Board Members
Kent County residents are welcome to contact their Commissioners regarding issues of interest to them.
Messages for individual Commissioners may be left by phone with the Executive Assistant to the Board at (616) 632-7580 or (616) 632-7581. Comments may also be mailed to the Commissioners at:
Board of Commissioners Office
County Administration Building, 3rd Floor
300 Monroe Avenue NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2206, USA
The current Commissioners, their addresses and phone numbers are listed below. Commissioners whose names are followed by an:
- * serve on the Finance and Physical Resources Committee.
- # serve on the Legislative and Human Resources Committee.
Board of Commissioners' districts are created by an apportionment committee that includes the County Clerk, the Prosecutor, the County Treasurer and the chairs of the two political parties receiving the greatest number of votes cast for Secretary of State in the last general election.
Ted Vonk # 4122 Boulder Meadow Belmont, MI 49306 Phone: (616) 874-2604 vonkcommish@comcast.net |
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1 Area of Representation: Plainfield Township |
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2 Area of Representation: Alpine Township |
Tom Antor * 9341 Laubach Sparta, MI 49345 Phone: (616) 887-2614 toma911@att.net |
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 Roger Morgan * 10585 Tefft Rockford, MI 49341 Phone: (616) 866-4264 roger@rockfordambulance.com |
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3 Area of Representation: City of Cedar Springs Courtland Township Kent City Village Nelson Township City of Rockford Sand Lake Village Solon Township Spencer Township Tyrone Township County Commission Map 2001-2011 - District 3 |
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4 Area of Representation: Ada Township |
Gary Rolls * 4789 Sunflower Ridge Drive. Ada, MI 49301 Phone: (616) 874-8020 g.rolls@comcast.net |
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 Sandi Frost Parrish Board of Commissioners Chair 6625 Waybridge Dr. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Phone: (616) 949-0108 sandiparrish@hotmail.com |
District 5 Area of Representation: Bowne
Township |
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6 Area of Representation: City of
Grand Rapids |
Michael Wawee Jr. # 3747 Bradwood Ct. NW Walker, MI 49534 Phone: (616) 735-4105 mikewawee@gmail.com |
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Stan Ponstein # 3967 Edgewood Grandville, MI 49418 Phone: (616) 726-2331 sjponstein@gmail.com |
District 7 Area of Representation: City
of Grandville |
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8 Area of Representation: City of Wyoming |
Jack Boelema * 2455 Donahue Ct. SW Wyoming, MI 49519 Phone: (616) 534-5222 boelemaj@hotmail.com |
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Harold Voorhees * Finance and Physical Resources Committee Chair 5380 Kenowa Ave. Wyoming, MI 49418 Phone: (616) 534-1876 hjvoorhees1@sbcglobal.net |
District 9 Area of Representation: Byron
Township |
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10 Area of Representation: Caledonia
Township |
Bill Hirsch # 8005 Breton Ave. SE Caledonia, MI 49316 Phone: (616) 554-5458 hirschfamily3@aol.com |
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Jim Saalfeld * Finance and Physical Resources Committee Vice-Chair 205 Morningside Dr. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Phone: (616) 464-1939 jsaalfeld@att.net |
District 11 Area of Representation:
City of East Grand Rapids |
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12 Area of Representation: City of Kentwood |
Harold Mast # PO Box 8737 Kentwood, MI 49518 Phone: (616) 532-5686 hamast@comcast.net |
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 Richard Vander Molen * 2171 Fawnwood Kentwood, MI 49508 Phone: (616) 455-1562 rmolen@sbcglobal.net |
District 13 Area of Representation:
City of Kentwood |
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14 Area of Representation: City of Grand Rapids |
Carol Hennessy # Board of Commissioners Minority Party Vice-Chair Legislative & Human Resources Committee Vice-Chair 715 Hill Ave. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (616) 453-9167 cmhenn@aol.com |
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Dick Bulkowski * 1213 Watson SW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Phone: (616) 856-9055 bulkowski@att.net |
District 15 Area of Representation: City of Grand Rapids |
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16 Area of Representation: City of Grand Rapids |
Jim Talen * 323 Paris SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616) 454-2243 jtalen@aol.com |
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Candace E. Chivis # 1939 Kalamazoo Ave. Apt. B Grand Rapids, MI 49507 Phone: (616) 248-7896 candacechivis@sbcglobal.net |
District 17 Area of Representation: City of Grand Rapids |
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18 Area of Representation: City of Grand Rapids |
Dan Koorndyk # Board of Commissioners Vice-Chair and Legislative and Human Resources Committee Chair 35 Bel-Air Dr. NE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616) 458-8934 dankoorndyk@yahoo.com |
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Shana Shroll # 1612 Woodward Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Phone: (616) 292-4624 shana.e.shroll@gmail.com |
District 19 Area of Representation:
City of Grand Rapids
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