Michigan Townships Association

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Ossineke Township supervisor re-elected to Michigan Townships Association Board of Directors

Ossineke Township (Alpena Co.) Supervisor Kenneth Lobert will continue to help guide the state’s largest municipal association—the Michigan Townships Association (MTA)—on its board of directors, after being re-elected to serve as the MTA District 7 director. Lobert was re-elected to the position by his township peers at a caucus election during MTA’s 2025 Annual Educational […]

Golden Township treasurer named MTA immediate past president

Golden Township (Oceana Co.) Treasurer Connie Cargill will serve on the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) executive committee as the Association’s immediate past president, following her term as 2024 president. Serving more than 99% of Michigan’s 1,240 townships—which includes more than 6,500 elected leaders plus tens of thousands of additional township appointed officials, staff and volunteers, […]

Morton Township trustee re-elected to MTA Board of Directors

Morton Township (Mecosta Co.) Trustee Yulanda Bellingar will continue to serve as District 12 director, which encompasses Isabella, Mecosta and Newaygo Counties, on the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) Board of Directors. Bellingar was re-elected to the position by her township peers at a caucus election held during the Association’s Annual Educational Conference & Expo, held […]

Newton Township treasurer re-elected to MTA Board of Directors

Newton Township (Mackinac Co.) Treasurer Marilyn Stickland will continue to represent township officials in Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac and Schoolcraft Counties as District 4 director on the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) Board of Directors. Strickland was re-elected to the position by her township peers at a caucus election held during the Association’s 2025 Annual Educational Conference […]

Boon Township supervisor named member-at-large on Michigan Townships Association executive committee

Matthew Beattie, Boon Township (Wexford Co.) supervisor, has been named member-at-large on the Michigan Townships Association’s (MTA) executive committee. The executive committee, and the entire board of directors, provides strategic and operational guidance to MTA, which serves more than 99% of Michigan’s townships and is the state’s largest municipal organization. Beattie has served on the […]

Cole-Crocker elected second vice president of Michigan Townships Association

Buchanan Charter Township (Berrien Co.) Supervisor Malinda Cole-Crocker has been elected second vice president of the Michigan Townships Association (MTA). Cole-Crocker was elected to the position helping to lead Michigan’s largest municipal association by her township peers at MTA’s 2025 Annual Educational Conference & Expo, held March 31-April in Grand Rapids. MTA represents more than […]

Franklin Township supervisor elected to Michigan Townships Association Board of Directors

Mary Sears, Franklin Township (Houghton Co.) supervisor, will continue to serve on the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) Board of Directors, following her election to the position by her peers at a caucus election held during MTA’s Annual Educational Conference earlier this month in Grand Rapids. In her role on the Association Board, Sears represents MTA […]

Nankervis re-elected to MTA Board of Directors

Ishpeming Township (Marquette Co.) Supervisor James Nankervis will continue to serve on the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) Board of Directors, after being re-elected to the position of MTA District 2 director in a caucus election during the MTA Annual Conference, held earlier this month in Grand Rapids. District 2 encompasses Baraga, Dickinson, Marquette and Iron […]

Beeson elected first vice president of Michigan Townships Association

Pine River Township (Gratiot Co.) Supervisor Kevin Beeson has been elected first vice president of the Michigan Townships Association (MTA), which represents more than 99% of Michigan’s 1,240 townships. He was elected to the position helping to lead the state’s largest municipal association by his township peers during MTA’s 2025 Annual Educational Conference, held earlier […]