Lois R. DeBacker

Ms. Lois R.
DeBacker is Senior Program Director at The Kresge Foundation.
She joined Kresge in 2008, has devoted her professional career to protecting the environment.
She worked for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in Flint, Mich., from 1991 to 2008, serving as associate vice president for programs her last three years at Mott.
Her responsibilities included overseeing the foundation’s Civil Society and Environment programs.
Prior to working at Mott, she held various staff positions in the legislative and executive branches of Michigan state government.
Among her achievements, she worked on legislation to create the state’s pollution prevention office, and provided leadership as the office’s first manager.
Ms. DeBacker is a graduate of University of Michigan, she earned a master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.