Community boards and committees

The Office of Community Outreach facilitates broad interaction and engagement between Western Michigan University and the community, due in part to the membership and participation of the office's associate vice president on major community boards and advisory committees. The AVP serves as the primary liaison to foster connections between the community and the University's students, faculty, staff and other resources to create and sustain mutually beneficial partnerships.

City of Kalamazoo 

• Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors

• Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors

• Imagine Kalamazoo Strategic Plan Advisory Committee

• Mixed-Use Business Incubator Development Committee

• Shared Prosperity (SPK) Committee

Other community boards and committees

• Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors
• Downtown Tomorrow Inc. Board of Directors 
• Kalamazoo Arts Council
• Kalamazoo Communities in Schools Board of Directors
• Right Place of Grand Rapids—Investor Committee
• Rotary Club of Kalamazoo—Program Committee
• Southwest Michigan First Council of 100, Representative
• State of Michigan Region 8 Prosperity Task Force
• United Way of Kalamazoo-Battle Creek Board of Directors
• Vine Neighborhood Association Board of Directors
• WMU-City of Kalamazoo Arboretum Property Owners Association—President
• WMU-City of Kalamazoo Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Advisory Board
• WMU-City of Kalamazoo "Shared Gold" Implementation Committee (civic action plan)
• WMU-KVCC Sustainable Brewing Advisory Board of Directors