Appointed to replace Timmer on the Board is
Colleen Pero, currently a public affairs consultant and former special counsel
and state affairs director to Governor John Engler. Ms. Pero will serve the
remainder of Timmer’s 4-year term which expires January 31, 2013.
The Board is, by statute, composed of two
Republicans and two Democrats and will be very busy in coming months certifying
ballot proposals and developing ballot initiative description language.