People
We are fortunate in our founders whose vision launched a new idea and continues to inspire our work. And we are grateful to our current directors for devoting their time, energy and expertise to the task of building and growing A2Ethics.org.
Current Directors
Martha Bloom, Secretary
After serving for more than 25 years as a volunteer, board member and board president for community foundations in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Ann Arbor, Martha joined the staff of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) in 1997. During her 15 years with that organization, she rose to the position of vice president. Her duties included managing the Foundation’s several competitive grant programs as well as its youth grant-making program (Youth Council) and its donor-advised funds. From 2008 to 2011, Martha also worked on special projects related to the AAACF’s mission to provide leadership in the community and guidance to donors.
Martha and her husband, David, who chairs the University of Michigan’s Department of Urology, have lived in Ann Arbor since 1984. They have four adult children and three grandchildren. Their oldest son, Alex, is developmentally disabled and lives in the first Intentional Communities of Washtenaw (ICW) site at Summerfield Glen. Martha helped found ICW to provide housing, enhanced support services and a supportive community for developmentally disabled adults.
Martha is a co-founder of A2Ethics.org. Her most visible role with A2Ethics.org is as official timer for The Big Ethical Question Slam. Using her prodigious whistling skill, she helps contestants stay within their time limits, not to mention their ethical boundaries during the heat of the competition. Her most important role for A2Ethics.org, however, comes from her vast knowledge of the nonprofit world, her special experience in developing new programs and her proven expertise in sustaining effective private/public collaborations.
Jennifer Conlin
Jennifer Conlin has worked in journalism since 1984, when she moved to New York after receiving a master’s degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Several years prior to that, she earned her B.A. at the University of Michigan. She began her career as a legal journalist at The American Lawyer magazine, then went on to work for Manhattan, Inc., a business magazine where she made a name covering her own industry—the news media.
In 1989, Jennifer moved to the nation's capital where she worked as a staff writer for The Washingtonian magazine, covering law and business. A twenty-year overseas stint with her husband, also a journalist, included postings in London, Brussels, Paris and, most recently, Cairo. In August of 2010, the two returned to the United States. For the last decade, Jennifer has written almost exclusively for The New York Times travel and style sections, reporting on cultural trends both domestically and internationally. Her work has taken her from Vegas to Vietnam. She has also written columns for the paper on green travel and teen issues,and is now focusing her reporting on Detroit's revitalization efforts.
Jennifer joined the A2Ethics.org board in early 2012. Before that, she served as one of the congenial judges in The Big Ethical Question Slam 2. Jennifer's overseas postings and her writer's portfolio of critical reflection will give our A2Ethics.org human rights ventures a sharper focus and expanded relevance.
Jeanine DeLay, President
Jeanine has been an educator for almost 40 years. She taught and lectured in several different subjects to students of all ages, from middle schoolers to college undergraduates, beginning at The Collegiate School and the University of Richmond in Virginia. Throughout her years as an educator, she has always returned to her first passion: ethics. In 1979, she returned to her hometown, Ann Arbor, and began her advocacy for ethics education. Because of her work, Ann Arbor Greenhills School was one of the first nondenominational, independent schools to offer applied ethics, a course which Jeanine taught for 24 years. In 1990, she introduced a sport ethics elective into the curriculum and served as lecturer in the Sport Management and Communications department at the University of Michigan for a decade. Sport ethics is still offered in the School of Kinesiology today.
Jeanine's other passions are social justice connected to sport. She founded or co-founded two other nonprofit organizations, both with missions to open up opportunities to children and youth--especially those denied a chance to learn to play or lead a team. Aquademics, a youth of color academics and aquatics program, was one of the earliest groups to address the unacceptable, and too often tragic consequences, of the failure to provide access to and instruction in swimming to all children, regardless of color. The Academy for Sport Leadership has grown into the preeminent leadership program for young women in Michigan planning to become athletic coaches.
As President of A2Ethics.org Jeanine has many roles: from helping us develop and grow our ventures to leading our efforts to secure and endow funding for our work. She translates our big, and sometimes quirky ideas, into sustainable programs. Jeanine also serves as the primary public spokesperson of A2Ethics.org. And her voice is often the one asking questions on A2Ethics.org podcasts.
Barney Maloy, Treasurer
Barney is an account manager with a global automotive supplier that manufactures brake components. He is responsible for business development in the North American original equipment (OE) market and in some regions of the South American and Asian markets. He earned a BS degree from Kalamazoo College, where he majored in physics, minored in business and was captain of the football team. He also earned a BSME degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Barney resides in Ann Arbor, his home since elementary school. His wife Jill, an Ann Arbor native, graduated from Pioneer high school with Barney in 1994. They have two daughters, Molly and Ellie.
Barney's interest in A2Ethics.org is based on his desire to enrich the community that he values highly. Barney has a specific interest in ethics related to athletics; he organized one of our first podcast panels: Youth Competitive Athletics: Is the Appeal to 'Just Have Fun' Realistic? As a founding board member, he takes great pride in helping to build A2Ethics.org into a successful organization. In addition to serving as A2Ethics.org treasurer, he is a volunteer soccer coach and is active in St. Mary's student parish.
Erin Mattimoe
Erin is a program specialist for Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan. In her current position, she identifies and evaluates leadership initiatives, organizes major events and manages volunteer and mentor training. Upon receiving a BS degree in environmental science from Bowling Green State University, she developed an expertise in public programming for science education centers. Her experience includes community programming at the Center for Science and Industry (COSI) in Toledo, Ohio and the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. Erin retains her interest in science education through her current affiliation with the Association for Science and Technology Centers (ASTC).
Erin joined the A2Ethics.org board in 2010. She is most recognized around town as the MC for The Big Ethical Question Slam. In her board work, she has shown a talent for adapting successful ideas from other programs to A2Ethics.org projects. She has also given voice to her views about the ethics of her work in her thoughtful interview for our popular Working Ethics podcast series.
Special Consultants
A2Ethics.org relies on the professional services of several area experts in copywriting and editing, graphic design, and web development. All of these individuals have been willing to volunteer their time to events ranging from The Big Ethical Question Slam to exhibits, lectures and programs that we have sponsored. Our thanks to:
Linda Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Communications, LLC
Sharon Glushyn, QWP
Steve Maggio, The Maggio Line – Graphic Arts
Wayne Eaker, Zengenuity
Affiliates and Partners
The following organizations and groups are part of our network and continue to provide A2Ethics.org with resources, expertise and collaborative opportunities:
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
Ann Arbor Greenhills School
Eastern Michigan University College of Business Ethos Week
Think Local First of Washtenaw County
