[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF MARIAM C. NOLAND FROM THE COMMUNITY 
                   FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

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                          HON. DEBBIE DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, November 1, 2021

  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mariam C. 
Noland on the occasion of her retirement from the Community Foundation 
for Southeast Michigan after over thirty-five years of service as 
President. Her significant contributions to our southeast Michigan 
community are worthy of commendation.
  A graduate of Harvard University and Case Western Reserve University, 
Ms. Noland was an experienced leader in the nonprofit and community 
foundation field before arriving in Michigan. Prior to being named as 
the founding President of the Community Foundation for Southeast 
Michigan in 1985, she worked at the Cleveland Foundation and the Saint 
Paul Foundation, as well as at colleges in Ohio and North Carolina.
  As President of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, she 
helped create and fund countless programs that benefit our community. 
These include the GreenWays Initiative, the New Economy Initiative, the 
HOPE Fund, Southeast Michigan Healthy Youth, Healthy Seniors, and the 
Family Development Program. These programs uplift diverse populations, 
invest in environmental initiatives, promote community health, advance 
justice and policing reform, and help our local economy thrive. Her 
work to secure endowments in perpetuity for many of the Foundation's 
programs will help transform southeast Michigan, and the impact of her 
work will be felt for years to come. During her tenure, the Community 
Foundation's assets have grown to more than $1.1 billion, placing the 
Foundation in the top 25 nationally.
  Ms. Noland currently serves on the Board of Trustees at the 
Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., the Detroit Riverfront 
Conservancy, and the Downtown Detroit Partnership. She is the recipient 
of the Special Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in 
Philanthropy, has been named Michiganian of the Year by the Detroit 
News, and has an award in her name at the Community Foundation--the 
Mariam C. Noland Award for Nonprofit Leadership that recognizes a 
nonprofit president or CEO in Southeast Michigan who is an exceptional 
leader in their organization and beyond. She resides in Grosse Pointe 
Farms with her husband James.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Mariam C. 
Noland for an exemplary nearly four decades of dedicated service to the 
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. I join with Mariam's 
family, friends, and colleagues in extending my best wishes to her in 
retirement.

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