Board of Directors
- President: Deborah Myrand
- President-Elect: (Open Position)
- Immediate Past President: Carol Grainger, CMP
- Vice President of Education: Diane Miller
- Vice President of Finance: Carol Grainger, CMP
- Vice President of Membership: (Open Position)
- Vice President of Operations: Paula Burton
- Vice President of Outreach: (Open Position)

President: Deborah Myrand
Duties of Office
As President of ASTD Mid Michigan Chapter, Debbie’s primary role is to provide vision and direction to the Board of Directors and the membership. Her main responsibilities include developing key strategies for the chapter and leading the Board in establishing goals, action plans and measures to accomplish them.
Biography
Since 2001, Debbie has worked for the Michigan Catholic Conference. The first 2 years as an Operations Specialist and currently as a trainer for e-business, training Bookkeepers and Business Managers of Catholic entities throughout Michigan. She is also an on-site trainer for the Michigan Catholic Conference.
Prior to working for the Michigan Catholic Conference, Debbie spent 14 years in Early Childhood Education receiving her Child Development Associate Credential from Lansing Community College. Debbie was the owner of a child care business for 10 years as well as a Temporary Employment Service, then worked as a Director for a Lutheran based child care program and moved on to work as the Director of a non-profit Before and After School program. During this time, Debbie served as a Board Member for the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children, the Central Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children and the Michigan Providers Alliance. She was a conference presenter at many local and statewide Early Childhood Conferences and specialized in training others to maintain proper business records. She also validated small childcare businesses seeking national accreditation. Her community involvement includes 3 years as chair of the St. Mary Annual Fall Festival; two years as a leader for Girl Scouts; 6 years as a committee member and leader for Boy Scouts and 2 years with the Haslett Athletic Boosters Club.
Debbie looks forward to serving as a board member of the Mid Michigan Chapter of ASTD and meeting the many members the chapter serves.
President-Elect: (Open Position)
The President-Elect acts for the President in the President’s absence. The President-Elect serves and facilitates planning in preparation for his/her term as President. The President-Elect performs other duties as requested by the President, including service as liaison to the program director and ad hoc committees.
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Immediate Past President: Carol Grainger, CMP
Duties of Office
As Immediate Past President of ASTD Mid Michigan Chapter, Carol’s primary role is to mentor the president and help provide vision and direction to the Board of Directors and the membership. Another position Carol fills is Vice President of Operations. In this capacity, she coordinate with other Vice Presidents the planning and implementation of special events and maintains all official records of the chapter except for finance and membership. She will assist in development and implementation of chapter annual plan.
Biography
Carol currently works independently and provides web, video, and telephone conference services and meeting and event coordination services.
Carol previously worked at:
- Michigan Virtual University as an Account Manager for the Global Collaboration Center
- Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) as:
- Evaluation and Training Program Associate
- Training Coordinator for Early On
- Director of MPHI InterActive Learning Center
- Educational Institute of American Hotel and Motel Association, Professional Development as Conference & Training Coordinator
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance as Administrative Assistant to the District Manager
- For Dr. Keith B. Wong, DDS as Communications Coordinator
You may also wish to view the chapter history for a complete list of our past presidents…
Vice President of Education: Diane Miller
Duties of Office
The Vice President of Education leads the education committees in program development and Special Interest Groups (SIG) development.
Biography
Diane R. Miller was born and raised in the Lansing, MI area. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Davenport University and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Organization Development. After working several years at Consumers Energy Company she began working with GreenStone Farm Credit Services in 2002. She currently works in their Human Resources Department as the Manager of Training and Development where she is responsible for leading and directing the Association’s training and development activities.
Vice President of Finance: Carol Grainger, CMP
Duties of Office
As Vice President of Finance, Carol reports on the financial condition of the chapter at meetings of the Board and at other times when called upon by the president. Carol also receives revenue, pays expenses, oversees finances and accounts, provides monthly documented reports to the board, monitors the annual budget and serves as liaison for the yearly audit. The calendar year shall be the fiscal year.
Biography
Carol previously worked at:
- Michigan Virtual University as an Account Manager for the Global Collaboration Center
- Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) as:
- Evaluation and Training Program Associate
- Training Coordinator for Early On
- Director of MPHI InterActive Learning Center
- Educational Institute of American Hotel and Motel Association, Professional Development as Conference & Training Coordinator
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance as Administrative Assistant to the District Manager
- For Dr. Keith B. Wong, DDS as Communications Coordinator
Vice President of Membership: (Open Position)
The Vice President of Membership’s primary role is to promote membership and focus on member initiatives.
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Vice President of Operations: Paula Burton
As Vice President of Operations, Paula’s primary role is to provide vision and direction to the Board of Directors and the membership. Her main responsibilities include developing key strategies for the chapter and leading the Board in establishing goals, action plans and measures to accomplish them.
Vice President of Outreach: (Open Position)
The Vice President of Outreach’s primary role is to oversee chapter publicity efforts and prepare the newsletter. The Vice President of Outreach also works with the Membership and Program committees to create a plan to market and maintain chapter membership.
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