For Immediate Release
August 3, 2002

LANSING — Retailers Fund, the self-insured workers'compensation program of the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA), has elected officers for the 2002-03 fiscal year.

Dan Marshall, of Marshall Music in Lansing, was elected chair of the Board of Trustees. Ray Rau, of Oscar Rau's Fine Furniture and Interiors in Frankenmuth and Owosso, was elected vice chair.

Re-elected as officers to the Retailers Fund board were: James P. Hallan, president and chief operating officer of Lansing-based MRA, was re-elected Retailers Fund administrator and chief operating officer. Jean Sarasin, MRA senior vice president, was re-elected secretary and treasurer.

In addition, three members were re-elected to the board of Trustees at the Fund's Annual Meeting: Ann Gail, of Gail's Office Supply in Detroit, Rod Philips, owner of Country Casuals in Petoskey, and Ray Rau.

Retailers Fund was founded in 1981 by retailers, for retailers. It has returned more than $16 million in dividends to members since its inception.

The Michigan Retailers Association is the unified voice of retailing in Michigan and the nation's largest state trade association of general merchandise retailers. MRA's more than 5,700 retail business members operate more than 12,000 stores across the state.