Officers

David Green D.O.
Chair, MICHUHCAN | Neurologist
David Green is a neurologist in private practice in Farmington Hills. He is the local chair of Democratic Socialists of America.

Lucille Smith
Vice Chair, MICHUHCAN | Executive Director, Voices of Detroit Initiative
A longtime hospital administrator in Detroit, Smith had heard too may stories of people who couldn’t afford health care. So in 1999, Smith jumped at the chance to become Executive Director of the Voices of Detroit Initiative, a newly created organization charged with building collaborations among the region’s diverse public health care providers. Smith builds collaborations among diverse public health care providers, reducing costs for Detroit’s public health system and improving the care of the city’s uninsured.

J. David Ivers
Secretary/Treasurer, MICHUHCAN | Former Union Organizer, Metro Detroit AFL-CIO

Board Members

Dennis Archambault
Director of Public Affairs, Authority Health
Dennis serves as director of Public Affairs for Authority Health, formerly Detroit Wayne County Health Authority.

Patricia Cason-Merenda
Nurse, U of M Hospital & Volunteer at FernCare Clinic

Neha Chava

Medical Student at Wayne State University

Member of Students for a National Health Program and Physicians for a National Health Program 

Robert Frank M.D.
Former Dean, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Currently serves as the chief medical officer of the Wayne State University Physician Group and vice dean for Clinical Affairs at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Ann Heler, M.ED

Board member – Free & Charitable Clinics of Michigan

Retired Executive Director of Free & Charitable Clinics of Michigan

Volunteers with Fair Ferndale – a group fostering equal treatment of all Ferndale residents.

Kathy Peterson

Retired Faculty, Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care, Washtenaw Community College

Retired Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University

Valerie Przywara
Retired Psychologist, Henry Ford Health System, and MOSES Organizer.

Jeff Suhle
Nurse