{"id":20,"date":"2023-04-19T17:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-11-02T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:30:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About US"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span class=\"Subhead---Blue-Bold\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">NARFE Is Your Association<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">NARFE is the association for federal employees and retirees. Members have access to a full range of benefits that provide reliable information, quality service, extra savings and security. Locally, NARFE chapters offer the opportunity to engage in grassroots advocacy and leadership roles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-content btn-primary btn-lg\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/lp\/join-54z\/?utm_source=mi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JOIN TODAY!<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Michigan Federation Executive Board \u2013 If you want more information send us a message \u2013<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Us \u2013 NARFE Michigan Federation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Executive Board:<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/federation-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 Joe De Sira<br>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/federation-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice President<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \u2013 David Adams<br>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/federation-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretary<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 Sallye McGill<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/federation-treasurer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Treasurer<\/span><\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Bruce Miles<br>\nChaplain \u2013\u00a0Sharon Reo<br>\nSergeant at Arms \u2013 Mary Winfield<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/federation-membership-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Membership Chair<\/span><\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Frances Johnston<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/alzheimers-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Alzheimer\u2019s Chair<\/span><\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Jocelyn Dillard<br>\nNARFE PAC Chair \u2013 Joe DeSira<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1245 alignleft img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/MI-Areas-300x241.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/MI-Areas-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/MI-Areas.png 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/contact-fed-1st-area-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Area 1st Vice President<\/strong><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Mamie L. Cokley<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/contact-fed-2nd-area-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Area 2nd Vice Presiden<\/span>t<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Bruce Miles<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/contact-fed-3rd-area-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Area 3rd Vice President<\/strong><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Dale Ollila<\/p>\n<p>Area 4th Vice President \u2013 Patricia Baldes<\/p>\n<p>Federation Officers, elected by ballot, shall be President, Vice President, four (4) Area Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Chaplain, and Sergeant-at-Arms. The elected officers, together with the Immediate Past President constitutes the Executive Board. Send a direct message to the specific officer by clicking on the position that is underlined and message will go directly to the officer.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"Subhead---Blue-Bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/page_23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MICHIGAN\u2019S FEDERAL FAMILY<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>NARFE Is Your Information Resource \u2013 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/federal-benefits-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NARFE Federal Benefits Institute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"Subhead---Blue-Bold\">NARFE Is Your Legislative Voice \u2013 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/advocacy\/legislative-action-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NARFE Legislative Action Center.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/communications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NARFE Media<\/strong><\/a>, which includes\u00a0<em>NARFE Magazine<\/em>\u00a0and the weekly\u00a0<em>NARFE NewsLine\u00a0<\/em>e-newsletter. It is your comprehensive hub of federal legislative analysis and reporting on Capitol Hill and agency developments concerning compensation, retirement and health benefits. It includes features on your best life as you approach, navigate and enjoy retirement. In other words, NARFE provides the information you need to make the best pre- and post-retirement choices.<\/p>\n<h5>If you want to learn more about NARFE here is a short video of the history for you:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lpW80Z5axgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NARFE \u2013 100 Years of Service<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Michigan Federation list of officers, history, and year-round special projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}