Board Officers
David Burkhardt, FPS Board Chair, is the youngest of six children, all born in Detroit. He grew up in Birmingham, Michigan, and attended Western Michigan University where he earned his BBA with a concentration in Business Management and Finance. Following graduation, David joined Xerox Corporation and worked in the Detroit area for ten years. After moving to Chicago in 1995, he worked at startup companies and Fortune 500 firms in various sales leadership roles. Outside of work, he enjoys volunteering in his community, most recently serving twelve years on the board for SamaraCare Counseling, including time as president. David met his wife Barbara in college. They married in 1986 and have three children. The family has vacationed in the Leelanau Peninsula for more than 25 years and each time they visited they grew more attached to Fishtown. In 2021 David and Barbara moved permanently to Leland and live a short bike ride away from downtown Leland.
Bruce Hagen, FPS Vice-Chair, grew up in Burlington, WI. He earned an undergraduate degree at UW-Eau Claire, and went on to complete graduate school at UW-Madison in 1979. He has been in healthcare administration since then, first in Wausau, WI, and then in Grand Rapids, MI from 1985 to 2003. He was with Blodgett Memorial Medical Center and then Spectrum Health when Blodgett later merged with Butterworth. From there he went to Columbus, OH for about 20 years until his retirement in February, 2023. Bruce’s personal interests include golf, reading, crossword puzzles, and fly fishing. He began fishing as a kid and has been fishing in places such as Canada, Alaska, and Chile, but the Great Lakes have remained a special place to him. He and his wife Cindy have two daughters, Lindsay Ypma and Abby Everson, and five grandkids, all of whom love spending time in Leelanau. Bruce is happy to be a part of FPS to support both Fishtown and the Leland community.
Board Directors
Berkley W. Duck III, retired in 2001 as a managing partner of Ice Miller, a large Indianapolis-based law firm, where his practice included corporate governance and finance, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions. Berkley is a past chairman of Indiana Repertory Theatre, Conner Prairie Museum, and Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. He is currently serving as the chairman of the board of directors of the Leland Township Public Library and as a member of the board of Leelanau Children’s Center. He is the author of Twilight at Conner Prairie: The Creation, Betrayal and Rescue of a Museum, which describes development and resolution of a governance dispute between museum and its trustee, and The Grapevine, a crime novel. Berkley is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School. He and his wife, Nancy, are residents of Leland. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Kathleen (Kathy) O’Neill Jamieson Kathleen is an educational consultant specializing in leadership and non-profit governance. She currently serves as chair for the Women in Leadership Program at the Association of Independent Schools of the Greater Washington Area (AISGW). Formerly head of National Cathedral School in Washington, DC, Kathy led the school for 16 years before retiring in 2019. She has served on numerous boards, including AISGW, The Peck School (NJ), and the Enrollment Management Association. She chaired AISGW’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and participated in accreditation work with NJAIS and AIMS. Kathy is also the founding head of the EAB Independent School Executive Forum in DC. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she holds a master’s in educational administration from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her introduction to Fishtown was as a teenager with a summer job in one of the shanties. Kathy and her husband Dan have three adult daughters and seven grandchildren, all of whom consider Leland their home away from home.
Bob Korroch and his wife Katie, both Lansing natives, now reside full-time in Suttons Bay after a 40-year journey that took them across the East Coast with Bob’s U.S. Coast Guard career. They spent 30 years in Williamsburg, Virginia, where they and their two daughters enjoyed participating in historical interpretation at sites like Jamestown and Yorktown. Bob served four years at sea, including as Commanding Officer of a patrol boat, before becoming a Coast Guard attorney. He holds a JD from William & Mary and an LLM from George Washington University. His legal career focused on government procurement law, both in the Coast Guard and later in private practice. Following retirement from active duty, Bob spent over 20 years at Williams Mullen, where he co-chaired the Government Contracts group and served on the Board of Directors. Bob also chaired the board of a major nonprofit in Hampton, VA. He and Katie have two married daughters and two grandchildren.
George Meeker is a lifelong summer resident of the Leland area who retired here with his wife, Cindy, in 2014. George graduated from Ohio State with a Business degree and the University of Miami, Florida with his M.B.A. After starting his career in sales with the Hobart Corporation, he then worked as a Manufacturer’s Representative for thirty years representing aluminum casting and extrusion businesses, selling products throughout Ohio and Indiana. Outside of work, George has been involved in service to his community’s United Way, Hospital Foundation, Nature Center, Church, Community Bank and various social organizations. George and Cindy have three married children and ten grandchildren who have learned to love the Leland area as much as they do. George is interested in helping to keep Fishtown and the surrounding community strong and vibrant for future generations.
Brian Price was involved in the commercial fishing industry for 18 years. He worked for Ross Lang fishing out of Leland and Munising from 1973-85, he then became Captain/Trainer on a trap net, fishing for the Grand Traverse band from 1985-88. With his deep interest in both land and water conservation issues, Brian began working for the Leelanau Conservancy in 1988, leading that organization as Executive Director for over 25 years. Brian and Susan have four children and seven grandchildren, and live on a farm in Cleveland Township. In 2018 Brian took on the job of Lake Biologist for the Lake Leelanau Lake Association, and leads its effort preserve water quality in the lake and also to bring invasive Eurasian Watermilfoil under control.
Ken Richmond, AIA, founder and partner at Ken Richmond, Architect, in Traverse City has over 35 years’ experience in residential, commercial, and civic architecture, with an interest in village, township and development master planning, vernacular architecture in new buildings and Historic Preservation. His work has gained recognition throughout the region. Ken has earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Notre Dame and taught design there from 1988-1990 as adjunct professor. He is active in growth issues and the built environment. His community affiliations have included the Traverse City Historic Districts Commission, Traverse City Planning Commission, Downtown Development Authority Advisory Committee, Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, Friends of Historic Commons and Fishtown Preservation Society as well as affiliation with many other groups specifically focused to save and repurpose important buildings.
Kevin Shea, Bio coming soon.
Joanie Woods, Chairman Emeritus, resides in Leland and is very active in a broad range of community activities. Joanie was the former Chair of Leelanau Conservancy’s Wildflower Rescue, and of the Leelanau Heritage Route. Joanie graduated from Abbot Academy (now Andover), and received a B.A. from the University of Colorado.