North Ed Foundation Board

North Ed Foundation Board Meetings | 2024-25:

All meetings will begin at 3 p.m. in the REMC Conference Room at Northwest Education Services Career Tech, 880 Parsons Road, Traverse City, MI 49686.

  • Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024
  • Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
  • Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025
  • Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025
  • Tuesday, April 1, 2025
  • Tuesday, May 6, 2025



North Ed Foundation Board Members


Patrick Lamb, President

Patrick Lamb attended Central Michigan University earning a Bachelor of Science degree. He attended Olivet College to receive his teaching certificate and began teaching at Lake Leelanau St. Mary. Mr. Lamb then moved to Northport Public School, serving as Principal from 2001-2004. During this time, he received his Master of Arts in Educational Administration from Central Michigan University. 

In 2004, Pat became Assistant Principal at Northwest Education Services Career Tech and was hired as Principal in 2010. In July, 2019, Mr. Lamb was promoted to Assistant Superintendent of Career & Technical Education and Community Outreach. Pat has served on numerous boards including Children and Family Services, Northwest Michigan Skilled Trades Foundation, and the Networks Northwest Executive Committee. Mr. Lamb has been an integral part of the North Ed Foundation, serving as Board President since its inception. Mr. Lamb resides in Suttons Bay with his three daughters.


Sue Zell, Vice President

Sue Zell graduated from Western Michigan University in 1971 with a secondary teaching certificate in English, Communication, and Driver Education. She then earned Advanced Degrees in Reading, Special Education (1990), and School Administration (1994) from Oakland University.

During her 46 years in education, Sue taught special education, reading, English, drama, driver education, and spent time as an adjunct professor for Grand Valley State University at Traverse City’s University Center. She also served as an elementary principal in Dryden, Michigan and Traverse City and was the Early Childhood Supervisor for TBAISD (now Northwest Education Services) from 2001-2005. Sue resides in Traverse City and enjoys substitute “principal-ing” for TCAPS, reading to students, traveling the world, junk shopping, and spending time with her son and her two granddaughters.


Kevin Gay, Treasurer

Kevin Gay was a lifelong Midland resident and community member until his retirement as Partner and CFO from Three Rivers Corporation in 2015 when he and his wife Sharron relocated to Northern Michigan. While in Midland, Kevin served on many boards and councils as either treasurer or president. These included the Midland Area Community Foundation, the Arnold Center, the Midland County Chamber of Commerce, and the Midland County Housing Commission.

Kevin and Sharron’s three adult sons include an accountant, a high school science teacher, and a welding engineer. Kevin’s commitment to education and career development led him to serve on the North Ed Foundation Board starting in 2023. In Kevin’s downtime, you can find him working in the woodshop, tending the garden and orchard, catching a few fish, spending time with his grandkids, or teeing off on the course.


Kris Wendland, Secretary

Kris Wendland earned her Bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in Special Education for students with Emotional Impairments. She began her teaching career in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and earned a Master’s Degree in Learning Disabilities from Central Michigan University. She also earned a Master’s Degree in Counseling and became a Licensed Professional Counselor.  

Kris and her husband moved to Traverse City in 1990 where Kris worked for Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District (now Northwest Education Services) for 29 years. She served for 10 years as a teacher at New Campus (Creekside), 4 years as a teacher consultant, and 15 years as counselor at the Career-Tech Center, retiring in 2019 after 40 wonderful years in education.  Kris is actively involved in church committees and music ministry.  She enjoys hiking, kayaking and rowing.  Kris and her husband have two sons and two grandchildren.


Linda Bielecki, Director

Linda Bielecki studied accountancy at Ferris State University, earning her Bachelor of Science in 2001. Her 25 year career as a school business official began in Bellaire Public Schools. After eight years, Linda was hired by Northwest Education Services and served 16 years, retiring as the Chief Financial Officer in 2023. Throughout her career, Linda has been a lifelong learner, earning a master’s degree in Human Resources and an educational specialist degree in Educational Leadership from Central Michigan University. She has a passion for public education and has served on several state-level committees to support school business initiatives. Linda resides in Mancelona with her husband, Linden.


Abigail Bosco, Director

Abigail Bosco is an experienced attorney with a strong background in litigation. A native of Scottsdale, Arizona, Ms. Bosco has deep family ties (Fourth Generation) to Michigan and a special connection to the Traverse City area, which she now calls home. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and went on to earn her Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School in May 2018. She is licensed to practice law in both Michigan and Arizona. 

While still in law school, Abigail worked as a clerk at the Michigan Court of Appeals, where she researched and prepared briefs for the Hon. Judge Christopher Murray. After graduating law school, she joined the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office working as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. Currently a member of the team at Alward Fisher, Ms. Bosco practices in the areas of business banking, evictions and foreclosures, business development, real estate, criminal law and general civil litigation. 

Ms. Bosco enjoys giving back to the surrounding community, currently serving on the Board of Governors and Officers for the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association. In her free time, she enjoys running, fishing, archery, hunting, boating, playing euchre, and spending time with her black Labrador, Rio.


Kathleen Guy, Director

Coming from a family of teachers and educational administrators, Kathleen Guy has always held a deep belief in the value of education. It’s part of her DNA. The product of a community college experience that had a profound influence on her chosen life’s work, she held various positions in higher education advancement for more than 30 years while also co-founding the Eaton Cummings Group. When Kathleen began consulting with community colleges and other nonprofits, the concept of creating supplemental revenue streams through philanthropy was still fairly new. Even today, she finds that many organizations still assume they must constrain their vision based on the limitations of available public or fee-for-service funding. 

