Mackinac Bridge Authority

Spanning the Straits of Mackinac since 1957

Meet the Board Members

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
Barbara Arens
Term ends 6/30/2028
Tricia Kinley
Term ends 6/30/2024
Kirk T. Steudle
Term ends 6/30/2024
 
Marianna Cheeseman
Term ends 6/30/2026
William G. Milliken, Jr.
Term ends 6/30/2026
 
Brad Wieferich
MDOT Director
 
 

Former Board Members

 

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Prentiss M. Brown
1950 – 1974

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Charles T. Fisher, Jr.
1950 – 1958

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William J. Cochran
1950 – 1967

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George A. Osborn
1950 – 1972

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Murray D. Van Wagoner
1950 – 1986

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Fred M. Zeder
1950 – 1951

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Mead L. Bricker
1951 – 1964

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Elizabeth Briggs Fisher
1958 – 1967

Ben W. Calvin
1964 – 1977

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Wheeler J. Witte
1967 – 1970

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Charles T. Fisher III
1967 – 1997

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O.K. Grettenberger
1970 – 1991

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George W. Wilson
1972 – 1989

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Ralph B. K. Peterson
1974 – 1987

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Mary S. Sharp
1979 – 1981

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Delores Ferguson
1981 – 1996

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Patrick P Gribben, Jr.
1987 – 1999

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Jon G. LaSalle
1987 – 1994   2004 – 2005

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Eunice K. Bareham
1989 – 1996

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Jack D. Krueger
1994 – 1999

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Thomas Guastello
1998 – 2004

Cameron G. Priebe
1998 – 2004

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Elsa C. Schaller
1996 – 2006

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Angelo S. Lanni
1996 – 2006

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Murray D. Wikol
1991 – 2014
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Robert C. Struck
2006 – 2014
Arens
Barbara Arens
2014 – 2018
R. Dan Musser III
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