GDABVI News Release

For Immediate Release - Jan 6, 2006

Jeffrey D. Evans Re-Elected Board President for
Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired

DETROIT, Mich., January 6, 2006 – Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a non-profit organization established in 1961 to develop services and expand community influences to minimize the effects of blindness and visual impairment, elected officers for the year 2006 at its Board of Trustees Annual Meeting. 

• Jeffrey D. Evans of Bloomfield Hills, Risk Control Specialist at CNA, was elected to his second one-year term as Board President.
• Helen Daoud of Bloomfield, philanthropist, was re-elected Board Vice President.
• Leonard W. Robinson of Lake Orion, retired teacher, was re-elected Board Secretary.
• Bonnie Reyes of Plymouth, Vice President of Finance & Operations at BetterInvesting, was appointed to her first term as Board Treasurer.
• Carla E. Tademy-Blakey of Detroit, attorney and partner of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer and Weiss, P.C. in the Tax and Employee Benefits Practice Groups, was chosen as Nominations Committee Chair and member of the Executive Committee.
  

The 11-member Board includes:

• John Rennels of Plymouth;
• The Honorable Judge Paul S. Teranes of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County Circuit Judge;
• Richard H. Bernstein of Farmington Hills, trial attorney at the Law Offices of Samuel I. Bernstein and adjunct professor at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI;
• Carlos A. Mejia, Sr. of Redford, District Sales Coordinator for AFLAC Incorporated;
• Fred Shorter, D.D.S. of Lathrup Village, and
• Fredrick J. Simpson of Detroit, Retired Executive Director of the Royal Oak Township Housing Commission.
  

The mission of Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired is to provide quality, innovative services that increase self-reliance, productivity, and dignity for persons who are blind or visually impaired. Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired serves seven Southeast Michigan counties including Wayne, Oakland, Monroe, Livingston, Macomb, St. Clair and Washtenaw. A United Way Agency, Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired is accredited by the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving People with Blindness or Visual Impairment (NAC) and is certified to meet national standards for quality services, responsible management and public accountability. Contact GDABVI at www.gdabvi.org or by calling 313-272-3900.