Our Staff

Natalie Emerick
Executive Director
Executive Director, Natalie Emerick, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Michigan. Her passion for community nutrition and food security brought her to RIR in June of 2020. She is working to help combat and prevent chronic diseases in our clients. She was promoted to Executive Director in January 2021! Additionally, her work at RIR will be to develop new programs that will help benefit the Redford community and their health. She hopes to engage more with the youth of the community through new programming such as a summer youth garden and cooking classes.
Mary Morrison
​Client Specialist
Client Specialist, Mary Morrison, is a retired Air Force Nurse with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, from the University of Texas, San Antonio. Her passion is serving others which brought her to RIR in 2018 as a volunteer and she was hired in 2019. Working part-time, she interviews and schedules clients for emergency food assistance. Mary directs clients to other resources as needed through Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency. Mary is an all hands-on-deck person and willingly helps in the pantry or wherever needed.

Board of Directors

President                          Teri Temby
Vice President                 Jeffrey Clark
Treasurer                          Danny Range
Assistant Treasurer        Michael Kingsbury
Secretary                          John McDowell
Board Member               Paula Lee-Barnes
Ex-Officio                         Natalie Emerick
SUE PHERSON
​Executive Director (Emeritus January 2021)
RIR's Emeritus Executive Director since January 2021. Sue leaves behind a legacy of collaboration and community. In her years at RIR, Sue had a passion for helping others. She helped grow RIR’s programs from a bag of dry groceries when it began to a full service Client Choice Emergency Food Pantry with fresh produce and garden vegetables.
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Her dedication to the community for 22 years, included working toward building coalitions with community organizations and partner agencies like Gleaners and Forgotten Harvest. These partnerships are vital to RIR and all the people that we serve. Thank you Sue for your many years of service!