Mayor Jim Muzzin has lived in the
City of Brighton since 1987. He was first elected to City
Council in 2003 for a two-year term, then re-elected in
2005. He started his city government involvement in
1995 when he was appointed to the City of Brighton Zoning
Board of Appeals. In 1997 he was appointed to the
City of Brighton Planning Commission. In 2003 he was
elected Chairman of the City of Brighton Planning
Commission and served in that role until his election to
City Council in November 2003. He has also been a
member of the Traffic Safety Advisory Board since 2000 and
was appointed to serve as the liaison to the Brighton Area
Fire Board in January of 2007.
James has been married to
his wife, Catherine, for 21 years and has a daughter,
Elizabeth, 16, and a son Tyler, 11.
Mayor Muzzin can be reached at (810) 229-4322.
Mayor Pro Tem, Chad Cooper
Chad Cooper is a born and raised resident of the
Brighton community. He built a house in downtown
Brighton in 2003 because of the culture and atmosphere
the community offers to his family. He has served the
past seven years on the Zoning Board of Appeals. Chad
also is the Vice-Chair of SELCRA, Liaison to Livingston
County Regional Co-Op Board Representative for City of
Brighton, City of Brighton Local Development Financing
Authority, and Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
(SEMCOG) – City of Brighton Representative . Chad is in
his second elected full 4-year term on the Brighton City
Council.
Chad is owner of FNCEC Consulting which is a small
professional coaching business and also is a major
sponsored Ironman Triathlete. He is retired from
Microsoft Corporation in Sales where he had an
accomplished history and success in the Information
Technology industry. His education stems from both hands
on experience, as well as formal degrees in Psychology
and Religion, Masters in Business, and ITIL Masters, and
ISO-9001 auditor certification, and ICF coaching. Chad
and his wife have one child. His hobbies are diverse;
philanthropy, rock and ice climbing, marathons,
triathlons, skiing and snowboarding, tennis, hockey, and
yoga. Chad is a former Marine Corps veteran and is a
member of the Marine Corps League. He fills his spare
time with family, charities, Deacon, Stephens Ministry,
and Harley Owners Group.
Councilmember, Ricci Bandkau
Councilmember Ricci Bandkau
is a lifelong resident of Brighton. She was appointed to
the Council in 2004 and elected to a four-year term in
2005. Before this appointment she served on the Brighton
City Zoning Board of Appeals (1977-2004) where she served
as member and later as Chairperson; Officer’s Compensation
Commission (1977-2004); Election Commission (2000-2004).
She has served as Elder of the First Presbyterian Church
of Brighton; Board Secretary of the Brighton Center for
the Performing Arts; Board Member of the Brighton
Historical Society; Board Member of Brighton’s Art in
Public Places Committee; City Delegate to Regional
Cooperation Group and has obtained her Master Gardner
designation. She is a member of the Livingston Board of
Realtors and has served on the Public Relations Committee.
Ricci currently serves on the Realtors Political
Action Committee (Political Affairs). In 2006, she
received the Brighton Area Women's History Role of Honor.
Ricci graduated from Brighton Area Schools and attended
Cleary University (then Cleary College). She has worked in
the building industry/real estate for 17 years.
She is married to her husband Don and has two
daughters, Heather and Heidi and three grandsons.
You are welcome to contact her by email or (586)
291-6869.
Councilmember, Shawn Pipoly
Shawn Pipoly and his wife Carrie were born and
raised in the Brighton area and attended Brighton
Area Schools. They have a daughter, Alexandra, who
attends Brighton High School as well.
He
was first elected to the Brighton City Council in
2009 to a 4 year term. His other City experience
includes The Principal Shopping District Board,
starting with its original inception in 2005,
serving as Treasurer and currently serves as Vice
Chairman. He was appointed to The Downtown
Development Authority In 2007.
Shawn opened his insurance agency in 1988 in Howell,
but moved it to the Brighton area in 1992 and more
recently moved it to its current location in
downtown Brighton.
Shawn and Carrie enjoy spending time with their
families and friends, especially entertaining at
their home in downtown.
