Twenty candidates applied for the Grand Rapids School Board trustee vacancy. Erika VanDyke was selected from four interviewed candidates. The vacancy was created when former Trustee Arick Davis resigned in January.
VanDyke’s resume includes FoodCorps, the Kent School Services Network, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, and the Urban Core Collective. Currently, she’s Program Manager & Community Liaison for the Steelcase Foundation.
VanDyke will serve through the end of 2026. The remaining two years of her term will be completed by a candidate selected by voters in the November 3, 2026, election…