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

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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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