LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced appointments to the following boards and commissions: Collection Practices Board; Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing; Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Monument Fund Commission;  Human Trafficking Commission; Electrical Administrative Board; Agricultural Preservation Fund Board; Michigan Interagency Council on Homelessness; Michigan Truck Safety Commission; Gun Violence Prevention Task Force; Michigan State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision; Michigan Education Trust Board of Directors; Michigan Workforce Development Board; Michigan Public Safety Communications Interoperability Board; Michigan Board of Real Estate Appraisers; Michigan Board of Occupational Therapists.

Gun Violence Prevention Task Force

Dr. April Zeoli, of Ann Arbor, is an associate professor in health management and policy in the School of Public Health and the director of the policy core in the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan. Dr. Zeoli holds a Bachelor of Arts in women’s studies from the University of Michigan, a Master of Public Health in health policy from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a Doctor of Philosophy in health policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. April Zeoli is appointed as an individual associated with a research institution that studies gun violence for a term commencing June 23, 2026, and expiring June 22, 2030.

View the full press release as posted on the Governor’s office website