Suzanne Sareini was elected to a fifth consecutive term as a member of the Dearborn City Council in the November 2005, having first been elected to the Council in 1989. Sareini is a lifetime resident of Dearborn and 1969 Fordson High School graduate. Suzanne is an entrepreneur and former owner of several small businesses in Dearborn. Councilwoman Sareini is currently serving her second term as a Trustee of the Board of Directors for the Advanced Technology Academy Charter Public School in Dearborn, having been appointed by Lake Superior State University in 2005. Sareini also serves on the ATA Ford Partnership – Business and Education Advisory Council. In April 2008, she joined the board of Zaman International and has worked on special projects for indigent families, as well as serving on an ACCESS board for Domestic Violence. Suzanne Sareini began her public service over twenty five years ago and has served on several state, county, and local commissions. Sareini was appointed and served two terms on the Michigan Women’s Commission where she was the co-chair of the business and education committee; a term as Chairwoman of the National Arab-American Republican Heritage Council; board member of the Michigan Republican Heritage (Nationalities) Groups and the National Policy Council for the Arab-American Institute in Washington, D.C. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush appointed Sareini to serve on the Meritorious Rank Review Board for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. She is a founding member of the Lebanese-American Heritage Club and was appointed to serve as their director from 1995-1996. Locally, Sareini belongs to the Women’s Association for the Dearborn Orchestral Society (WADOS) and the Dearborn Community Arts Council and she has served as a Trustee on the City’s Police and Fire Retirement System and she is a former board member of a Child Abuse Prevention Council; Child’s Hope. As a Military Mom herself, Sareini is a supporter of The Michigan Military Mom’s. As a strong supporter of homeowners Associations, Sareini has worked to help improve understanding between the business community and Dearborn homeowner associations. For many years Suzanne Sareini has been known as a Senior Citizen advocate. She attributes her heartfelt desire to see all seniors live out their life with dignity to her own experiences with her mother and with her personal experience and knowledge of end of life issues for all seniors. She is the mother of a daughter and three sons and the grandmother of twelve grandchildren.