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MIRA FOUNDATION BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Auday Arabo
Chairman

John Denha
Secretary

James V. Bellanca, Jr.
Trustee

Vanessa Denha
Trustee

Paul Elhindi
Trustee

Robert Feldman
Trustee

Tiffany Otis-Albert
Trustee

Mike Quinn
Trustee

Angela Thomas
Trustee

Ed Weglarz
Trustee

Nabby Yono
Trustee

Especially in this difficult economy and with so many regulations, we need to have people who can speak for our industry and fight for our causes.”

“I want MIRA’s base to be wider because new members mean a larger organization and a stronger voice – which enables organizations like MIRA to affect what happens in local, state, and federal government – and a strong voice depends on building a good, solid base.

Fred Dally
Medicine Chest, Detroit MI
We take advantage of a lot of the beverage and meat programs MIRA provides. They make us stronger. Without these programs, as a single operator, you have no voice, but when MIRA negotiates for you, now you’re a voice of thousands.

Sam Shina
Banner Supermarket
I look forward to building my relationship with Auday and the other board members and being part of such an important association that gives back to the community we serve.

Ken Hebert
Coca-Cola
MIRA is a good organization, very community focused,” “The biggest benefit is the government relations interface. They lobby for all of us and work for our rights on issues like federal and state taxes,” “MIRA was behind the initiative to spread food stamps out across the month, which has been very helpful, and they are working hard on the bottle recycling issue, which is painful and expensive for retailers to maintain. We couldn’t do it alone.

Gary Gerlach
Orchard Markets
It’s very important to be part of the industry you serve. MIRA is an important organization and being part of a great team gives us the voice to fight for what we believe in and the power to know we are being treated fairly.”

“Unity is our strength, and the more members we have, the stronger we become.

Frank Ayar
Walter's Shopping Place, Hamtramck MI
It’s important to have oil lobbyists on your side, and MIRA provides that. If you have a problem, there was always something that MIRA could do. They gave us strength in numbers when dealing with oil companies.

Tracy Stanton
Former gas station owner