WRCNM Leadership

Leadership

WRCNM Leadership Team

  • Gail Kloss, Executive Director
    Overall management of the agency: policies/procedures, personnel/programming, fiscal responsibility, compliance and community/donor relations.
  • Andrea Koch, Assistant Director
    Responsible for human resources activities, personnel training/safety, administrating policies/procedures, supporting legal and regulatory compliance, collaborating with the Finance Director on payroll and benefits plans, and supervising Gold Mine Resale Shops.
  • Haley Schneider, Housing and Advocacy Program Director
    Responsible for overseeing the Domestic Abuse/Sexual Assault Program’s Safe Home, Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Transitional Supportive Housing and the 24-Hour Help and Information line.
  • Nicole Dixon, Children’s Services Program Director
    Responsible for supervising and monitoring the Children’s Learning Center, GSRP/WRCNM Preschool to ensure program standards are met and that a safe and educational children’s program is operated.
  • Rebecca Byron, Counseling and Advocacy Program Director
    Responsible for overseeing the Counseling Department, Children’s Advocacy Center and Sexual Assault/Domestic Abuse Community Resource Team Program.
  • Claire Houser, Marketing and Communications Director
    Responsible for developing and implementing internal/external communications, materials, website, and social media for WRCNM programs and services, events, and the agency in general.
  • Megan King, Outreach and Advocacy Program Director
    Responsible for supervising and monitoring the Advocacy and Systems Change initiatives and Education and Employment Services.
  • Andrea Coronado, Development Director
    Responsible for the planning and implementation of agency fundraising activities, benefits, grant writing/research, and donor relations.
  • Kelly Hoenshell, Finance Director
    Responsible for all the agency’s accounting functions, providing general and specific direction for all fiscal activities to the Executive Director.

WRCNM Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is a policy-setting group comprised of individuals committed to the WRCNM mission who may serve a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms. WRCNM Board of Directors:

  • Establish and review agency objectives, goals and missions
  • Review and approve organizational policies
  • Review and approve major plans/programs
  • Review and approve the operating budget
  • Hire and review the performance of the Executive Director

For more information, call (231) 347-0067.

2026

  • Claire Hollis Forster, President
  • Courtney Font, Treasurer
  • Laura Dinon, Secretary
  • Brooke Blanchard
  • Lyndsay Deery
  • Nikki Devitt
  • Tracey Dryovage
  • Beth Franco
  • Payton Heins
  • Debra Kiteley
  • Beth Lohman
  • Taylor Malpass
  • Diane Raab
  • Karen Ragland
  • Tabitha Simpson
  • Jen Sutter
  • Erika Van Dam (Imm. Past President)

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