Heather Clark, Member at Large

Heather Clark has proudly served on the MBEA board since 2025. She has been teaching for 26 years. 

  HClark@mbea.org

Michigan Business Education Association Presidential Timeline

Below is a historical record of individuals who have served as President of the Michigan Business Education Association since its founding. Each leader has played a vital role in guiding the organization and advancing business education throughout the state.


2011 - Present
Colleen Webb


2010
Joyce K. Hansen

Location: Frankenmuth

2009
Joyce K. Hansen

Location: Thompsonville

2008
Bettie Goodman

Location: Grandrapids

2007
Pamela J. Miller

Location: Frankenmuth

2006
Bettie Goodman

Location: Kalamazoo

2005
Bettie Goodman

Location: Novi

2004
Barbara Bartosiewicz

Location: East Lansing

2003
Dr. Judith K. Berry

Location: Grand Rapids

2002
Dr. Larry G. Pagel

Location: Novi

2001
Arlene Vlahos

Location: Mt. Pleasant

2000
Rita Rose

Location: Kalamazoo

1999
Sue Reid

Location: Troy

1998
James O'Brien

Location: Grand Rapids

1997
Delmar Harkenrider

Location: East Lansing

1996
Christopher Korbel

Location: Troy

1995
Delores S. Cotton

Location: Flint

1994
Dr. Susan Maxam

Location: Lansing

1993
Mary H. Pettaway

Location: Grand Rapids

1992
Dr. Karen L. Norman

Location: Detroit

1991
Dr. Carol Johnson

Location: Grand Rapids

1990
Dr. Mary Robek

Location: Battle Creek

1989
Dr. Helene Zimmerman

Location: Grand Rapids

1988
L. Maxine Jones

Location: Detroit

1987
Jerome Fribley

Location: Grand Rapids

1986
Dr. Mary Foster- Havercamp

Location: Flint

1985
Dr. Marcella Kocar

Location: Kalamazoo

1984
Betty Dugan

Location: Flint

1983
Eldon Kaufmann

Location: Grand Rapids

1982
Dr. Sue Rigby

Location: Detroit

1981
Eddie Green

Location: Kalamazoo

1980
Dr. Wells F. Cook

Location: Detroit

1979
James LaParl

Location: Kalamazoo

1978
Ray Kaczmarski

Location: Troy

1977
Bonnie Jean Distler

Location: Grand Rapids

1976
Dr. Carol Stencel

Location: Troy

1975
Dr. John Kushner

Location: Grand Rapids

1974
Frank Paone

Location: Detroit

1973
Dr. James Godell

Location: Grand Rapids

1972
Dr. Peter G. Haines

Location: Detroit

1971
Dr. Celestine Mongo

Location: Grand Rapids

1970
Gertrude Smith

Location: Detroit

1969
Dr. Ray Dannenberg

Location: Grand Rapids

1968
Edna Diehl

Location: Detroit

1967
Dr. Robert Poland

Location: Grand Rapids

1966
Homer F. Long

Location: Detroit

1965
Dr. Patricia Patsloff

Location: Lansing

1964
Dr. Kale Keyser

Location: Grand Rapids

1963
Ima Chambers

Location: Detroit

1962
Pauline Dunsmore

Location: Lansing

1961
A.C. Hermann

Location: Saginaw

1960
Frances French

Location: Grand Rapids

1959
Dr. Frank Lanham

Location: Detroit

1958
Cora Posey

Location: Saginaw

1957
Allan Barron

Location: Grand Rapids

1956
Robert Sneden

Location: Detroit

1955
Dr. Lyle Maxwell

Location: Saginaw

1954
Dorothy Merritt

Location: Muskegon

1953
Nelson Lanfear

Location: Saginaw

1952
Catherine Riggs

Location: Grand Rapids

1951
Harvey Meyer

Location: Port Huron

1950
Arthur Balfour

Location: Battle Creek

1949
Robert H. Shorney

Location: Bay City

1948
Gertrude I. Murray

Location: Grand Rapids

1947
Archie D. Waring

Location: Detroit

1946
Guy Ringle

Location: Lansing

1945
Guy Ringle

Location: Lansing

1944
Ivan Mitchell

Location: Detroit

1943
Ivan Mitchell

Location: Detroit

1942
John Cooper

Location: Saginaw

1941
Emmet E. Winters

Location: Battle Creek

1940
Clyde W. Kammerer

Location: Detroit

1939
Bernice Cowdle

Location: Grand Rapids

1938
Dr. J.M. Trytten

Location: Flint

1937
Dr. J.M. Trytten

Location: Ann Arbor