Angela
Winton was named the newest member of the City Council on February 5, 2019
Winton replaced Alex Garza, who resigned his post on January 1, 2019, after
being elected to the Michigan House of Representatives.
Winton
was approved by a 4-2 vote. City Council, per guidelines outlined in the City
Charter, is tasked with filling any vacancy. Council requested applications for
the post in December 2019.
The new councilmember has 18 years of
extensive experience in management and human resources including
administration, training, budgets and payroll while working as the current
chief HR officer at The Senior Alliance (Wayne, MI).
Significant
Accomplishments:
- Launched
and currently manages Metro Detroit Share, a 501(c)3. Metro Detroit Share was formed in 2008
to provide support to families who ensure the loss of a baby during pregnancy
or infancy. Metro Detroit Share provides online and in support meetings, offers
funeral assistance to families, holds annual remembrance services, provides
support to hospital bereavement programs and helps provide training for those
professionals that encounter families who have experienced loss. All of this is
done with a volunteer network. Metro Detroit Share is a registered 501(c)3
non-profit.
- She
is graduate of Eastern Michigan University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts
in Business Management in 2003.
- HR
generalist and payroll administrator with West Side Beer Distributing (Romulus,
MI)
- HR-payroll
manager at Flooring America (Southfield, MI)
- Served
as a recreation commissioner in Taylor
- On
the committee for the Center for Women’s and Children’s Health, Henry Ford
Hospital
- A
member of the Karen Colina Wilson Foundation Rose Ella Golf Outing benefiting
the Cleveland Clinic
- Holiday
Meals on Wheels for the last six years
- 1996 graduate of Taylor Center High School,
where she was the school’s valedictorian.