Speakers

Katrina BeShears, LMSW, CAADC, is a licensed clinical and macro social worker. She is currently employed at the Detroit Veterans Health Administration as a Community Engagement and Partnership Coordinator in Suicide Prevention. Her pertinent experience includes inpatient and outpatient mental health, substance use, and community organizing. 

  

Christina Mariani, LMSW, CAADC, is a licensed clinical and macro social worker. She is currently employed at the Detroit Veterans Health Administration as a Community Engagement and Partnership Coordinator in Suicide Prevention. Past professional experience includes intimate partner violence programming, substance use, and community organizing.

Deb Scola is the Vice President, Strategic Relationships with the Michigan Humane Society. The Michigan Humane, founded in 1877, is the oldest and largest nonprofit animal welfare organization in the state. Michigan Humane is dedicated to helping the animals of southeastern Michigan, whether in our shelters, our veterinary clinics, or out in the community.

Updates from our very own member, Charles Wickens. 

Dan Dingman – 1998 MSU Grad – Turfgrass Management. 34 years of experience working on golf courses. Been a Golf Course Superintendent for 18 years – Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club 2007-2011 and BCC since 2011. Served as President of the Michigan Golf Course Superintendents Association in 2018. Dan currently serves on the Golf Association of Michigan Green Section Committee. He has been married to his wife Angela for 16 years and has two sons, Tyler, 15, and Will, 12.

Nicole Lawson is President and CEO of Orchards Children's Service. She is also a fellow Rotarian. 

 

Nicole has worked to improve behavioral health in Oakland County, where she served as Clinical Analyst and Director and later as the Deputy Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of the Oakland Community Health Network.

Most recently, Nicole served as the National Director of Behavioral Health for Valor Healthcare overseeing 50 primary care clinics in 16 states, serving over 150,000 veterans. At Valor Healthcare, she also served as Chair of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council. Nicole demonstrates strong leadership skills and excels at strategic planning and implementation, operational excellence, team leadership and development, and vision setting.

“Orchards’ mission is very personal to me. My husband and I were foster parents and are adoptive parents to two children. I am humbled to join such a dynamic agency,” Nicole says. “I’m excited to meet with staff and supporters and become part of such a dedicated and caring team.”

 

Kelly Stubbe is the Executive Director of the Birmingham YMCA, and a fellow Rotarian. 

She is committed to the principles that drive the YMCA: Health and wellness should be accessible to all; Everyone should have an opportunity to contribute to improving their community; Healthy communities are safe, inclusive and welcoming; Youth deserve positive experiences to support them in realizing their potential.