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Whitmer appoints banking executive to MSU Board of Trustees

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Michigan State University

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is appointing a top-level banking executive to fill a vacancy on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees

Sandy Pierce is the senior executive vice president of Huntington National Bank and previously held other senior roles at financial institutions.

She’s being selected to fill the vacancy left on the MSU Board of Trustees by Pat O’Keefe.

O’Keefe resigned in November over rising tensions with MSU administrators and fellow board members over the handling of Title IX complaints.

Pierce is a graduate of Wayne State University and a Detroit resident.

Her term on the board begins Tuesday and will expire on January 1st 2029.

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