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Nancy Hillegonds Joins Canton Community Foundation Board

Canton Community Foundation serves Canton, Plymouth, Northville and Novi as well as many other Western Wayne County communities.

Nancy Hillegonds of Plymouth joined Canton Community Foundation’s board of directors in January for a 3-year term of office.

She will serve on the foundation’s grants and development committees, said Joan Noricks, the foundation’s president, in a statement release Monday.

“She is a Plymouth community leader and we are drawing on a broader representation in our region. I find Nancy to be innovative, energetic and willing to help the foundation move forward,” Noricks said.

A 14-year Plymouth resident, Hillegonds’ long history of community service, includes the Plymouth Community Arts Council, and the state of Michigan Board of Medical Examiners. Hillegonds has worked in the past with the state of Michigan Department of Commerce.

Hillegonds, an Ohio native, and her husband, Paul, have two college-age children, she said, which creates extra time in her life.

“This is a great way for me to ease back into community service,” Hillegonds said. “The foundation is such a busy organization. I can’t believe how many balls the foundation has in the air. I am still in the learning process.”

The foundation board of directors also elected its new slate of officers, who serve for one year:

Immediate past board chair Jim Demmer of Plymouth and of Jack Demmer Ford, completed his term in November, 2010. Elizabeth Bland of Canton and Bank of America was elected the new board chair. Other officers include vice chair Jerry Grady of Canton, a certified public accountant with UHY LLC; treasurer Dan Durack of Dearborn, a community volunteer and retired Canton Township department director; and board secretary Barbara Church Rodenberg, of Canton, a community volunteer, and former administrator and teacher with the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools.


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