Your Kalamazoo Defenders

Your Kalamazoo Defenders

We are dedicated and passionate public servants, fervent truth tellers, and creative problem solvers, bringing awareness to intentionally overlooked issues and finding integrated solutions to complex problems. We believe every member of our community deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and we challenge systems that do not offer that respect to everyone.

Kalamazoo Defender Board Members

Kate Miller

President

Toni Kennedy

Vice President

Peggy Kingsley

Treasurer

Dale Brown, PhD.

Secretary

Ashante Collins

Board Member

Babajide Daranijoh

Board Member

Byron Foster

Board Member

Tyler Gibb

Board Member

Judge Richardson Johnson

Board Member

Stacey R. Ledbetter

Board Member

Dani Lewis

Board Member

Judge Alexander C. Lipsey

Board Member

Luchara Wallace, PhD.

Board Member

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Matthew Wait

Executive Director