Additional members appointed to the Wayne County Women's Commission

Published on May 18, 2023

Three additional members will join the Wayne County Women's Commission for its 2023-24 session, filling the remaining vacancies on the commission.

Wayne County Commissioner Melissa Daub (D-Canton) and Cynthia Douglas were reappointed to the board as was new member Melandie Hines.

Commissioner Daub was appointed by fellow Commissioner Cara Clemente (D-Lincoln Park), Douglas was appointed as an at large member by Commission Chair Alisha Bell (DDetroit) and Hines was appointed by Commissioner Glenn S. Anderson (D-Westland) to represent District 12.

Appointments were confirmed May 18 in a vote by the full county commission. Sixteen members were appointed to the women's commission earlier in May.

Chair Bell formed the women's commission under a recommendation from county resident Sarah Roberts in 2021 to address issues of concern for women living in Wayne County, with special emphasis on issues involving health care and employment opportunities.

Members previously appointed for the 2023-24 session include:

• At large - Soummer Crawford, Latanya Gater and Sarah Roberts.
• District 1 - Alease Moore, appointed by Commissioner Tim Killeen (D-Detroit).
• District 2 - Rian English-Barnhill, appointed by Commissioner Jonathan C. Kinloch (D-Detroit).
• District 3 - Kathryn Joyner appointed by Commissioner Martha G. Scott (D-Highland Park).
• District 5 - Yvonne Cash, appointed by Commissioner Irma Clark-Coleman (DDetroit).
• District 6 - Tennita Wilson, appointed by Commissioner Monique Baker McCormick (D-Detroit).
• District 7 - Jenise E. Collins, appointed by Commissioner Alisha Bell (D-Detroit).
• District 8 - Lindsay Scott, appointed by Commissioner David M. Knezek (DDearborn Heights).
• District 9 - Mary Starr, appointed by Commissioner Terry Marecki (R-Livonia).
• District 10 - Leigh Moroz, appointed by Commissioner Melissa Daub (D-Canton Township).
• District 11 - Tina Talley, appointed by Commissioner Al Haidous (D-Wayne).
• District 13 - Maali Luqman, appointed by Commissioner Sam Baydoun (DDearborn).
• District 14 - Sherry Berecz, appointed by Commissioner Raymond Basham (DBrownstown Township).
• District 15 - Chelsea Lantto, appointed by Commissioner Joseph Palamara (D-Grosse Ile Township).

Appointees serve two-year terms on the women's commission, which meets once-amonth throughout each year. Meetings are open to the public under the state's Open Meetings Act.

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