Reading Works is dedicated to raising the level of adult literacy in metro Detroit and
promoting the idea that Reading Works – in the family and in the workplace.

Reading Works Board Chair
Paul Anger
Editor & Publisher
Detroit Free Press

Honorary Chairs
The Honorable Damon J. Keith
Judge
U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals

A. Alfred Taubman
Founder
Taubman Centers

Rochelle Riley
Columnist
Detroit Free Press

Board of Directors Vice Co-Chairs:
Jerry Herron
Dean, Irvin D. Reid Honors College
Wayne State University

Elizabeth W. Brooks
Chair
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American Historyl

Secretary
Debora Scola
Community Affairs Director
Detroit Media Partnership

Treasurer
Tammy Izzo
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Board of Directors
Ismael Ahmed
Associate Provost for Integrated
 Learning and Community Partnerships
University of Michigan/Dearborn

Maggie Allesee
Community Activist

Elizabeth W. Brooks
Chair
Charles H. Wright Museum
Of African American History

Robert Cohen
Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations Council

Eve Haley
Director of Programs
Detroit Public Television

The Rev. Georgia Hill
Associate Minister
Plymouth United Church of Christ
President, Detroit Literacy Council

Joyce Jenereaux
President
Detroit Media Partnership

Thomas Linn
Chairman Emeritus
Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone

Carolyn Shields
Dean, College of Education
Wayne State University

Loretta Smith
Vice President/Public Affairs
Comerica Bank

Tim Smith
President & CEO
Skidmore Studio

Chuck Stokes
Director Editorial/Public Affairs
WXYZ Channel 7

Cynthia J. Pasky
President and CEO
Strategic Staffing Solutions

Bankole Thompson
Senior Editor
Michigan Chronicle

Executive Director 
Susie Schechter, J. D.
Reading Works
sschechter@readingworksdetroit.org

Director of Community Outreach
Monique Norfus
Reading Works
mnorfus@readingworksdetroit.org

Consultants

James Wile, PhD
education consultant