In her downtime, Kathleen loves spending time with her four young grandchildren, enjoying every season in the outdoors snowshoeing, hiking, kayaking and pontooning; volunteering on several nonprofit boards in her community; traveling to places like Africa (where she recently participated in a Rotary service project to build a secondary school), listening to music and reading. She is also working on two books about the future of community colleges and philanthropy. On her best weeks, she also enjoys reading the Sunday New York Times cover to cover without interruptions over a cup of really good coffee. 


Chet Janik, Director

During his 42-year career, Chet Janik served as Director of Student and Campus Services, Director of Community Outreach, and Assistant to two Presidents at Northwestern Michigan College, in addition to serving as Superintendent of Buckley Community Schools, Superintendent of the Charlevoix Public Schools, and 10 years as the Leelanau County Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. He is currently a consultant with the Michigan Leadership Institute. 

Throughout his career, Mr. Janik has been active in professional and service organizations. He served as the Government Relations and Special Projects Coordinator for Northwest Education Services (then-Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District), assisting numerous public and private school districts, nonprofits and local governments with strategic planning, fundraising leadership and board governance. Chet's community service includes (but is not limited to) President of the Suttons Bay Rotary Club, United Way Campaign Leader, Lions Club of Charlevoix, American Red Cross and Grand Traverse Chamber of Commerce, where he served as Director of the Leadership Program. 

He earned his Bachelor’s and Master's degrees from Central Michigan University and post-master's credits in administrative leadership from the University of Nebraska. Chet was born in Krakow, Poland, and has dual citizenship. He has been married to Jane for 40 years and they have 3 children and 4 grandchildren.


Karmin Olds, Director

Karmin Olds is a longtime resident of Northwest Michigan, having moved to Traverse City in 1985. She is a member of the graduating class of 1992 from Traverse City Senior High School. She attended Central Michigan University and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with teaching certifications in Spanish and Biology in 1997. While teaching at Kalkaska High School, Karmin earned her Master of Arts in School Counseling from Western Michigan University in 2003.

After devoting several years to mothering four young children, Karmin returned to education in 2012 to teach one more year before accepting a position as school counselor at Kalkaska High School in 2013. Since 2019, Karmin has served as a school counselor at Northwest Education Services Career Tech. She resides with her husband and children in Williamsburg.


Lisa Thomas, Director

Lisa Thomas received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Western Michigan University in 1991. Over the past 33 years, Lisa has worked in both the child welfare field and in higher education. She has worked for Child and Family Services and Bethany Christian Services in both foster care and adoption. In 2011, Lisa began working for Northwestern Michigan College in the Student Life Office, and she was promoted to Dean of Students at the college in 2016.

She has served on the Child and Family Services Board of Directors, NW Michigan Infant Mental Health Board, and, beginning in 2023, serves on the Northwest Education Services Board of Education. Lisa and her husband reside in Traverse City and are the proud foster and adoptive parents of four children.


Nick Ceglarek, Ed.D., Director

Dr. Nicholas Ceglarek studied mathematics, statistics and psychology at Grand Valley State University, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education in 1996. Upon graduation, Dr. Ceglarek began his career at Rockford Public Schools as a mathematics and AP calculus teacher.  While teaching, he graduated from Grand Valley State University with a master’s degree in Educational Leadership and later received his Doctor of Education degree from Eastern Michigan University.  With 29 years of experience and 22 as superintendent, Dr. Ceglarek is passionate about ensuring every student has a pathway for a meaningful life. In July 2018 Dr. Ceglarek was appointed superintendent for Northwest Education Services. He resides in Traverse City with his wife and has two sons.



North Ed Foundation Supporters

Tim Quinn, Director of Donor Engagement

Tim Quinn began his career as an English teacher, rose through the ranks of public education and was appointed Superintendent of Green Bay Public Schools in Wisconsin. He then served a term as Wisconsin’s Deputy State Superintendent and then one year as Vice President before serving seven years as President of Northwestern Michigan College.

While at NMC, Dr. Quinn was honored to have been part of a team that oversaw construction and completed fundraising for the Dennos Museum Center; established the vision, recruited partners and raised funds to establish the NMC University Center; and created and raised funds to endow the Commitment Scholarship program.

Tim was then recruited by The University of Michigan where he led the planning and design team for Michigan Virtual, serving as the founding Executive and Board Chair.

In 1998, he founded the Michigan Leadership Institute, focusing on the training, placement and support of school superintendents. While heading up MLI, he was recruited by The Broad Foundation of Los Angeles, California, to serve as the founding Managing Director of The Broad Center for School Management, which has since been endowed at Yale University. Since his retirement in 2010, he has published books on the topics of leadership, instructional leadership and governance.

Dr. Quinn holds a Ph.D. from The University of Michigan and was recognized with honorary doctoral degrees from Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan and Grand Valley State universities for statewide leadership in the field of education.


Maggie Johnson, Administrative Volunteer

Maggie Johnson spent decades volunteering and working for nonprofits before earning her Associate Degree in General Studies from Northwestern Michigan College as a working, newly-single mother. Whenever she gets the opportunity, Maggie gratefully shares about how her support team and generous scholarship donors changed her family’s future during her time as an NMC student. After completing her degree, Maggie was hired at Northwest Education Services (North Ed) Career Tech as the executive assistant. She credits all of her professional success to being a Career Tech graduate herself. Maggie is honored to support the efforts of the North Ed Foundation and truly believes in the work being done. When Maggie isn’t in her office, you can find her behind a sewing machine, in the garden or spending time with her chickens. She and her husband, Ross, are proud mom and bonus dad of two middle schoolers.