Members re-elect directors, trustees at annual meetingsFour members of the MRA Board of Directors
were re-elected and a new director elected at the Association’s Annual
Meeting on June 25 at Brook Lodge in Augusta. Participants of Retailers Fund, MRA’s
self-funded workers’ compensation insurance program, also re-elected
members of the fund’s Board of Trustees at their Annual Meeting immediately
following the MRA session. Re-elected to three-year terms on the MRA
board were: • Bruce Johnson, president and co-founder
of Gazelle Sports, Kalamazoo; • Mark Schrag, owner of Seasons, Okemos,
and current chair-elect of the Executive Committee; • James Schwark, president of Schwark
Furniture, Shelby Township; • D. Larry Sherman, retired president
of Sherman Shoes, Inc., Birmingham and current board treasurer. Elected to her first three-year term was
Jean Sarasin, MRA senior vice president. Re-elected to three-year terms on the Retailers
Fund board were: • Ann Gail, owner and president of Gail’s
Office Supply Co., Detroit and current board chair; • Rod Phillips, owner of Country Casuals,
Petoskey; • Ray Rau, president of Oscar Rau’s
Fine Furniture & Interiors, Frankenmuth. New officers for 2002-03 will be selected at the August MRA and Retailers Fund board meetings in Lansing. |