My wife Rosaline and I have been visitors to this area since 1975, lake property owners since 1991, and are in the process of making Horton Bay our permanent home. Background: Bachelors in Physics, Masters in Engineering, Masters in Business Administration; work experience in automotive engineering, planning, and management; taught college mathematics; past president of a downstate lake association. The reason for my serving on the Board can be expressed by paraphrasing words from the Athenian Oath: "…we will transmit the lake greater, better, and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us."

Sue Costa and her husband, Mike, were first attracted to Northern Michigan for the downhill skiing. They've been escaping from their hectic downstate life to Boyne City and Boyne Falls since the early 1980''s. Boyne City is now their permanent residence while they reinvent the second half of their life. Sue retired from a career in research at the Dow Chemical Company when she heard a greater call to service. Stewardship of God's resources is what compels her to serve on the Lake Charlevoix Association board.

Mike Dow and his wife Rhea have lived full-time on Lake Charlevoix since 1995, after retiring from several small businesses downstate. They are both active in the community and particularly interested in protecting the natural beauty of the land and water in Northern Michigan. Mike is a board member of the Little Traverse Conservancy and Charlevoix Area Community Pool. They also love to support a number of other groups in the area, including the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, Friends of the Boyne River, Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, Raven Hill Discovery Center and the Charlevoix Historical Society.

Jonathan Friendly and his wife, Lynn, have been coming to Lake Charlevoix since their honeymoon in 1961. Her family has owned property on the lake since 1915. Both are active supporters of efforts to preserve the natural beauty of the lake and the lands around it. Jonathan was a reporter and editor for newspapers for most of his career. In 1988 he started teaching journalism at the University of Michigan and launched a program to train reporters in environmental and public health studies. Now retired, he and his wife spend six months in Florida and six on Charlevoix.

My wife Martha and I have owned waterfront property on Lake Charlevoix since 1989. We now live on the South Shore near Ye Nyne Olde Holles Golf Club. After full and rewarding careers in teaching in Hartland, Michigan, we are now full time residents of the area. My teaching career was as a High School Chemistry Teacher, during which I used every reasonable opportunity to fit water quality studies into the curriculum. I also coached football, basketball and baseball and was the Science Department Chairperson for the district. I am an avid fly fisherman and a member of Trout Unlimited, which had an influence on the fact that all of my graduate coursework was in Aquatic Biology and Stream Ecology. I hope to use this background and my passion for the environment to help the Lake Charlevoix Association in its mission of protecting and preserving our beautiful lake for both current and future users. It will be very satisfying if we can all work together to make sure we leave this place better than we found it.

I live on the north shore of Lake Charlevoix at pine point. I have a PhD in natural resources from the University of Michigan where I taught and did research for 25 years. As a professor in the school of natural resources and environment, I created a correspondence course on water resources for citizens, developed video training materials for EPA on RCRA, developed educational materials about the great lakes for Michigan sea grant, and created a web site on storm water for the university. I am currently a Lake Charlevoix lake keeper, a member of the board of the Charlevoix historical society and a member of the board of the Tip Of The Mitt Watershed Council with a responsibility for liaison to the Lake Charlevoix Association.

Tom and his wife, Kathy, have been coming to Lake Charlevoix since 1980. In the spring of 1987 they sailed their boat from Lake St. Clair to Lake Charlevoix where they enjoyed it on weekends and vacations for 10 years. In 1997 they purchased a cottage on the South Arm and upon retiring from ITT Industries it became their permanent home.

Tom grew up on the Kalamazoo River in Southwestern Michigan during the pollution days caused by the paper mills up stream from his parent’s home. Fortunately, he has also witnessed the rebirth of the river through the hard work of organizations like LCA. Having watched the decay of Lake St. Clair he is determined to do his part to not accept the same fate for Lake Charlevoix.

Tom serves as an alternate on the South Arm Township Zoning Board of Appeals and a fulltime member of the township’s Board of Review. Fishing, sailing, flying, hunting, snowshoeing, water and snow skiing make him appreciate our beautiful natural surroundings.

As a member of the LCA for the past few years he is impressed with the new direction the organization has taken. Tom looks forward to assisting the association in its quest to protect one of our state’s treasures.

It is an honor and privilege for me to part of the Lake Charlevoix Association. From my summers as a lifeguard on the New Jersey shore to the present, I have always been involved with maritime activates. In forty-five years of boating, I have sailed in the Pacific, Lake Lanier in Georgia, Long Island Sound and the Great Lakes. My most recent nautical adventure took place from 2000 to 2006 when my wife and I piloted our trawler from Lake Charlevoix up to Maine, down the entire East Coast and over to the Bahamas. A healthy marine environment is very important to me. Consequently, the well being of Lake Charlevoix and all that enjoy it, are of utmost concern to me.

My business experience includes thirty years in various sales and marketing positions with Steelcase Office Furniture in Grand Rapids. Before retiring in Charlevoix, I lived in seven different cities; West & East Coasts, Atlanta and Chicago. I have a marketing degree from West Virginia University, am a member of the Great Lakes Cruising Club and have a U.S. Coast Guard Masters License.

My wife Cass and I have been owners of a house on Lake Charlevoix since 1995. I recently retired as an economics professor at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Cass and I enjoy sailing, kayaking, swimming, and watching the sunset over the lake. Charlevoix is now our permanent home and we are very interested in promoting behavior by all groups that will preserve the quality of the lake’s water, natural habitat and beauty.