Nineteen women from diverse backgrounds have been selected as members of the newly created Wayne County Women’s Commission.
Members include one representative from each of the 15 county commission districts, a representative from the county commission and four members selected by Commission Chairwoman Alisha Bell (D-Detroit).
“This will be an impactful commission that will look at issues from employment and earning power to health care and child care and beyond and make recommendations to better the lives of women in Wayne County,” Bell said. “We have assembled a dynamic group of women to serve on this inaugural Women’s Commission.”
The commission will hold its first meeting next month. Members are volunteers who will serve two-year terms without pay. Commission meetings will be open to the public under provisions of the state’s Open Meetings Act.
Commissioner Melissa Daub (D-Canton Township) was appointed by Bell to serve as the commission’s representative.
Other members appointed by Bell include Soummer Crawford, Carla Tinsley-Smith, and Sarah Roberts, a former state legislator who proposed the commission’s creation and worked with Bell and others to guide its creation.
Members appointed from each commission district include:
District 1 – Cynthia Douglas, appointed by Commissioner Tim Killeen (D-Detroit).
District 2 – Rian English-Barnhill, appointed by Commissioner Johnathan C. Kinloch (D-Detroit).
District 3 – Alma Greer, appointed by Commissioner Martha G. Scott (D-Highland Park).
District 4 – Cindy Garcia, appointed by Commissioner Ilona Varga (D-Lincoln Park).
District 5 – Yvonne Cash, appointed by Commissioner Irma Clark-Coleman (D-Detroit).
District 6 – Carmen J. Carter, appointed by Commissioner Monique Baker McCormick (D-Detroit).
District 7 – Dr. Regina Randall, appointed by Bell.
District 8 – Latanya Gater, appointed by Commissioner David M. Knezek (D-Dearborn Heights).
District 9 – Lynda Scheel, appointed by Commissioner Terry Marecki (R-Livonia).
District 10 – Mary Starr, appointed by Daub.
District 11 – Tina Talley, appointed by Commissioner Al Haidous (D-Wayne).
District 12 – Eboney Hughes appointed by Commissioner Glenn S. Anderson (D-Westland).
District 13 – Maali Luqman, appointed by Commissioner Sam Baydoun (D-Dearborn).
District 14 – Angela Winston, appointed by Commissioner Raymond Basham (D-Taylor).
District 15 – Chelsea Lantto, appointed by Commissioner Joseph Palamara (D-Grosse Ile Township).