2025 – 2026 MPELRA Board of Directors

President
Valerie Colbert-Osamuede
Director of Labor Relations
City of Detroit

1st Vice President
Jessica Unangst
Director, HR & Administrative Services
City of Owosso

2nd Vice President
Tony Skowronski
Retired-Director, HR & Labor Relations
Saginaw Township Community Schools

Treasurer
Barbara Wise Johnson
Retired Labor Relations Director
City of Detroit

Secretary
Susan Vander Pol
Retired County Coordinator,
Osceola County

Immediate Past President
Valerie Colbert-Osamuede
Director of Labor Relations
City of Detroit

Director
Reginald Jenkins

2nd Deputy Fire Commissioner

City of Detroit

Director
Jane D. Parpart

Human Resource Manager

City of Auburn Hills


Director
Cheri Rayner

Human Resource Manager

City of Alma

Director
Steven H. Schwartz

Attorney

Steven H. Schwartz & Associates, PLC


Director
Todd Witthuhn

HR and Labor Relations Deputy Director

County of Genesee

MPELRA 1969
MPELRA 1969