Susan begins her first term as a Trustee of the Michigan Architectural Foundation this year.  She is an assurance partner at Plante & Moran, the 12th largest CPA firm in the country.  Susan has over 18 years of experience in accounting, auditing and tax services including:  service organizations, manufacturing and distribution companies, governmental entities and benefit plans.  Susan is the firm leader of the architect/engineering practice.  Her assurance background also includes extensive experience working with closely held and/or family owned businesses, multi-entity consolidated corporations and U.S. middle-market companies with foreign subsidiaries.    
 
In addition to her client service role, Susan is one of seven members of the Service Industry Leader Team at Plante & Moran which represents a practice of $33 million with 115 professional staff in 15 different offices.  She is specifically responsible for Southeast Michigan which represents over 50% of the total practice.  Her responsibilities include strategic direction, business development, staff recruitment and training, communication and marketing of the practice.
 
Susan's consulting experience includes operational reviews, strategic planning, internal control assessments and business succession planning. 
 
Susan is a proud graduate of Wayne State University and also the Executive Program for Women Leaders at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. 
 
She is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants.  She is also active in various community organizations and currently serves as a Board Member on the Business School Board of Advisors at Wayne State University and the Pleasant Ridge Club. 
 
From a personal perspective, Susan enjoys spending time with her husband of 17 years, Rajan and their two children, Asha and Kyle.  She is active in their activities and currently teaches religious education at St. Mary's in Royal Oak and co-leads her daughter's Girl Scout Troup. She enjoys cooking, reading, traveling and just spending time at home with her neighborhood friends. 
 
Ronald L. Staley, FAPT, Hon Aff. AIAMI

MAF Trustee

 

Ron begins his first term as a MAF Trustee this year.  He is the Senior Vice President and Director of the National Preservation Practice for the Christman Company, based in Lansing, Michigan.

Ron joined The Christman Company in 1984 and was promoted to Vice President in 1990 and to Senior Vice President in 2008.  He has 28 years of construction experience.  In 1992, Ron founded The Christman Company's Historic Preservation Program and has since led it to national prominence.  He serves as the principal in charge of all Christman historic preservation projects nationally and also as principal in charge of Christman's mid-Atlantic regional office in Alexandria, Virginia, which opened in 2003.  Recent projects include the Presidential Inaugural Stands in 2009, the Virginia Capitol restoration, the Fort Washington Wall Restoration and Lafayette Park Lodge and Fountain Rehabilitation projects for the National Park Service, as well as restoration and sustainable renovation of President Lincoln's cottage for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  Michigan projects include the restoration of the Mutual Building, which serves as Christman's national headquarters in downtown Lansing, as well as the restoration of the historic Ottawa Street Station, the cornerstone of the 7-acre campus for Accident Fund Insurance Company of America's new national headquarters, also in downtown Lansing.
 
Ron holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree and an AAS in Civil engineering Technology from Michigan Technological University.  He is a frequent lecturer, professor, and author.  His professional affiliations include APT International, APT-DC, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Michigan Historic Preservation Network, Preservation Maryland, APVA Preservation Virginia, the Georgia trust, and the Michigan Chapter AIA.  In 200, Ron was honored by AIA Michigan as an Honorary Affiliate Member.  In 2005, Ron was honored as a Fellow with the Association of Preservation Technology International (APT).  In 2008, Governor Granholm named Ron to the State Historic Preservation Review Board.
 
Ron's permanent residence is in Brighton, Michigan with his wife Linda, with whom he enjoys two grown children Dustin and Ashley.