The MBA consists of 7 members, 6 to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of 6 years each. The governor shall not appoint more than 3 members of the same political party. The seventh member is the Director of the Department of Transportation or his or her designee from within the Department of Transportation who shall provide the authority board with input and expertise relating to this state’s transportation system.

Original Board Members

Prentiss M. Brown, Chairman
Charles T. Fisher, Jr., Vice-Chair
William J. Cochran
George A. Osborn
Murray D. Van Wagoner
Fred M. Zeder

Chairmen of the Board

Prentiss M. Brown (1950 – 1973)
Charles T. Fisher III (1974-1997)
Patrick P. Gribben (1997-1999)
Murray D. Wikol (1999-2002)
William H Gnodtke (2002 – 2018)
Patrick “Shorty” F. Gleason (present)

Current Board Members

Patrick “Shorty” F. Gleason, Chairman
Term ends 6/30/2028

Marianna Cheeseman
Term ends 6/30/2026

William G. Milliken, Jr.
Term ends 6/30/2026

Barbara Arens
Term ends 6/30/2028

 

Marty Fittante
Term ends 6/30/2030

R. Dan Musser III
Term ends 6/30/2030

 

Brad Wieferich
MDOT Director

 

Former Board Members

Prentiss M. Brown 1950 – 1974	Charles T. Fisher, Jr. 1950 – 1958	William J. Cochran 1950 – 1967	George A. Osborn 1950 – 1972
Murray D. Van Wagoner 1950 – 1986	Fred M. Zeder 1950 – 1951	Mead L. Bricker 1951 – 1964	Elizabeth Briggs Fisher 1958 – 1967
Ben W. Calvin 1964 – 1977	Wheeler J. Witte 1967 – 1970	Charles T. Fisher III 1967 – 1997	O.K. Grettenberger 1970 – 1991
George W. Wilson 1972 – 1989	Ralph B. K. Peterson 1974 – 1987	Mary S. Sharp 1979 – 1981	Delores Ferguson 1981 – 1996
Patrick P Gribben, Jr. 1987 – 1999	Jon G. LaSalle 1987 – 1994   2004 – 2005	Eunice K. Bareham 1989 – 1996	Jack D. Krueger 1994 – 1999
Thomas Guastello 1998 – 2004	Cameron G. Priebe 1998 – 2004	Elsa C. Schaller 1996 – 2006	Angelo S. Lanni 1996 – 2006
Murray D. Wikol 1991 – 2014	Robert C. Struck 2006 – 2014	Barbara Arens 2014 – 2018	R. Dan Musser III 2006-2018
William H. Gnodtke 1997-2018	Barbara J. Brown 2005-2019	Matt McLogan 2014 – 2020	Brad Canale 2018 – 2020
Amy Trahey 2019 – 2022	Tricia Kinley 2018 – 2024	Kirk T. Steudle 2018 – 2024