The Grosse Pointe Struggle Memorial Affiliation has named its CFO, Maria Miller, to function interim president and CEO.
Miller will transfer into the brand new function efficient Feb. 1, whereas persevering with to additionally function CFO of the group throughout the nonprofit’s seek for a everlasting chief.
In a associated transfer, the group, which operates the Struggle Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms, promoted Chief Administrative Officer Nikki Charbonneau to COO.
Miller steps in for Charles Burke who led the group since 2014 and is becoming a member of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids as president and CEO on Feb. 13.
Throughout her 10 months with The Struggle Memorial, Miller has stabilized the finance construction, automating and streamlining features for optimum efficiencies, the Struggle Memorial stated in a launch. She has additionally established the monetary framework for a group basis the Struggle Memorial is growing.
Miller, 59, served as vp of finance at Beaumont Well being earlier than becoming a member of the Struggle Memorial. In that function, she oversaw finance for the Beaumont Grosse Pointe campus and for the system’s diversified operations, together with as much as a dozen distinct off-campus enterprise traces price $700 million.
Positioned on the grounds of the historic Alger Property on the shores of Lake St. Clair, The Struggle Memorial is dwelling to the Fred M. Alger Heart for Arts, Tradition, and Humanities and the Les Braves Park and Gardens, which is scheduled to open this spring.
The brand new heart opened final November as a part of a $40 million campus plan that additionally contains renovations to the historic home and group wing on its north aspect, a redesign of the grounds and backyard and a significant artwork set up.
Fred Alger, the founding father of Wall Avenue agency Alger Administration, whose household donated the Struggle Memorial property over 70 years in the past, donated $20 million in assist of the challenge.
The Struggle Memorial affords applications to honor veterans, engagement experiences for adults and youngsters, group occasions and celebrations and area for hospitality occasions. It serves about 250,000 individuals every year.