Additions to our board

Genesee County is loaded with wonderful, capable people who are helping shape our communities in positive ways. The Ruth Mott Foundation is delighted that two of these special individuals, who have spent decades helping educate and inspire others, have accepted invitations to serve as trustees on the foundation’s governing board.
Gloria Coles was director of the Flint Public Library from 1984 to 2004, and recipient of the 1995 Community Service Award. After retiring, she worked with Libraries for the Future, a two-year Lifelong Learning project funded by Atlantic Philanthropies. The Gloria Coles Black Life and Literature Collection at the library was named in her honor.
Robert (Bobby) Pestronk’s work as health officer and director for the Genesee County Health Department from 1986 to 2008 earned him national recognition for thoughtful leadership and excellence in the administration of personal, community, behavioral and environmental health programs and in regulatory affairs. He now serves as executive director of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), a Washington, D.C. based non-profit organization that works through the nation’s local health departments to ensure conditions that promote health and equity, combat disease, and improve the quality and length of all lives.
Gloria and Bobby join board members Harriet Kenworthy, Dolores Ennis and Lawrence Moon, also from Genesee County, and three members of the Mott Family. We look forward to working with them.