Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs, Michigan Workforce Development Board, Advisory Board for the Michigan Intelligence Operations Center for Homeland Security, Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Oakland University Board of Trustees, and MEDC Executive Committee.
Today’s appointees represent Michigan’s young professionals, communities of color, seniors, and more. The appointees announced this week build on Governor Whitmer’s work to ensure appointees reflect Michigan’s diverse population. Sixty percent of appointees are women or people of color, and the Whitmer cabinet is the most diverse in Michigan’s history.
Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
Dr. April Zeoli, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is an associate professor at the University of Michigan and was previously a professor at Michigan State University. Dr. Zeoli earned 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 doctorate in health policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Zeoli is appointed to represent an individual associated with a research institution that studies gun violence on the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force for a term commencing August 29, 2024, and expiring at the pleasure of the Governor, no later than August 29, 2028.
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