He can be reached at his office at 810-227-6552 or
via email at
spipoly1@gmail.com
Councilmember, Larry Schillinger
Larry Schillinger has lived in the City of Brighton
since 1979. He was first elected to City Council in 1997
for a four-year term, then re-elected in 2001 for a
four-year term. He started his city government
involvement in May of 1997 when he was appointed to the
City of Brighton Zoning Board of Appeals. In March of
2006 he was appointed to the City of Brighton Planning
Commission. He has also been a member of the Traffic
Safety Advisory Board since 2007. He was appointed to
serve as the liaison to the Brighton Area Fire Board
from its inception in 1999 thru November of 2005.
Dedicated to my
family: My wife, Rita and son, David.
Dedicated to serving my fellow Neighbors and
Community through:
Honorable
Discharge from U.S. Army / May 1966 - May 1968
Brighton City
Planning Commission / Serving March 2006 –
November 2009
Brighton City
Traffic Safety Board / Serving August 2007 –
November 2009
Brighton City
Election Official / Serving January 2006 -
Current
Brighton City
Zoning Board of Appeals / Served May - Nov 1997
Brighton City
Council / Served two terms (4 years each)
November 1997 - November 2005
Brighton Area
Fire Authority Board / Served from 1999 - 2005
Member of Saint
Patrick Catholic Church
Coach for
Brighton Youth Baseball and Soccer 1982-1991
Brighton
Community Education Advisory Council 1990 -
2002. Chairperson 1994 & 1996 - Vice Chairperson
1997 & 2000 & 2002
Councilmember, Claudia Roblee
Claudia Roblee was appointed to the City Council to fill a
retiring council members spot in February 2007 and then
was elected in November, 2008.
Claudia has also served on the Planning Commission and the DDA
Board. She now serves on the Principal Shopping
District Board and the Brighton Arts and Cultural
Commission. She is also the city representative to the
Michigan Main Street Program training events.
Claudia and her husband Mark Gougherty and
their family moved to downtown Brighton in 1993. They
bought a building on Main Street, opened ArtVentures
Gallery and moved into the apartment upstairs. It was
in that capacity that Claudia co-chaired the Downtown
Business Association from 1994 to 1998.
When their youngest daughter entered
elementary school in 1999, Claudia temporarily gave up
the majority of her business and governmental
associations and for the next five years devoted most of
her free time to the Lindbom PTO and school activities.
In 2006, Claudia entered The New Seminary and
was ordained an interfaith minister in 2008.
Claudia and her husband enjoy their daughters
Becky, Sarah and Katie. They are proud grandparents of
five grandchildren.
Jim
Bohn was elected with a four-year term to Brighton City
Council in November 2007 and is Jim’s first public
position, appointed or elected. Although a Livingston
County resident for over 20 years, Jim and his wife
Patricia are relatively new to the City of Brighton,
moving here in the spring of 2005.They currently
reside in the Northridge Hills condominium development
where they hope to enjoy maintenance-free living in order
to take advantage of all the City and surrounding area
have to offer.
Jim
retired from Ford Motor Company in June 2005 after 33
years of service.At the time of Jim’s retirement, he was quality control
manager of Livonia Transmission Plant.After four short
months of retirement, Ford Motor Company came calling
asking Jim to return to work, helping Ford improve quality
system performance of former Visteon Plants that they hope
to sell.
After spending 18 months at the Monroe Plant, Jim is
currently working at the Saline Plastics Plant.
Jim
holds an Associate of Arts degree from Henry Ford
Community College along with a Bachelor of Arts and
Masters Degree in Business Administration from
Baldwin-Wallace College located just outside of Cleveland,
Ohio.In
addition to the college degrees, Jim is certified by the
American Society for Quality as a Quality Auditor, Quality
Engineer and Quality Manager.
Jim
and Patricia have three grown children – Jessica 29, is a
student at Michigan State University working on a Master’s
Degree in Music Composition.Stephen 27 resides
in Nashville, Tennessee and after dabbling in the music
recording business has settled into a human resource
position with a financial services company.Eric 24 is a
sergeant in the U.S. Army currently serving his second
tour of duty in Iraq, stationed in the Baghdad area of
that country.
Jim’s
hobbies include golf, walking, reading, computers and
continuing education.Travel plans include regular trips to southwest Florida where
Jim and Patricia will eventually spend the winter months
when they both decide it is time to retire for good.
Feel
free to contact Jim Bohn at 810-623-2117 or by e-mail at
bohnj@brightoncity.org.
