[nfbmi-talk] Things Are about To Become A Lot More InterestingAtBSBP

[Terry Eagle]

How interesting, for two guys who know so much about business, Arwood and
Hilfinger, they sure don't show it when it comes to businesses owned by
blind persons, as they would not have established and support such onerous
procedures for equipment repairs for BEP vendors, and they would not
continue to support incompetent, unaccountable management of a business
program like BEP.  I guess the accounting and management accountability and
standards are vastly different between the public sector and private sector,
beginning with the expectation that management actually knows about and can
intelligently converse about business.  

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So what happened to Hilfinger?
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> Look who's directing LARA now.  We really do live in interesting times.
>
> LARA Executive Team
> Steve Arwood, Acting Director
> Steve Arwood, Acting Director
> Steve Arwood is the Acting Director for the Michigan Department of 
> Licensing and
> Regulatory Affairs (LARA). He is also the Unemployment Insurance Agency 
> Director
> and a LARA Deputy Director overseeing Employment Security and Workplace 
> Safety, which
> includes MIOSHA, Employment Relations, and Worker's Compensation. Arwood 
> joined LARA
> from Windlab Developments, USA, LTD, where he served as U.S. Regional 
> Director. He
> has worked in wind energy development, conservation, and business 
> development since
> 1999. He previously served as deputy director and other executive 
> management positions
> at the Michigan Jobs Commission under Governor John Engler. He has also 
> served as
> director for the House of Representatives Programs and Policy, and the 
> National Federation
> for Independent Business-Michigan. Arwood is a graduate of the James 
> Madison College
> at Michigan State University.
> LARA's Organization Chart
> Mike Zimmer, Chief Deputy Director
> Mike Zimmer, Chief Deputy Director
> Mike Zimmer is Chief Deputy Director for LARA and Executive Director of 
> the Michigan
> Administrative Hearing System, a Type 1 agency housed in LARA with an 
> operating budget
> over $30 million, which provides administrative law hearings for 13 
> departments in
> state government. Adjudicative areas include professional licensing, 
> public benefits,
> unemployment and workers compensation, property tax appeals, insurance and

> finance
> regulation, public utilities, environmental enforcement, education, 
> Medicaid, state
> retirement, and employment relations. Zimmer previously served as deputy 
> director
> of the State Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules. He also served 
> as director
> of the Bureau of Hearings in the former Department of Consumer and 
> Industry Services;
> as an attorney in the Office of Regulatory Reform under former Governor 
> John Engler;
> and worked for the Senate majority floor leader. Zimmer earned a 
> bachelor's degree
> from Michigan State University and a law degree from George Washington 
> University.
> Shelly Edgerton, Deputy Director
> Shelly Edgerton, Deputy Director
> Shelly Edgerton is a LARA Deputy Director with oversight of Licensing and 
> Regulation.
> She is charged with oversight of Liquor Control Commission, Public Service

> Commission,
> Office of Financial & Insurance Regulation, Fire Services and occupational

> and health
> facility licensing. Prior to joining LARA, Shelly dedicated 27 years of 
> service to
> the state Legislature where she served most recently in the capacity of 
> Deputy Senate
> Majority of Counsel in the Senate Majority Policy Office for 12 years. She

> also previously
> held titles of Assistant Senate Majority Counsel, Chief of Staff for 15th 
> District
> Senator Dave Honigman, and as Senate Majority Counsel Law Clerk. She is a 
> graduate
> of Western Michigan University with Bachelor of Political Science and 
> Master of Public
> Administration degrees. She went on to receive her Juris Doctorate at 
> Thomas M. Cooley
> Law School.
> Rob Nederhood, Deputy Director
> Rob Nederhood, Deputy Director
> Rob Nederhood is a LARA Deputy Director with oversight of the Office of 
> Regulatory
> Reinvention (ORR). The ORR was created by Governor Snyder to increase the 
> efficiency
> and effectiveness of Michigan's government. The primary goal of the ORR is

> to work
> with the various departments of state government to amend duplicative, 
> obsolete,
> unnecessary or unduly restrictive rules. This will lead to a regulatory 
> environment
> that is simple, fair, efficient, transparent and conducive to business 
> growth and
> job creation.
> Previously, Nederhood was an associate in the Detroit office of Foley & 
> Lardner LLP,
> where he was a member of the firm's Transactional & Securities and Private

> Equity
> and Venture Capital Practices. He was also a member of the Health Care and

> Automotive
> Industry Teams.
> Prior to joining Foley, Nederhood was a legislative assistant in the 
> Michigan House
> of Representatives.
> Nederhood is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, where he

> was a
> member of the editorial board of the Journal of Criminal Law & 
> Criminology. He received
> his bachelor's degree from Calvin College.
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