The Flint Public Library has hired Martita Moffett-Page as the director of finance and human resources. A Flint native and lifelong library patron, Moffett-Page will apply her expertise in financial and budgetary planning and reporting, along with setting and managing personnel policies. She also will be a critical member of the library’s four-person senior management team. Moffett-Page, who previously for the City of Flint, earned bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan-Flint and a Master of Science in business administration from Central Michigan University.
Kettering University has named Jennifer Patterson its next vice president of university advancement and external relations, effective Oct. 1. Patterson was previously vice president for advancement, marketing and external relations at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. During her time there, Capital University doubled the baseline raised in less than six years and more than tripled it in 10 years. She also has led advancement teams at the University of Rochester in New York, the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, D.C., and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Fentura Financial and The State Bank announced the appointment of three new Board of Directors. Mark Bole, Kristen Holt and Debra Williams were appointed to the board of directors for both Fentura Financial and The State Bank.
- Bole is the head of V2X and Battery Solutions at General Motors. He is a community leader in Detroit having served as board member for Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan with a focus on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship.
- Holt is the president and chief executive officer of GreenPath Financial Wellness, the nation’s largest national financial wellness company. Holt currently serves on the board of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling and the National Diversity Council.
- Williams is the chief operating officer of Neighborhood Service Organization, a comprehensive community-based integrated health and human services organization headquartered in Detroit. She is also the president of Williams Collaborative, a consultancy company which provides customized strategy, talent and culture solutions.
Genesee Health System (GHS) has awarded a mini-grant of $41,000 to McLaren Flint Foundation for its focus area of health and wellness for vulnerable populations. The grant supports McLaren Flint’s Healing through Art program, an art therapy program that provides methods of coping to those impacted by cancer. The program is funded by Genesee County Community Mental Health Millage funds. McLaren Flint was one of 13 community organizations to receive a grant.
“When we asked the community for millage dollars to support mental health in our community, one of our promises was to give back and support the efforts of community grassroots efforts to reach populations we don’t currently serve, or who don’t normally seek out our services,” said Danis Russell, CEO of GHS. “We requested mini-grant submissions from the community to not only support their efforts but to help those in the community who need it most and may fall through the cracks in traditional services.”
Healing Through Art at Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint is dedicated to addressing health and wellness for families within the Greater Flint cancer community (which is a vulnerable population) through the creative outlet of art therapy, which also includes suicide/crisis prevention and crisis stabilization.
The Mass Transportation Authority announced it has received $4.33 million in new, competitive funding to support the expansion of MTA’s zero-emissions bus program. MTA will expand its current hydrogen fueling station in Grand Blanc and to purchase two hydrogen fuel cell buses. The grant was awarded by the Federal Transit Administration through its Low and No Emission Vehicle program which is funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The two hydrogen fuel cell buses will replace the last remaining diesel buses in MTA’s fleet.
“The Mass Transportation Authority developed a hydrogen fueling facility in 2010 and deployed the first Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at that time. Since that launch, we have studied the benefits of operating these zero-emission vehicles and are excited about this expansion which will allow usto increase our fleet in the community, in a responsible manner,” said MTA General Manager and CEO Ed Benning.