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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Look who's directing LARA now. We really do
live in interesting times.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>LARA Executive Team<BR>Steve Arwood, Acting
Director<BR>Steve Arwood, Acting Director<BR>Steve Arwood is the Acting Director
for the Michigan Department of Licensing and<BR>Regulatory Affairs (LARA). He is
also the Unemployment Insurance Agency Director<BR>and a LARA Deputy Director
overseeing Employment Security and Workplace Safety, which<BR>includes MIOSHA,
Employment Relations, and Worker's Compensation. Arwood joined LARA<BR>from
Windlab Developments, USA, LTD, where he served as U.S. Regional Director.
He<BR>has worked in wind energy development, conservation, and business
development since<BR>1999. He previously served as deputy director and other
executive management positions<BR>at the Michigan Jobs Commission under Governor
John Engler. He has also served as<BR>director for the House of Representatives
Programs and Policy, and the National Federation<BR>for Independent
Business-Michigan. Arwood is a graduate of the James Madison College<BR>at
Michigan State University.<BR>LARA's Organization Chart<BR>Mike Zimmer, Chief
Deputy Director<BR>Mike Zimmer, Chief Deputy Director<BR>Mike Zimmer is Chief
Deputy Director for LARA and Executive Director of the
Michigan<BR>Administrative Hearing System, a Type 1 agency housed in LARA with
an operating budget<BR>over $30 million, which provides administrative law
hearings for 13 departments in<BR>state government. Adjudicative areas include
professional licensing, public benefits,<BR>unemployment and workers
compensation, property tax appeals, insurance and finance<BR>regulation, public
utilities, environmental enforcement, education, Medicaid, state<BR>retirement,
and employment relations. Zimmer previously served as deputy director<BR>of the
State Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules. He also served as
director<BR>of the Bureau of Hearings in the former Department of Consumer and
Industry Services;<BR>as an attorney in the Office of Regulatory Reform under
former Governor John Engler;<BR>and worked for the Senate majority floor leader.
Zimmer earned a bachelor's degree<BR>from Michigan State University and a law
degree from George Washington University.<BR>Shelly Edgerton, Deputy
Director<BR>Shelly Edgerton, Deputy Director<BR>Shelly Edgerton is a LARA Deputy
Director with oversight of Licensing and Regulation.<BR>She is charged with
oversight of Liquor Control Commission, Public Service Commission,<BR>Office of
Financial & Insurance Regulation, Fire Services and occupational and
health<BR>facility licensing. Prior to joining LARA, Shelly dedicated 27 years
of service to<BR>the state Legislature where she served most recently in the
capacity of Deputy Senate<BR>Majority of Counsel in the Senate Majority Policy
Office for 12 years. She also previously<BR>held titles of Assistant Senate
Majority Counsel, Chief of Staff for 15th District<BR>Senator Dave Honigman, and
as Senate Majority Counsel Law Clerk. She is a graduate<BR>of Western Michigan
University with Bachelor of Political Science and Master of
Public<BR>Administration degrees. She went on to receive her Juris Doctorate at
Thomas M. Cooley<BR>Law School.<BR>Rob Nederhood, Deputy Director<BR>Rob
Nederhood, Deputy Director<BR>Rob Nederhood is a LARA Deputy Director with
oversight of the Office of Regulatory<BR>Reinvention (ORR). The ORR was created
by Governor Snyder to increase the efficiency<BR>and effectiveness of Michigan's
government. The primary goal of the ORR is to work<BR>with the various
departments of state government to amend duplicative, obsolete,<BR>unnecessary
or unduly restrictive rules. This will lead to a regulatory environment<BR>that
is simple, fair, efficient, transparent and conducive to business growth
and<BR>job creation.<BR>Previously, Nederhood was an associate in the Detroit
office of Foley & Lardner LLP,<BR>where he was a member of the firm's
Transactional & Securities and Private Equity<BR>and Venture Capital
Practices. He was also a member of the Health Care and Automotive<BR>Industry
Teams.<BR>Prior to joining Foley, Nederhood was a legislative assistant in the
Michigan House<BR>of Representatives.<BR>Nederhood is a graduate of Northwestern
University School of Law, where he was a<BR>member of the editorial board of the
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology. He received<BR>his bachelor's degree
from Calvin College.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>