(Yes, that is John Hertel, with his new natural look)

Gov. Rick Snyder
has reappointed John Hertel of Lenox Township, to serve on the Huron-Clinton
Metroparks Board of Commissioners as one of two gubernatorial appointees for a
4-year term expiring May 2, 2017.

A Lenox Township resident, this
is Hertel’s sixth appointment to the Metroparks Board for a total of 24 years of
service. He is one of three commissioners in the history of the Metroparks to be
appointed to the Board by three different governors, and the only commissioner
to have represented two different counties. 
In
1983, Hertel was appointed to represent Wayne County for a 6-year term ending
in 1989.  In 1995, Gov. John Engler appointed him to a 4-year term as a
gubernatorial appointee representing the district-at-large.

And in 1999 he was
appointed to a six-year term representing Macomb County. Gov. Jennifer
Granholm appointed him to serve 4-year terms as a gubernatorial appointee in 2005
and 2009.

Hertel
has served as secretary, treasurer, vice chairman and chairman of the
HCMA Board.

Along the way he has served as state senator, state Agriculture Department director, State Fairgrounds general manager,Suburban Mobility
Authority for Regional Transportation, or SMART, general manager. 
But Hertel also holds the distinction of being the only Michigan official ever to serve as chair of two different county boards of commissioners — Wayne and Macomb.

The seven-member
Metroparks Board of Commissioners consists of five commissioners, one each to
represent the counties of Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, Livingston and Washtenaw for
six-year terms; and two commissioners who serve as representatives-at-large,
appointed by the Governor of Michigan for a term of four years

Located along the
Huron and Clinton rivers, the Huron-Clinton Metroparks provide a regional park system consisting of 13 parks
covering 25,000 acres that collectively feature 10 public golf courses, two marinas on
Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, nature
trails, beaches, concerts and winter
sports.