: Goldberg and Swedish make the case for alumni giving

Oct 15, 2019
The Ford School recently announced a new way for alumni and others to give back: the Ford School Fund for Student Support. As we aim for more alumni donors over the next year—with gifts of any size—State & Hill caught up with Naomi Goldberg (MPP ’08)...
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Summer update from the Ford School Alumni Board

Jun 20, 2019
Greetings Ford School alumni,  Summer has FINALLY arrived in Ann Arbor! It has been a busy time at Weill Hall--the semester came to an end, the Ford School celebrated commencement, and the Alumni Board held its annual Spring meeting. As your ...
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Announcing newly elected Alumni Board members

Dec 14, 2018
Six Ford School alumni have been elected to the Alumni Board by their peers. The term starts January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021. The newly-elected members are: Sam Geller (MPP '17) City of Detroit, Project Manager and Analytics Specia...

MPP alum named Health Policy Research Scholar

Oct 15, 2018
Demar Lewis (MPP ’16), a member of the Ford School’s Alumni Board, was named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar (HPRS). This prestigious program supports second-year doctoral students across disciplines who have an intere...

Greetings from the Dean, October 2015

Oct 22, 2015
Greetings, alumni and friends: We’re grateful that we benefit every day from having the most engaged alumni body at the University of Michigan. What do we mean by “engaged”? Ongoing career connections, for a start. I wager that a significant percenta...

Newly elected Alumni Board members, welcome

Jan 13, 2015
Ford School alumni elected six of their peers to serve on the Alumni Board and the newly elected members began their term on January 1. Those elected to serve from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017 are: Taurean Brown (MPP/JD ’11)Judge Advocat...