Board of Directors

CMHA-CEI In-person Committee and Board of Directors Meetings

CMHA-CEI Board of Director and board committee meetings occur in-person at 812 E. Jolly Road, in conference room G11-C or the Atrium, with the exception of the out county meetings which annually take place in the month of June at the Barry Eaton District Health Department, located at 1033 Healthcare Drive, Charlotte, MI 48813 and the month of July at the DeWitt Charter Township, 1401 W. Herbison Road, DeWitt, MI 48820. All Board meetings follow the Open Meetings Act (OMA). Everyone is welcome to attend in-person or virtually via Zoom. Contact Aleshia Echols at ( echols@ceicmh.org) or 517-507-6771.

Methods for Members of the Public to Attend and Speak

A member of the public has the option to attend, as well as to speak either in-person or electronically during the times allotted for public comment. Please note the 3-minute public comment time limit will remain in effect and be enforced.

The following methods may be used for members of the public to submit comments to the Board and/or Committee members in advance via US mail to 812 E. Jolly Road, Lansing, MI marked ATTN to the appropriate Board and/or Committee Secretary or via email as listed below:

Board of Directors, Executive Administrative Assistant Aleshia Echols at echols@ceicmh.org
Community Access Committee, Executive Administrative Assistant Emily Wollner at wollner@ceicmh.org
Finance Committee, Administrative Assistant Darby Vermeulen at vermeule@ceicmh.org
Human Resources Committee, Administrative Assistant Adama Wurie at wurie@ceicmh.org
Program and Planning Committee, Administrative Assistant Darby Vermeulen at vermeule@ceicmh.org
Recipient Rights Committee, Administrative Assistant Lynn McLaughlin at mclaughl@ceicmh.org

NOTE: When emailing, please include the subject of the public comment in the subject line of the email and either include the written statement in the email or attach a copy of the written statement to the email.

Enabling Participation

Members of the public body and members of the public participating electronically will be considered present at the meeting and may participate as if physically present. Assistance will be provided to enable in-person participation at the meeting by persons with disabilities (that is, persons with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities). Please contact the appropriate Board and/or Committee Administrative Assistant/Secretary listed above for any assistance needed.

About the Board

By law, the Board of Directors has twelve (12) members. The elected Boards of Commissioners of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties each appoint members to the Board who reside in their respective counties. Up to four (4) members of the Board may be County Commissioners, not more than one (1) from Clinton County, not more than one (1) from Eaton County and not more than two (2) from Ingham County. One consumer representative shall be an appointee of Ingham County. One consumer representative shall be an appointee of either Clinton or Eaton County.

All Regular Board Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month. Exceptions will be posted based on holidays. Please check the on-line calendar for exceptions or changes due to inclement weather, etc.

All standing committee meetings start times are at 5:30 pm. The standing committee meeting schedules are as follows: