Board members
The HRCOLA Board is elected by the association members at it annual meeting each spring. Each board member serves a two-year term and may be reelected for successive terms.
If you are interested in serving on the Board, please notify one of the members or email us at [email protected].
We are particularly interested in adding Board members from Gallagher, Whitewood, Strawberry and Zukey Lakes.
Mark Teicher President (Portage)
(248) 420-9144
Mark Teicher is dedicated to preserving the qualitly of our lakes. He also serves as Vice President of the Michigan Lakes and Streams Association, laison to the Huron Watershed Council and Chair of the Dexter Township Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board.
Dave Wilutis Vice President (Base Line)
(517) 881-2440
Dave Wilutis, a retired business owner has been on the chain of Lakes since 1989. As a board member, Dave focuses on providing members and all lakefront owners the needed education materials so everyone can be better stewards of our precious lake system.
Lis Knibbe Treasurer (Portage)
(734) 516-9230
Elisabeth (Lis) Knibbe is a retired architect who specialized in the adaptive use of historic buildings. She now especially enjoys sailing her Hobie on Portage Lake.
Jan Arps-Prundeanu Secretary (Base Line) (734) 834-4792
A retired social worker, she inherited a shorefront garden that has evolved into a cover article for the first issue of Shoreline Living Magazine. In addition to adding new native plants to her shorefront garden annually, she enjoys kayaking, especially on the river sections of our Chain.
Jim Jensen Director (Whitewood)
(810) 599-8125
Jim is a Real Estate Agent. His goal on the Board is to help preserve the recreational value of our lakes.
Bob Nester Director (Little Portage)
(734) 649-9776
Bob Nester is retired from the USGS (United States Geologic Society) Fisheries Division. He is a lake scientist who brings valuable understanding of what we can do to protect and improve the quality of the water in our lakes.
Bonnie Swanson Director (Tamarack)
(734) 878-9160
Bonnie Swanson is a retired Ford Motor Parts & Service Manager who has lived on Tamarack Lake since 1976. She is deeply concerned about keeping Tamarack and all of the Huron River Chain of Lakes (a true gem) as beautiful as it is today for our residents to enjoy way into the future.
Alan Rygiel Director
(Whitewood)
(313) 400-2910
Automotive supplier executive with a long history of working on sustainable product solutions that protect our natural resources. Committed to preserving the Chain of Lakes using best practices management for our waterways.
Mary Beth Timmerman Director (Tamarack)
(517) 581-2100
Mary Beth is a retired Supply Chain/IT Project Manager who has lived on the water since 1984. She believes in respectful co-existence of many kinds of watercraft and the education of how we can all share the ecosystem for generations to come.
Dr. Greg Peter Science Advisor (Portage)
(734) 476-4238
Greg Peter is a retired veterinarian. He brings valuable understanding of the underlying forces at work in our lakes.