Steering Committee

Libraries

• Borgess Health
  Jennifer Barlow, Librarian
• Bronson Health Sciences Library
  Marge Kars, Manager
• Comstock Township Library
  Meg King-Sloan, Director
• Davenport University
  Judith Bosshart, Library Director
• Kalamazoo College
  Stacy Nowicki, Library Director
• Kalamazoo Gazette Library
  Anne Holcomb, Librarian
• Kalamazoo Public Library
  Mary Doud, Deputy Director
  Michael Holverstott-Cockrell, Loan/Outreach Services
  Joan Hawxhurst, Programming
  Nancy Davis-Smith, Washington Square Branch
  Marti Fritz, Community Relations
  Ryan Gage, Diversity Committee
• Kalamazoo Valley Community College
  Jim Ratliff, Librarian, Arcadia Campus
• Portage District Library
  Marsha Meyer, Adult Services

Educational Institutions

• Kalamazoo College
  Bruce Mills, English Department
• Kalamazoo Valley Community College
  Jackie Justice-Brown, Instructor
• Western Michigan University
  Linda LeBlanc, Center for Autism
• Kalamazoo Central High School
  Sherry Ransford, English Department
  Charlie Gregg-Geist and Emily Deering
  Students and KPL Teen Advisory Board members
• Kalamazoo RESA Autism Program
  Angela Telfer, Principal, Croyden School
• Hackett Central Catholic High School
  Teresa Luzenske, Chair, English Department

Community Groups

• Arts Council
  Barb Harkins
• Aspie's Inc. Blog
  Adam Parmenter
• Disability Resource Center
  Jerry Albertson, Community Relations
• First United Methodist Church
  Lois Schmidt
• Full Circle Community
  Tom Flemming, Divorce Mediator
• Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center
  Cynthia Addison, Science Instructor Emeritus
• Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Autism Society
  Karrie Kemery, Vice President
• Kalamazoo Community Foundation
  Lois Jackson
  Shannon Bronsink
• Kalamazoo Humane Society
  Aaron Winters, Executive Director
• Parent to Parent of Southwest Michigan
  Jayne Weaver
• Second Reformed Church
  Don DeYoung, Pastor
• Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society
  Donna Odom

At large

• Terry Lason
• Lindy Rose
• Nancy King

Bookstores

• Kazoo Books I & II
  John Wenger

Media

• Kalamazoo Gazette
  Mary Oudsema, Assistant to the Publisher

Government

• City of Kalamazoo Parks & Recreation
  Steve Youngblood, Aquatics & Special Population
• Kalamazoo County Mental Health
  Karen Soule, Supports Coordinator, Children's Unit