Past District Commanders Year Rank First Name Last Name Grade Squadron 1940-1941 P/D/C Lee S. Nelson N Toledo 1942-1943 P/D/C Charles R. Austerbury JN Detroit 1944-1945 P/D/C Carl J. Florian N Toledo 1946 P/D/C George N. Lilygren Grosse Pointe 1946 P/D/C Carl J. Florian N Toledo 1947-1948 P/C/C Richard S. Weber JN Detroit 1949 P/D/C Eugene C. Swift Saginaw Bay 1950-1951 P/D/C Keith E. Brooks AP Port Huron 1952-1953 P/D/C Fred L. Chalcraft, Jr. N Detroit 1954-1955 P/D/C W. Kent Fenton JN Toledo 1956-1957 P/D/C Robert L. Davis JN Grand Rapids 1958-1959 P/D/C Charles L. Fead AP Port Huron 1960-1961 P/D/C William P. Ternes JN Detroit 1962-1963 P/D/C Ray C. Stevens AP Kalamazoo 1964-1965 P/D/C James D. Happle JN Wyandotte 1966-1967 P/D/C Robert E. Stanley N Detroit 1968-1969 P/D/C Elliott B. Spreen AP Kalamazoo 1970-1971 P/D/C John J. Wetzel N Grosse Pointe 1972-1973 P/C/C Richard W. Miner SN Birmingham 1974 P/D/C Frank R. Veit JN Grand Rapids 1975 P/D/C Everett R. Clark N Toledo 1976 P/D/C George A. Richardson SN Ann Arbor 1977 P/D/C James L. Mitts SN Kalamazoo 1978 P/R/C James C. Acheson SN Port Huron 1979 P/D/C Richard C. Rateich SN Grosse Ile 1980 P/D/C Robert C. McLravy JN Lansing 1981 P/D/C Odell C. Mercer SN Wyandotte 1982 P/D/C Don L. Bender SN Dearborn 1983 P/D/C Marvin W. Warmels SN Peace River (D22) 1984 P/C/C Theodore H. Smith SN Grosse Pointe 1985 P/D/C William J. Morrison SN Marathon (D8) 1986 P/R/C Gene R. Van Rhee SN Lansing 1987 P/R/C P/N/F/Lt Dick Jarmon SN Birmingham ✦ 1988 P/R/C Lewis W. Dance SN Cape Coral (D22) 1989 P/D/C William J. Bayer SN Warren 1990 P/D/C James R. Leonard SN Lansing 1991 P/D/C Fred C. Sellenraad SN Sarasota (D22) 1992 P/D/C Gerald G. Burpee SN Sable Point 1993 P/Stf/C Edwin R. Schwenk SN Grosse Ile 1994 P/D/C Joseph S. VanBlerck SN Mt. Clemens 1995 P/D/C P/R/C E. Steven Jensen JN Lansing ✦ 1996 P/D/C Rick Mack SN Port Huron 1997 P/D/C James M. Gabocy SN Grosse Ile ✦ 1998 P/D/C Michael M. Maziasz N Birmingham 1999 P/D/C Gert A. Baldwin JN St. Louis (D30) 2000 P/R/C Allan F. Harold SN Ann Arbor 2001 P/D/C John C. Bennett SN Grosse Pointe 2002 P/Stf/C W. Lyle Rea SN Peace River (D22) 2003 P/D/C Richard P. Gallop SN Mt. Clemens 2004 P/D/C Michael J. Rachuk SN Anchor Bay 2005 P/D/C James G. Knaggs SN Flint 2006 P/D/C Denise C. Samu AP Birmingham ✦ 2007 P/D/C Jerry L. Stephan AP Grand Traverse Bay 2008 P/D/C Denise Brooks AP Port Huron 2009 P/D/C Bryan L. Bartlett SN Detroit 2010 P/D/C James D. Draper JN Flint 2011 P/D/C P/R/C Stf/C Mary Ann Jensen SN Lansing 2012 P/D/C Linda J. Lalonde P Dearborn 2013 P/D/C William A. Stano JN Grosse Pointe 2014 P/D/C R/C H. Jay Stevens SN Lansing 2015 P/D/C Dawn L. Flynn JN Lansing 2016 P/D/C Anthony C. Lewandowski AP Birmingham 2017 P/D/C Janet Marie Klumpp AP Mount Clemens 2018 P/D/C Michael J. Babiarz AP Grosse Pointe 2019-2020 P/D/C Ralph J Ziegler JN Lansing 2021 P/D/C Janet Hartesvelt P Grand Traverse Bay 2022 P/D/C Alanna Harvey P Lansing Deceased ✦ No Longer District 9 Member.