History of Women Leaders in Howell


Alice Alatalo
Township Committee, Jan. 1976
first woman elected to the governing body
Phyllis Kavett
Township Committee, Jan. 1978
Mayor Jan. 1, 1979 – Dec. 31, 1979
Sally Fox
Township Committee, Jan. 1982
Maryanne Bancroft Piatkowski
Township Committee, 1st term Jan. 1983
re-elected to 2nd term 1986 to Dec. 31, 1988
Served as deputy mayor 1984 & 1987
Marion Masnick
Township Committee, Jan. 1985 – Dec. 1987
Served as deputy mayor 1986
Suzanne Veitengruber
Township Committee, Jan. 1989 – Dec. 1991
Served as mayor 1991
Frances A. Schlesinger
Township Committee, Sept. 16, 1991 – Dec. 31, 1992
(filled an unexpired term after a councilman resigned)
Pauline Smith
Councilwoman Jan. 1993 – Dec. 31, 1994
Change in form of government took effect Jan. 1993
Patricia A. Bennett
Township Council, Jan. 1993 – Dec. 31, 1994
Gail Panek
Township Council, Jan. 1995 – Dec. 31, 1998
Kimberly Alvarez
Township Council, Jan. 1999 – Dec. 31, 2002
Served as deputy mayor in 1999 and 2002
Angela Dalton
Township Council, Jan. 2007 – Dec. 31, 2010
Current deputy mayor until Dec. 31, 2009
Susan Schroeder Clark
Township Council, Jan. 2009 – Dec. 31, 2012
Cynthia Schomaker
Township Council, 1st term Jan. 2001; 2nd term Jan. 2005-08
Deputy mayor Jan. 1, 2004 – Dec. 31, 2004
Howell Township was incorporated as a township in 1801. In the November 1991 election, voters approved changing the form of government to council-manager under the optional municipal charter law, also known as the Faulkner Act.