Mott Foundation hires program associate
Jennifer M. Acree has joined the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation as an associate program officer for the Flint Area grantmaking team. She will be responsible for a variety of grantmaking strategies within the Flint program, with particular focus on the local nonprofit community.
Acree had worked since January 2006 with the Building Excellence, Sustainability and Trust (BEST) Project in Flint — a Mott-funded initiative of the United Way of Genesee County — most recently serving as project director, a position she held from March 2008 until starting at Mott. From 2004 to 2005, Acree worked in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan (UM) in Ann Arbor, reviewing student applications to the school’s master’s degree program and serving as a research assistant for a local multi-tenant nonprofit center.
Her prior experiences also include work in nonprofit management and administration in both Ann Arbor and Syracuse, New York. She holds a master’s degree in social work from UM’s Ann Arbor campus and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Syracuse University.
“Jennifer’s skills and experience with the nonprofit sector, including in the Flint area, make her an excellent addition to Mott’s grantmaking team,” said Neal Hegarty, the Foundation’s vice president of programs.
“She will be a tremendous asset in helping to guide and shape our efforts to engage the community in creating a vibrant future for Flint.”
Mott’s commitment to its hometown is reflected in the more than $786 million in Flint-related grants the Foundation has made over the past 85 years — $32 million last year alone. That funding has included support for educational and cultural programs; emergency and supportive services; economic and downtown development; job training; and public safety.
The Mott Foundation, established in 1926 by an automotive pioneer, is a private philanthropy committed to supporting projects that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society. It supports nonprofit programs throughout the U.S. and, on a limited geographic basis, internationally. Grantmaking is focused in four programs: Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area and Pathways Out of Poverty. Besides Flint, offices are located in metropolitan Detroit, Johannesburg (South Africa) and London. The Foundation, with 2012 year-end assets of $2.28 billion, made 439 grants totaling $91 million. For more information, visit www.mott.org.
Lance Gable promoted to interim associate dean of Wayne Law
Lance Gable, associate professor of law at Wayne State University Law School, has been named interim associate dean. Gable has been a Wayne Law faculty member since 2006. An internationally known expert on public health law and bioethics, Gable received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also received a B.A. in political science and biology from Johns Hopkins University. He teaches Public Health Law, Bioethics and the Law, Torts, and other health law subjects at Wayne Law.
Wayne Law professor has new book published
Wayne State University Professor of Law Peter Henning’s new book — his ninth — was published recently, and one of his two co-authors has a very familiar name.
The casebook, “Criminal Pretrial Advocacy” http://www.henningcrimpretrialad.com/index.asp published by West Academic Publishing, was written by Henning of Wayne Law; Leonid Feller, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Detroit; and by Karen McDonald Henning, an assistant professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law — and Peter Henning’s wife. It’s the first time the Hennings have collaborated on a book.
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