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Governor Gretchen Whitmer appoints 14 new trustees to university boards

Ronald E. Hall and Shelley Padnos
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Ronald E. Hall and Shelley Padnos

Two will serve eight-year terms at Grand Valley State University.

Shelley Padnos and Ronald E. Hall are officially Grand Valley State University Trustees with their terms beginning Thursday. Shelley Padnos has served on the GVSU board in the past from 2007-2014 and for three decades the Grand Valley Foundation director. On the Allendale campus, She and Carol Sarosik founded the Padnos/Sarosic Center for Civil Discourse.

Ronald E. Hall is a southeast Michigan attorney and president and CEO of automotive interiors manufacturer Bridgewater Interiors. He says he looks forward to serving on the board with a passion for expanding educational opportunities.

Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.