KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Two new members to the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees have been appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Joining the University’s board are James L. Liggins Jr., senior counsel with the Kalamazoo office of Warner Norcross + Judd, and Kara Wood, executive director of the Grand Rapids-based economic development organization Grand Action 2.0.
Liggins was appointed to fill a seat left vacant by the death of Shani J. Penn, who passed away last August while in the latter years of her eight-year term. Liggins will serve through Dec. 31, 2024, when the term expires.
Wood succeeds former trustee Kurtis Trevan, who relocated to live out of state about midway through the term he was appointed to in 2020. Wood will serve through Dec. 31, 2028.
The appointments are subject to the advice and consent of the state Senate.
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