Advisory Council
Current Advisory Council Members
Peg Padnos - Chair
- George Bayard, III - Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives
- Dan Hurwitz - Grand Valley State University (Development)
- Matthew Daley - Grand Valley State University (History)
- Connie Dang - Grand Valley State University (Office of Multicultural Affairs)
- Don Lubbers - President Emeritus, Grand Valley State University
- Susan Mendoza - Grand Valley State University (Office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarship)
- Nathan Nietering - Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
- Stephanie Ogren - Grand Rapids Public Museum
- Levi Rickert - Native News Online
- James Smither - Grand Valley State University (History)
- Mark Schaub - Grand Valley State University (Dean of the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies), ex-officio
Honorary Advisory Council Members
John H. Logie
Hank Meijer
Past Council Members
Ana Aleman-Putnam
Mary Alt
Claudia Benitez-Sanchez
Janet Brashler
Candace E. Chivis
William Cohen
Ruth Coleman
Thomas R. Dilley Delia Fernandez-Jones
Robert Frey
Tim Gleisner
Dwight Hamilton
Sonya Hughes
Johanna Jelks
John H. McGarry, III
Sandy Karsten
Connie Navarro
Gordon Olson
Lena Del Real
Annoesjka Soler
Wendy J. Wenner Paul Wittenbraker