Members re-elect directors, trustees at annual meeting

Four members of the MRA Board of Directors were re-elected at the Association’s Annual Meeting on July 1 at Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville.

Participants of Retailers Fund, MRA’s self-funded workers’ compensation insurance program, also re-elected two 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:
• Joseph McCurry, past chair of the executive committee and retired district general manager for Sears, Roebuck and Co.
• Larry Mullins, chair-elect of the executive committee and owner of Brandon Tire & Battery in Ortonville.
• Joseph Reid, chairman, president and CEO of Capitol Bancorp Limited, Lansing.
• Peter Sobelton, owner-operator of Sundries Plus in Troy, a chain of six sundry stores and cafeterias in office buildings in greater Detroit, and previous owner of Churchill’s Ltd. tobacco and gift stores.
Re-elected to three-year terms on the Retailers Fund board were:
• John K. Godfrey, CEO of Godfrey Jewelers, Battle Creek, a family-owned business established in 1911.
• Jean Sarasin, secretary and treasurer of the Retailers Fund board and MRA senior vice president.

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