The nine-member committee that will represent city of Detroit retirees during the city's bankruptcy case includes former and current union officials, among others, Crain’s Detroit Business reported yesterday. Per a court filing on Thursday, the committee members include Ed McNeil, special assistant to the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Michigan Council 25; Wendy Fields-Jacobs, executive administrative assistant to the president of the United Auto Workers; Michael Karwoski, retired assistant corporation counsel for the city of Detroit; Shirley Lightsey, president of the Detroit Retired City Employees Association; Terri Renshaw, retired senior vice president and general council, Comerica Inc. and deputy corporation counsel for city of Detroit; Robert Shinske, treasurer of the Detroit Fire Fighters Association, Local 344; Donald Taylor, president of the Retired Detroit Police and Fire Fighters Association; Gail Wilson Turner, former deputy chief of police for Detroit; and Gail M. Wilson, vice president of human resources for the Detroit-based Legal Aid and Defender Association and formerly director of human resources for the 36th District Court in Detroit. The committee will represent 23,500 Detroit retirees in court and during negotiations.
