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Marcia Gershenson - Brief Bio

Marcia Gershenson

​First Elected: Nov. 2004
Elected Vice Chairwoman: Jan. 2019
Current Term: Jan. 1, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2022
Boundaries: A portion of the City of Farmington Hills, as
well as portions of Bloomfield and West Bloomfield
townships
Standing Committees: Legislative Affairs and Government
Operations Committee – Majority Vice Chairperson
Other Committees & Appointments
• Animal Welfare Study Group – Chairperson
• Healthy Oakland Partnership (HOP) – Co-Founder
• Lake Board: Meadow Lake – Member
• Michigan Clean Water Corps – Partner/Lake Cleanup Organizer
• Oakland County Childhood Obesity Conference – Chair
• Reproductive Healthcare Special Committee – Chairperson
• Celebration of Women’s Suffrage Ad Hoc Committee – Chairperson
Community
• American Association of University Women (AAUW) – Member
• Gilda's Club/Metro Detroit/Cancer Support Community – Co-Founder
• Healthy Oakland Partnership – Member
• League of Women Voters (LWV) – Member
• Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) – Member
• Senior Advisory Council – Attendee
• Women's Officials Network – Former Board Member
Education/Training
• Bachelor of Arts, English with secondary teaching credentials – University of Michigan
• The Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government – Taubman Fellow and Certificate in Senior
Executives in State and Local Governments (2011)
Personal
• Commissioner Gershenson is married to Ken Robinson and has one son, Drew Gershenson. She
was an active volunteer in the Birmingham Public Schools and is a former board member of
Camp Make-A-Dream and the Michigan League of Conservation Voters. She started a Women's
Commission for Oakland County and chaired the first Oakland County Childhood Obesity
Conference.
Special Recognitions
• Women in Government Leadership Program (2016)
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