The Albion College Board of Trustees will welcome five new members starting in July.

Trustees establish the goals of the college, determine its major features and policies, approve their implementation, and provide for the effective support, administration, and advancement of the college.

Its membership includes up to six trustees representing the United Methodist Church, which has been historically related to the college since its founding in 1835, as well as two recent graduates elected to serve staggered, two-year terms. Term limits for trustees will normally be four terms of three years each (a total of 12 years), subject to positive evaluations.

The new members are:

Gregg Colburn ’95

Gregg is the Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed University Professor and associate professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. He publishes research on topics related to housing and homelessness and is co-author of the book, Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns. Gregg is also co-author of the recently released book, Affordable Housing in the United States. His research has been featured in leading media outlets, including The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, and National Public Radio.

Gregg is the founder and academic director of the Housing Futures Center at the University of Washington, serves as a member of the Bellwether Housing Board of Directors, is co-chair of the University of Washington’s Homelessness Research Initiative, and is a member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness Research Council.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Albion College, an MBA from Northwestern University, and a MSW and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Prior to academia, he worked as an investment banker and private equity professional with Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citadel Investment Group.

Kearney Miller ’25 – Recent Graduate Trustee

Kearney is development coordinator at Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. At Albion, she was a captain of the varsity softball team, a member of the Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service, a sister of Delta Gamma, and served on the executive board of the Panhellenic Council.

She was also an active member of the Student Volunteer Bureau and worked on campus as a first-year experience mentor and a political science research assistant. She was also a winner of the Lux Fiat Award.

A political science and history major at Albion, and she has used the study of these areas to fuel her passion for non-profit work. At the conservancy, she supports the mission of the riverfront through fundraising efforts. The conservancy has revitalized the riverwalk in the heart of the city, allowing for greater equity and access to the riverfront and associated spaces for all residents.

Mike Frandsen

Mike was unanimously elected the 15th president of Wittenberg University. His tenure officially began July 1, 2017 and was scheduled to conclude on June 30, 2025.

Mike came to Wittenberg from Oberlin College where he served as vice president for finance and administration. In addition to overseeing finance and accounting, facilities, human resources, information technology, and investments at Oberlin, Mike served on the strategic planning steering committee and the enrollment management team. During his tenure, Oberlin undertook several major construction projects, including the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center, a mixed-use facility that received LEED Platinum certification.

Prior to joining Oberlin in 2014, Mike spent 10 years at Albion College, where he held four different roles. Initially a faculty member in economics and management, he went on to serve as director of the Gerstacker Institute for Business and Management, an honors business program. In 2009, he joined the senior leadership team as vice president for finance and administration. For his final year at Albion, 2013-14, he was interim president.

Before his years in higher education, Mike worked in corporate finance for global companies in the telecommunication, chemical, and electronics industries. Although his posts were always domestic, he worked for companies based in Canada, Germany and France, as well as the United States, in his more than 10 years in the corporate world.

Frandsen earned his Ph.D. in management from the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds an MBA and bachelor’s degree in finance from The Pennsylvania State University.

Margaret E. (Meg) Goebel ’79

Meg was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her professional career was with the Paul Goebel Group, an independent insurance agency from 1982-2023. She served as its president/CEO from 1994 to her retirement in December 2023 and owner from 1994-2015, when the agency was sold to Acrisure LLC.

Meg remains involved in many community organizations on a volunteer basis, often in leadership positions. Among them are the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce (chair 2011), Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Broadway Grand Rapids, University of Michigan Health-West Foundation, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Alvin M. Bentley Foundation, and the YWCA.

She received the “Women of Achievement & Courage” award from the Michigan Women Forward (formerly Michigan Women’s Foundation) in 2019; the ATHENA Leadership Award in 2022 from the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce; and the Grand Rapids Art Museum’s “Live Artfully” award in 2024. The Grand Rapids Business Journal named Meg one of “The 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan” in 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2003 and the “Top Women-Owned Businesses” in 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, and 2005.

Margaret (Peggy) M. Sindt ’73

Peggy graduated from Albion with a bachelor’s degree in English and earned her MBA in management and marketing from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She retired in 2016 as the president and CEO of Albion Economic Development Corporation (EDC). She was with the EDC for more than 20 years. Previously she worked for the college, last as associate director of facilities, as well as serving as regional marketing manager for a title insurance company, and working as a real estate agent.

Peggy is a Homestead Savings Bank (Albion) emeritus board member and immediate past chair. She has served on many other boards, including Battle Creek Health Systems, Battle Creek Community Partners, Albion Community Foundation, Albion Health Care Alliance, to name a few. She has chaired numerous boards and served as a Rotary assistant governor. She currently serves as treasurer for the Calhoun County unit of the League of Women Voters.

Peggy’s husband Conrad ’69 passed away in February 2020. He was circuit judge for Calhoun County, including serving as chief judge, and retired in 2015. They are the namesakes of the Conrad J. and Margaret Meyer Sindt Experiential Learning Endowment. The Richard and Barbara Meyer Student Research Endowment is a fund named in honor of her parents (both deceased and members of the class of 1950).