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Elizabeth J. Garvey

Board of Trustees

Birthright Quaker; resident of southeast Michigan; WC graduate (‘65): English, psychology, religion, secondary education; 2 masters’ degrees, Michigan State University: 2015 recipient, WC’s John Frazier Award for Distinguished Volunteer Services; PAC; active in multiple community organizations: Salvation Army, Love INC (Love In the Name of Christ), P.E.O. and my church; had weekly radio program 15.5 years; private tutor, 27 years; presenter of legacy-building sessions for women; financial supporter of scholarship programs locally, nationally and especially at WC; teaching career: secondary & college levels, as well as in a high-security juvenile prison; world traveler for missions and adventure travel; passion for volunteer service locally & worldwide; built houses for widows in the mountains of Guatemala with mission team for 15 winters in retirement, taking teenage grandchildren  one at a time on 3 of those trips; Girl Scout leader 7 years & trainer of leaders 13 years; motivational speaker; decades of providing budget & financial counseling; prison ministry of restoration and reconciliation for incarcerated parents and their children; involvement with Foster Closet of Michigan, providing free clothing, etc. to foster children in this county; 2 adult children and 5 grandchildren.