Director & Co-Chair, The Treeline Conservancy
Norman Herbert currently serves as a director and Co-Chair (and treasurer 2018-2023) of The Treeline Conservancy Board and a director (and treasurer 2008-2022) of the Washtenaw Housing Alliance. Norman has served as a co-chair of the Washtenaw Healthcare Initiative from its founding in 2010 to 2020 and consultant to the Michigan Information Technology Center Foundation in Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor Public Schools, Board of Education.
Norman also served as a director and treasurer, Washtenaw Community College Foundation 2010 to 2016, Director of United Bancorp, Inc, a Director of United Bank & Trust, and Director of the United Bank & Trust – Washtenaw and a member of the Trust Committee of the United Bank & Trust.
Prior to his retirement in 2002, Norman spent 35 years at the University of Michigan becoming the Associate Vice President & Treasurer in 1995. In this role, his responsibilities included management of the endowment and working capital, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, external financing activities and risk management.
Norman is a 1964 graduate of Earlham College and was involved as a member of the Earlham College Foundation Investment Committee (1990-2001 and 2003-2013).
Norman and his wife, Debbie, have two children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandson. Norman is a dedicated and active member of a number of professional, civic, and nonprofit organizations. He was Board Chair of the University Musical Society, a director of the Commonfund, Board Chair and Treasurer of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, a trustee of the Ann Arbor Rotary Endowment Foundation, Director and Treasurer of the Washtenaw Community College Foundation, Director of the Sphinx Organization and President of the Ann Arbor Rotary Club.
