Contact Us

Northwest Michigan Council of Governments

Physical address: 2194 Dendrinos Drive in Traverse City.

Our mailing address is:
NWM Council of Governments
PO Box 506
Traverse City, MI 49685-0506

Phone toll-free at 1-800-692-7774
Local Traverse City telephone (231) 929-5000

Fax: (231) 929-5012

The following staff welcome comments, questions and suggestions:

Bud Shipstead
Director
(231) 929-5000
budshipstead@nwm.cog.mi.us

Elaine Wood
Deputy Director
(231) 929-5000
ewood@nwm.cog.mi.us

Mathias McCauley
Associate Director of Regional Planning
(231) 929-5000
mccauley@nwm.cog.mi.us

Chris Wendel
Small Business Technology and Development Center Regional Director
(231) 922-3700
cwendel@nwm.cog.mi.us

Todd Olson
Procurement Technical Assistance Center Program Director
(231) 929-5036

toddolson@nwm.cog.mi.us

Jan Warren
Northwest Michigan WORKS! Program Director
(231) 922-6240
jawarren@tbaisd.k12.mi.us

Janie McNabb
Community Relations Coordinator
(231) 929-5000
janiemcnabb@nwm.cog.mi.us

Kirt Baab
MPRI Community Coordinator
(231) 929-5000
kirtbaab@nwm.cog.mi.us

Denise Culman
Administrative Assistant
(231) 929-5000
deculman@nwm.cog.mi.us

Laura Truelove
Data Entry
(231) 929-5081
lauratruelove@nwm.cog.mi.us

Tom White
Public Information Specialist, Webmaster
(231) 929-5000
tomwhite@nwm.cog.mi.us