A life-long resident of Michigan, and a 10-year resident of Macomb County, Erin Stahl has lived in St. Clair Shores for 5 years. She graduated from Lahser High School in Bloomfield Hills in 1988. She was a Girl Scout, and part of the Spanish and German clubs. She worked on stage crew for Oklahoma and West Side Story, played freshman and JV Softball and earned her Varsity letter on the Lahser Knights ski team. Erin spent four years at Michigan State University, and graduated in 1992, with a degree in Clothing and Textiles Entrepreneurship and a GPA of 3.2. While at MSU, she was a member of Alpha Phi Omega, a unique Co-ed fraternity with a community service mission.

Erin's college experience featured high praise from her clothing design professor, for helping both the prof and her classmates learn a new and very difficult CAD program. This set the stage for her future career servicing and helping customers. She is currently pursuing an advanced degree at Walsh College in finance, and carrying a 3.5 GPA, despite the pressures of working full time and her community activities. A graduate of Landmark Education, Erin serves regularly as a graduate assistant, most recently acting as coach in the youth program. She is also a 15-year volunteer for the Hydroplane races, a road clean up volunteer on 16 mile, and a Michigan Humane Society volunteer.

While still in college, Erin joined the family business, Stahls' Inc. Stahls' is an international manufacturing company that was established in 1932 by Erin's great grandfather and has been headquartered in St. Clair Shores for over 30 years. Erin proved that her value to the company exceeded just being "family" when she spearheaded learning the manufacturing process of part of their product line from the company's vendor in the Philippines. She was then sent "on the road" to teach the process to Stahls' other vendors in the Dominican Republic, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Erin, as an international sales and service rep for Stahls' has traveled throughout the U.S., as well as Canada, Mexico, Singapore, and South Africa, working with and serving customers.

In addition to her extensive experience as a customer service manager, she has worked in Stahls' information technologies division, and also as a Quality Control Analyst. She has worked in all areas of the manufacturing facility. Currently she serves her company as a leader on the marketing team doing Worldwide Market Research. Stahls' administrative office is located at 20600 Stephens, and the Production, Warehouse, Customer Service and Training Center is down the street. Stahls' also has a building on Harper.

Because of her business experience, Erin will bring a unique perspective and fresh ideas to the St. Clair Shores City Council. Erin believes that a councilperson with experience in customer service is urgently needed on the council, because far too often the council seems to forget who their customers are! Her "customer driven" commitment will remind the entire council that they are there to serve the residents of St. Clair Shores. Her background in quality control will help her to identify those areas in which the city could be doing a better and more cost effective job.

Quality and Service. Erin Stahl will bring both to the Council.

As a regular attendee at City Council meetings, Erin has long been "The Voice of the People" during resident comments. She has been there consistently, taking the council to task for their errors, bringing their attention to the things that need to be done, and voicing the residents' concerns on important issues. Residents requesting that she bring their concerns before the council often contacted her, and she takes their problems to heart - and to the council chambers! But because those concerns have so often been ignored, Erin felt that the time had come to run for a seat on council, so that she could make a real difference on behalf of the residents.

"For far too long, the St. Clair Shores City Council has either ignored or neglected the things that are truly important to our residents. I believe that our residents deserve high quality, cost effective delivery of vital services, the quiet enjoyment of the homes they have worked so hard to acquire, and respect from city government. I believe that the city can deliver the essential services without raising taxes or fees, and I am committed to making certain that our residents, and their property, are treated with respect."

...Erin Stahl

Email Erin At: Erin@ErinStahl.com

Paid for by: Friends of Erin Stahl
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St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
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