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Grand Haven Schools Foundation
P.O. Box 272 • Grand Haven, MI 49417
(616) 850-5066 www.ghsf.org
Board of Directors
Officers
Leslie Cassis-Withun
President
Jay Greer,
Vice President
Lana Jacobson
Vice President,
Development
Mindy Smith
Treasurer
Sandra Huber
Recording Secretary
Louann Werksma
Correspondence
Secretary
Directors
Todd Anthes
Kate Augustyn
Christine Baker
Patrick Boruta
Jake Hogeboom
Wendy Jobin
Linda Lukasik
Barbara Rickard
Emeritus Board
Donald Anderson
Len Anderson
Susan Blauvelt
Donna Hartman
Roger Jonas
Sandra Katt
Jeff Kurburski
John Lepard
Daniel Luckey
Frank Nagy
Gail Ringelberg
Dr. David Seibold
John Siemion
Jim VanDyke
Daphne Weber
Gerald Witherell
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2014
For more information, contact Leslie Cassis-Withun 616 402-2574
GRAND HAVEN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION HIRES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Board of Directors of the Grand Haven Schools Foundation announced that Anne
McLaughlin has been named its first executive director. McLaughlin will lead the organization
in its mission to support access to quality preschool education.
“We’re delighted that Anne has agreed to join our organization,” said Foundation President
Leslie Cassis-Withun. “Her extensive management experience, demonstrated leadership, and
passion for education will help the Foundation to further its mission.”
McLaughlin has more than 15 years of nonprofit volunteer experience, including work with a
large California-based education foundation. Prior to that, she was executive vice president of a
national retail chain, worked as a corporate banker and manager, and practiced as a Certified
Public Accountant.
While president of the Manhattan Beach (CA) Education Foundation, McLaughlin hired and
worked closely with that organization’s first executive director. “The experience gave me
valuable insight into this role and its relationship to the board, schools, and community,” she
said.
McLaughlin will manage an organization that has experienced significant growth over the past
eight years. A capital campaign launched in 2006 resulted in a permanent endowment at the
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation of more than $1 million, the income from which
provides preschool scholarships and programming for children of low-income families in the
Tri-Cities. In 2008, the Foundation launched the Grand Haven High School Hall of Fame, a
biennial program that inducts outstanding GHHS alumni and individuals who have served the
Grand Haven Area Public Schools district. It is a way to honor the past and inspire the future
and to raise awareness about the Foundation’s mission. The 2014 GHHS Hall of Fame is slated
for November 7 and 8.
McLaughlin and her husband Larry, a Grand Haven native, moved from southern California to
Spring Lake in 2007. Their daughter, Elizabeth, is a senior at the University of Michigan.
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