The Michigan State Bar Foundation (MSBF) has announced its FY2026 slate of officers and the appointment of board members.
Craig H. Lubben, from the Kalamazoo office of Miller Johnson, will serve as president; Hon. Victoria A. Roberts (ret.), JAMS, is vice president; Richard K. Rappleye, R&I Associates, is treasurer; and Thomas R. Behm, Gruel Mills Nims & Pylman, is secretary.
New members of the Board of Directors include:
• Heidi A. Alcock, vice president of Strategy & Grants Portfolio for the McGregor Fund, a private foundation working to alleviate poverty in Detroit and Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, with a strategic focus on ending homelessness and chronic unemployment in Detroit. She has over 27 years of nonprofit and public sector management experience including as CEO of Michigan Community Resources. She also worked as city planner at the City of Detroit City Planning Commission. Alcock has a master’s degree in public administration with concentrations in public and urban policy from Wayne State University.
• Erika L. Bryant has been a Michigan lawyer for over 25 years, with a solo practice in which she represents local non-profits, small businesses, and individual clients throughout metropolitan Detroit and beyond. She has served as a commercial arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association for over 15 years. She currently serves as vice-president to the SBM Board of Commissioners. She is a past President of the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, a Past Affiliate Chapter Representative, and Past Region VI Director. Bryant earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School and her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Amherst College.
• Jason P. Klingensmith is the Assistant General Counsel at General Motors, responsible for advising Company Leadership on all legal issues related to the Company’s North American operations, including litigation, regulatory, governance, risk mitigation, and policy. Prior to joining GM, he spent 18 years as a commercial trial lawyer and Deputy CEO of Dickinson Wright PLLC in Detroit. His practice specialties included Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of Michigan and earned his juris doctor from Northwestern University School of Law.
• Lee B. Reimann is a CPA and an attorney who spent much of her career in real estate planning. She is a past president of Ingham County Bar Association; Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council; and Rotary Club of East Lansing. She previously served on the boards of Legal Services of South Central Michigan; Helping Women Period; and the Capital Region Community Foundation.
• Jeffery V. Stuckey is a member at Dickinson Wright with prominent assignments as regulatory and appellate counsel on matters involving commercial interests and regulated industries in the areas of gaming, insurance, telecommunications, energy, elections, tax, and business. His career includes law clerk to the Michigan Supreme Court and research attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals. He served on the Michigan Board of Law Examiners and the State Bar’s Judicial Qualifications Committee. He received his Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School
The Michigan State Bar Foundation, established in 1947, provides leadership and grants to improve the administration of justice and increase access to justice for all in the civil legal system.
Craig H. Lubben, from the Kalamazoo office of Miller Johnson, will serve as president; Hon. Victoria A. Roberts (ret.), JAMS, is vice president; Richard K. Rappleye, R&I Associates, is treasurer; and Thomas R. Behm, Gruel Mills Nims & Pylman, is secretary.
New members of the Board of Directors include:
• Heidi A. Alcock, vice president of Strategy & Grants Portfolio for the McGregor Fund, a private foundation working to alleviate poverty in Detroit and Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, with a strategic focus on ending homelessness and chronic unemployment in Detroit. She has over 27 years of nonprofit and public sector management experience including as CEO of Michigan Community Resources. She also worked as city planner at the City of Detroit City Planning Commission. Alcock has a master’s degree in public administration with concentrations in public and urban policy from Wayne State University.
• Erika L. Bryant has been a Michigan lawyer for over 25 years, with a solo practice in which she represents local non-profits, small businesses, and individual clients throughout metropolitan Detroit and beyond. She has served as a commercial arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association for over 15 years. She currently serves as vice-president to the SBM Board of Commissioners. She is a past President of the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, a Past Affiliate Chapter Representative, and Past Region VI Director. Bryant earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School and her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Amherst College.
• Jason P. Klingensmith is the Assistant General Counsel at General Motors, responsible for advising Company Leadership on all legal issues related to the Company’s North American operations, including litigation, regulatory, governance, risk mitigation, and policy. Prior to joining GM, he spent 18 years as a commercial trial lawyer and Deputy CEO of Dickinson Wright PLLC in Detroit. His practice specialties included Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of Michigan and earned his juris doctor from Northwestern University School of Law.
• Lee B. Reimann is a CPA and an attorney who spent much of her career in real estate planning. She is a past president of Ingham County Bar Association; Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council; and Rotary Club of East Lansing. She previously served on the boards of Legal Services of South Central Michigan; Helping Women Period; and the Capital Region Community Foundation.
• Jeffery V. Stuckey is a member at Dickinson Wright with prominent assignments as regulatory and appellate counsel on matters involving commercial interests and regulated industries in the areas of gaming, insurance, telecommunications, energy, elections, tax, and business. His career includes law clerk to the Michigan Supreme Court and research attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals. He served on the Michigan Board of Law Examiners and the State Bar’s Judicial Qualifications Committee. He received his Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School
The Michigan State Bar Foundation, established in 1947, provides leadership and grants to improve the administration of justice and increase access to justice for all in the civil legal system.
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