Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research Leadership

CRANBROOK CENTER FOR COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE (2025-2026)
Elizabeth Larson Willoughby, Chair — Executive Coach
Karen Hagenlocker, Vice Chair — Attorney
Robert T. Wilson, Vice Chair — Attorney 

Terry Barclay — CEO, Inforum
Thomas L. Booth — Engineer, Delphi Systems (retired)
Désirée Caldwell — Civic Leader
Christine Colman — Founder, CTC
Frank M. Edwards — Vice-President, Nylube, Inc.
Virginia B. Fox — Civic Leader
Carolynn Frankel — History Professor
Dr. Linda Gillum — Associate Professor, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (retired)
Masami Hida — Civic Leader
Marla Karimipour — Artist and Civic Leader
James A. Kelly — President, Kelly Advisors, LLC                    
Barbara Askar Kouza — Civic Leader
Beth Lilley — JP Morgan Securities (retired)
Judy Lindstrom — Civic Leader
Viveka Peter — Attorney and Civic Leader
Bobbi Polk — Civic Leader
Sandra A. Smith — Civic Leader and Former Center Subcommittee Chair
Amy Spitznagel — Owner, Idyll Farms
Linzie Venegas — Vice-President, Ideal Group

ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS ADVISORY GROUP (2025 - 2026)
Robert T. Wilson, Chair
Judy Anderson, Community Representative
John Lord Booth, II, Community Representative
Thomas L. Booth
Désirée Caldwell
John M. Erb, Community Representative
Virginia B. Fox
Carolynn Frankel
Ryan L. Polk, Community Representative
Elizabeth Larson Willoughby
Former Member
James A. Kelly

CULTURAL LANDSCAPES ADVISORY GROUP (2025 - 2026)
Karen Hagenlocker, Chair
Thomas Booth
Masami Hida
Beth Lilley
Judy Lindstrom
Elizabeth Larson Willoughby
Former Members
Leslie Li
Sandra A. Smith

STRATEGIC DIRECTION ADVISORY GROUP (2023 - 2024)
Elizabeth Larson Willoughby, Chair
Désirée Caldwell
Karen Hagenlocker
Beth Lilley
Sandra A. Smith
Robert T. Wilson
Former Members
Frank M. Edwards (2019 - 2020)
Stephanie Fakih (2023 - 2024)

HOUSE PARTY AND PAST FUNDRAISER CHAIRS, CO-CHAIRS, AND HONORARY CHAIRS

A Winter's Tale: A House Party at Cranbrook, 2025
Sandra Smith and Robert Wilson, Co-Chairs

A House Party at Cranbrook, 2024
Carolynn and Aaron Frankel, Co-Chairs

A House Party at Two Cranbrooks, 2023
Bobbi and Stephen Polk and Ryan Polk, Co-Chairs

A House Party at Cranbrook Celebrating Loja Saarinen, 2022
Amy Spitznagel, Chair
Kris Appleby, Co-Chair
Cassandra McCarthy, Co-Chair
Jennifer Granger, Co-Chair
Marla Karimipour, Co-Chair
Barbara Askar Kouza, Co-Chair

A Global House Party at Cranbrook and Millesgården, 2021
Elizabeth Larson Willoughby, Chair
Bonnie Larson, Honorary Chair
Melissa and Thomas Mark, Honorary Consul, Swedish Honorary Consulate in Detroit, Honorary Chairs

A House Party at Cranbrook: History in the Making, 2019
Barbara Askar Kouza, Co-Chair
Beth Lilley, Co-Chair

A House Party at Cranbrook, 2018
Elizabeth Larson Willoughby, Chair

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future Film Premiere, 2016
Elizabeth Larson Willoughby, Chair