Angela Hood is the Executive Director of the Flint Early Childhood Collaborative, Educare Flint, and Cummings Great Expectations. As a Flint, MI native, Angela has a great passion for bettering our community and a keen understanding of the challenges faced by the greater Flint area. Angela is devoted to using her skills to address these challenges by significantly improving early childhood access and literacy rates throughout Genesee County. Angela is a proud product of the Flint Community School system and has been active in the community as a faith leader, serving youth and families in crisis for over 20 years.
Prior to joining the Flint Center for Educational Excellence, Angela served as the Executive Director of the Flint & Genesee Literacy Network, and Vice President for a Community Development Financial Institution. She has over 30 years of management experience, mainly in the for-profit sector. She holds an MBA and a BS in Accounting from Northwood University and an Associate of Applied Science in Accounting and Business Management from Mott Community College. Additionally, Angela serves as a Commissioner for the State of Michigan’s Childhood Lead Environmental Elimination, President of the Mott Community College Chapter of the American Association for Women in Community College, Governance Board member of the local Homeless Continuum of Care supporting families and children with housing instabilities, Hurley Health Advisory Council, the Flint Promise Steering Committee, and Mott Community College’s Accounting Early Childhood, and Business Advisory Boards. She is a PhD student at Mic
Crystal Croffe is the Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Business at Mott Community College with more than three decades of expertise in higher education, specifically within academic affairs. Her areas of specialization include project planning, departmental administration, and customer-oriented service delivery. Within her professional career, she has initiated systems and processes that have significantly enhanced workflow efficiency. Crystal has an Associate Degree in General Studies from Mott, underlying her understanding of community colleges' role as providers of accessible educational opportunities. She has been nominated twice for MCC’s Outstanding Staff Member of the Year award and the recipient of Kudos & Compliments recognitions.
In addition to her primary role, Crystal is an active member of the American Association for Women at Community Colleges (AAWCC) - MCC Chapter, serving as treasurer and membership coordinator. She also served on the MCC Institutional Representative (IR) planning committee for the Michigan American Council on Education (MI-ACE) Women's Network and is an active member of the leadership team for MCC’s Black Professional Alliance (BPA). Crystal is a self-professed foodie, loves to travel and prefers indulging in both at the same time.
Cameo Wallace (Flint) Support Specialist for the College Information Center, under the Institutional Advancement Office joined MCC in 2011 as an Accounting Clerk in the Bursar's Office. She serves in a fundraising capacity for both the MCC Making Strides Team to raise money for the American Cancer Society and the MCC Chapter of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) to raise crucial dollars for the AAWCC Student Scholarship. Cameo has a Bachelors in Marketing and Business Administration from Baker College. She served as a Michigan Certified Credit Repair, Housing and Financial Literacy Counselor for over 7 years. She loves to bowl and spend time with her niece.
