TRU, like all nonprofit organizations, is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors. The board sets our policies and goals through strategic planning, ensures TRU has the financial resources to succeed and is responsible for TRU’s adherence to our legal obligations and organizational values. Board members are also important community ambassadors. TRU seeks a board of directors that reflects the best of Detroit: Diversity, innovation and dedication to getting the job done.
At TRU’s Annual Meeting on January 30, current paid members of TRU will have an opportunity to vote on a new slate of Board Members. Following an open call for applications, TRU’s Board Development Committee and current Board members voted to recommend the following slate of candidates:
- Sam Butler, a community development professional from SW Detroit with a Masters in Urban Planning who is the Director of Doing Development Differently in Metro Detroit (D4)
- Tanise Hill, a Detroiter who works for the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO collaborating between labor, community groups and faith-based organizations and chair of Interfaith Worker Justice
- Julie Tschirhart, a U of M Urban Planning Master student focused on transportation planning who grew up riding SMART and DDOT and regularly rides Ann Arbor’s transit
Please join us at TRU’s Annual Meeting on January 30 to meet these excellent candidates and hear the region’s transit agency executives present on The State of Detroit Area Transit. And if you’re not yet a TRU member, please make a donation today to join TRU and support our work to improve transit throughout greater Detroit.