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 Staff and Board Members
Livonia Chamber of Commerce Staff and Volunteer Leadership
2008 Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chairman
MARSHALL KLEVEN
LaSalle Bank
Vice Chairman
MARTY TALTY
Kopmeyer & Talty, P.C.
KATHY HOEN
Community Choice Credit Union
GARY DESCHENES
Foresters Financial Partners
JOHN WILKERSON
TRW Automotive
Board of Directors
SARA ORWIG - Ford Motor Company
RUTHANN ALBUS - DFCU Financial
BETTY BJARNESEN - Keller Williams Realty
LISA LEVESQUE – Livonia Public Schools
BRIAN MEAKIN - Meakin and Associates
CAROL KOCAN - Dale Carnegie Training
MEKINDA GRAULAU – Laurel Park Place Mall
JOSEPH MACRINO - General Motors Powertrain Division
SISTER ROSE MARIE KUJAWA - Madonna University
JULIE SPROUL - St. Mary Mercy Hospital
BILL COLBECK - Computer Troubleshooters
JAMES FAUSONE - Fausone Bohn, LLP
Staff
From left to right:
Top:
Dan West – President
Dan Irvin - Vice President
Dawnne Toppa - Director of Public Affairs
Bottom:
Debbie Ferensic - Office Manager
Sam Hoyt - Office Assistant
| MEET THE CHAMBER STAFF |
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Dan West has served as president of the Livonia Chamber of Commerce since November 2006. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter for nearly 12 years, most recently with The Livonia Observer. The Livonia Franklin High School graduate earned a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University.
Dan has years of involvement in various community causes. He is a past president of the Livonia Jaycees, volunteers at the Livonia Spree, sits on the Plymouth Road Development Authority Board and serves as an adult leader for a summer Boy Scout camp on Mackinac Island. He previously served as a youth minister for Catholic churches in St. Ignace and Tecumseh and in service organizations in Southfield and West Bloomfield. He played a key role in starting the Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament which has taken place at West Bloomfield High School for the past six years.
After working at out-state newspapers for several years, Dan moved back to his hometown of Livonia in 2001 with his wife, Amy. They have two daughters, Janie and Natalie. They are parishioners at St. Aidan Catholic Church.
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Dan Irvin, the Vice President, has worked at the Livonia Chamber of Commerce since May 2004. The Garden City High School graduate holds a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
Dan is the 2007-2008 President of the Livonia Jaycees. He also sits on the board of directors for “Services To Enhance Potential” (STEP). Dan and his wife, Andrea, bought a home in Livonia in 2006.
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Dawnne Toppa, the director of public affairs, has worked with the Livonia Chamber of Commerce since February 2008. The Livonia Franklin High School graduate also attended classes at Eastern Michigan University and Schoolcraft College. She previously worked as an office manager and broker coordinator for a Novi real estate company.
Dawnne’s mother, Tracey Toppa, was an active volunteer in Livonia with Toys for Tots and the Livonia Kiwanis Club before moving out of the area. Dawnne is a Notary Public.
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Debbie Ferensic, office manager, has worked at the Livonia Chamber of Commerce since 1996. The Livonia Franklin High School graduate earned an associate’s degree from Schoolcraft College. Debbie is involved with Livonia’s Sacred Heart Byzantine Catholic Church. She has a grown daughter, Kelli.
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Sam Hoyt, an office assistant, has worked at the Livonia Chamber of Commerce since October 2006. He is a student at the University of Michigan-Dearborn where he is pursuing a bachelors’ degree in Finance. The Livonia Stevenson High School graduate lives with his family in Livonia.
(E-mail address: hoyt@livonia.org) |
Livonia Chamber of Commerce
33233 Five Mile Road
Livonia, MI 48154
734-427-2122 (phone)
734-427-6055 (fax)
www.livonia.org
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