We are happy to announce our newly elected Board Chair, Mrs. Marlana Cork! Marlana is a lifelong resident of Saginaw County, where also currently resides. She is a graduate of Davenport University, where she received her Associates, Bachelors and Masters Degree with a dual major in Business Administration/Business Management. She also holds a Workforce Development certification as a Global Career Development Facilitator. Marlana is also a 2023 Graduate from the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance Institute for Leaders, as well as 2023 Non-Profit Heart of the City Award Recipient. Following her passion, over the last 16 years, Marlana has served in several capacities in Workforce Development and community convening across the GLB Region. She is currently employed with the Bay Area Community Foundation, as the Director of Strategic Initiatives. Marlana and her husband Charles have been married for 20 years; they have three sons-Trenton Sr., Charles II, and Caleb, and one grandson Trenton Jr. She is also very active with her church (Ephesus Seventh-Day Adventist Church); sorority (Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.), and volunteering within the community across the GLB Region. We are so excited to announce our newly elected Vice Chair, Ms. Viloshinee Murugan. She has been a resident in Saginaw County for the last 3 years. She is a graduate of the University of KwaZulu (South Africa) with a Bachelors of Arts with an emphasis in Pedagogics in Education as well as a Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University. She is currently enrolled at Western Michigan University in the Doctoral of Philosophy Department with in emphasis on Educational Leadership. She has built an amazing career in K-12 Education and Administration over the last 26 years. She currenly serves as a Secondary Curriculum and Instruction Specialist with Midland Public Schools. She has extensive experience in the Diversty, Equity, and Inlusion work across her professional career as a certified instructor and trainer in this area. She is a graduate of the Henry March Institute of Public Policy, Beyond Equity Cohort, Racial Equity Cohort (MDE), Leadership Saginaw Cohort (Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce). She is currently serving as a board member on the Riverfront Development Commission (City of Saginaw), Saginaw Building Authority, and the YWCA Board Member.
Congratulations to both of you!
Chief Deputy Dallas County Treasurer
2wCongratulations to both of these beautiful, intelligent young ladies!