CEDAM STAFF

Luke Forrest

Executive Director

Luke has dedicated most of his professional career to assisting and advocating on behalf of Michigan’s communities…more.

Ben Dowd

Associate Director & Chief Operating Officer

Ben is the current president of the Old Town Commercial Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to…more.

Jessica AcMoody

Policy Director

Prior to her current position, Jessica served as Office Manager at CEDAM…more.

Rachel Diskin

Director of Capacity Building

As CEDAM’s director of capacity building, Rachel works with organizations across the state to build …more.

Melvin Henley

Coalition Manager

As the newest member of the policy team at CEDAM, Melvin is responsible for supporting coalition building across CEDAM’s… more

Shawn Hunter

Membership & Events Manager

Shawn comes to CEDAM with more than a decade of experience in the nonprofit world. She has volunteered many…more.

Madeleine March-Meenagh

Manager of Sustainability & Evaluation

As the manager of sustainability & evaluation, Madeleine manages the day-to-day operations of our economic inclusion work… more

Brian Rakovitis

Director of Economic Inclusion

As the director of economic inclusion, Brian oversees the execution of CEDAM’s economic inclusion (EI) work which aims to…more.

Emily Reyst

Director of Communications & Training

Emily supports and engages with our members by promoting their projects and accomplishments; develops capacity-building tools like trainings…more.

Maggi Rivera

Economic Inclusion Program Coordinator

As the economic inclusion program coordinator, Maggi supports and coordinates the…more

Sarah Teater

Program Manager

Sarah manages CEDAM’s community development fellowship program. This statewide program…more

Andrea Villanueva

AmeriCorps Program Manager

As the AmeriCorps program manager, Andrea Andrea manages CEDAM’s AmeriCorps State and VISTA programs…more.

CEDAM places AmeriCorps members at community development organizations across the state and manages 10 fellows serving municipal communities through our Community Development Fellowship.

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