LIVONIA – At its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, the Board of Trustees of Schoolcraft College welcomed Eric Stempien as its newest member. Stempien was sworn in as a trustee by his mother, the Honorable Jeanne Stempien, Wayne County 3rd Circuit Court Judge.
Stempien was appointed to the Board of Trustees earlier this month to complete the final year of a six-year term, ending December 31, 2012, of board member Patricia Watson who recently retired from the board. He has indicated that he does plan to run for a full term in the November 2012 general election, which would begin January 1, 2013.
Stempien currently serves as the General Counsel for Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service. Before working at Superior, he was employed at Strategic Public Affairs, a government relations and public policy firm in Novi, Michigan. Prior to his time at SPA, he was the managing partner in a law firm in Northville, Michigan, focusing his practice in the areas of employment litigation, real estate, zoning and land use.
Stempien earned his B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1994 and a law degree, cum laude, from Wayne State University in 1998. He serves as a case evaluator for United States District Court and the Wayne County Circuit Court. He was also selected to serve on the American Arbitration Association’s Employment Advisory Panel. He is a former member of the Representative Assembly for the State Bar of Michigan and is a past president of the Livonia Jaycees. He lives in Livonia with his wife Mary and two daughters.
Board seats have six-year terms. The seven-member Board of Trustees serves as the college’s policy-making body. To be considered a candidate for the position, an applicant must be a registered voter and a resident of the Schoolcraft College district, which includes the Clarenceville, Garden City, Livonia, Northville, and Plymouth-Canton school districts and part of the Novi school district.