Carolyn Dyer, President
Carolyn Dyer recently retired from ProQuest, where she served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Content Operations. She has worked with printed information in a multitude of facets throughout her career. Carolyn brings to our organization a great passion and energy for spreading the word about adult literacy.

Erin Howarth, Vice President
Erin Howarth and her husband run Wilderness Adventure Books, a small regional publishing company. Erin joined Washtenaw Literacy in 1999 as a basic literacy tutor and an office volunteer. She has served as a Mentor and a member of the Program Committee since 2000.

Mark Grobosky, Treasurer
Mark Grobosky is a Private Banking Officer at Ann Arbor Commerce Bank. He has over 19 years of banking experience in Washtenaw County with expertise in private banking, personal lending, deposit services and branch management. His personal philosophy mirrors that of Ann Arbor Commerce Bank: to take care of the client. He brings this to Washtenaw Literacy and his participation on the Board and Finance Committee.

Judy Wojnowski, Secretary
Judy Wojnowski is recently retired from Washtenaw Community College, where she served as Vice President, Administration and Finance. Judy first became interested in Washtenaw Literacy through her work with Project Genesis at Washtenaw Community College where she is a reading coach. She firmly believes that reading is the most important life skill and has worked to strengthen the ties between Washtenaw Literacy and the college.

Brian Bundesen
Brian is a REALTOR and partner in the Bundesen Team at Real Estate One. Previously, Brian was a Marketing Manager at Borders Group Inc., and was President of Chicago Video Inc., a commercial video production company. He has more than twenty-five years experience in marketing, and has extensive experience in writing, communications, and operations of organizations of all sizes. His love of books and reading is life-long, and grew the most during his tenure at Borders. In the community, Brian is involved with the Washtenaw Chapter of the Red Cross, Children International, Mott Hospital, Alex?s Lemonade Cancer Research, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and Pioneer High School Athletics.

Susan Cameron
Susan Cameron is an attorney who has practiced municipal law with the City of Ann Arbor and family law with Legal Services of South Central Michigan. She also manages a family real estate business. She is currently a Washtenaw Literacy mentor and tutor for two English as a Second Language learners. She previously tutored a basic literacy learner. She is a member of the Program Committee.

John Edwards
John Edwards is President and COO of Edwards Brothers, Inc. He has encouraged employees to improve their literacy skills on the job through Washtenaw Literacy's Global Workforce program.

Tonya Gietzen
Tonya Gietzen is Vice President of Commercial Banking at Fifth Third Bank in Ann Arbor. She is involved in numerous community organizations and has served on Washtenaw Literacy's Board of Directors since 2001. Tonya is passionate about helping people learn to read.

Ann Gladwin
Ann Gladwin is Resource Specialist at NEW, a management support organization for nonprofits. She has tutored one-on-one for Washtenaw Literacy in the basic literacy program and is currently tutoring an ESL learner. Ann has also been a mentor to other tutors and is pleased to join the board and chair the Development Committee.

Lynda James-Gilboe
Lynda James-Gilboe is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Care at ProQuest. She is responsible for managing global strategic marketing functions, as well as customer support groups, including training and customer education. In this role, Lynda creates marketing plans for all ProQuest product lines across multiple segments, and oversees external communications initiatives. Prior to joining ProQuest, she was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at NewsBank/Readex, preceeded by 21 years with The Gale Group, formerly a Thomson company. Lynda received a B.A. from Michigan State University and is a 1984 Graduate of the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, Colorado.

Judy Nantau
Judy L. Nantau is a Speech-Language Pathologist who specializes in language and literacy. She is employed as the Children¹s Services Manager at the University Center for the Development of Language and Literacy at the University of Michigan. Prior to that, she was a practicing speech-language pathologist in the public schools. She also was a Senior Consultant for Educational Services with Cognitive Concepts (Earobics), and an Assistant Professor at Valparaiso University. Judy received her graduate degree from Western Michigan University.

Sherry Pringle
Sherry Pringle works at Domino's Pizza World Resource Center in Communications and Investor Realtions as a Specialist - Executive Administration. Prior to this she worked for 11 years at Borders Group as the Corporate Affairs Administrator working closely with with local nonprofit organizations including Washtenaw Literacy. Sherry has attended every World in a Basket auction since its conception and has been a committee member for the past six years and Basket co-chair for two of those years. The love of reading was passed down from her parents who took her to the bookmobile in the rural area where she grew up.

Mary Jean Raab
Mary Jean is former executive vice president for Bill Knapp's Restaurant and was a senior vice president, of Borders Group Incorporated, and a member of the executive committee. She has experience in business consulting for retail and service organizations, providing service in marketing, business evaluation and planning, and product development. She has been directly responsible for corporate marketing, administration, human resources, R&D, IT, and strategic planning. Some of her larger recent clients include, Inter Active Corporation, Starbucks, Dominos Pizza, and McGraw-Hill Companies. Locally, Mary Jean is on the board of directors of Bearclaw Coffee Company and an advisor to the founders and owners. She is also on the board of several not for profit organizations, including Senior Citizen's Housing of Ann Arbor, Lurie Terrace Senior Community, honorarium staff liaison USA Hockey National Team Development Program, and president of Bethlehem Church.

Nicola Rooney
Nicola Rooney is the proprietor of the Nicola's Books bookstore in Ann Arbor, located on Jackson Rd. She generously donates her time and energy toward advancing Washtenaw Literacy's cause. She helps promote volunteer tutor recruitment through advertising and by hosting volunteer orientations at her store.