Mark was born and raised in Michigan. His youth was spent assisting his parents during the early days of the environmental movement, studying Great Lakes water birds affected by industrial pollution. He settled in Allegan County’s Clyde Township in 2005 with his wife Kim. In 2010 they adopted their daughter from Ethiopia. Mark served on the Fennville Public School Board, Clyde Township Planning Commission and currently serves as Chair of the Allegan Conservation District Board of Directors. He was the founding Vice Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Rural Caucus and currently chairs that body. He is in his third term on the MDP State Central Committee. He ran for State House and Drain Commissioner in recent years. Mark was honored to chair the 2024 Nominating Convention Resolutions Committee. Mark graduated from Michigan State with a degree in Environmental Issues and has a Short Course Degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in Grass Based Dairy farming.

Joshua Feinstein is an Jewish American Peace Activist. Over the past decade Joshua has gradually become a leading voice for non-Zionist Jews and has established very deep roots within the Michigan State community. In his quest to reform the Democratic party, he is inspired by the words of the late great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’ As such, Joshua envisions a future MDP where humanity, equality, justice & dignity, are the norm – both at the community level, as well as, and in the halls of power of our State and our Nation.

Short Bio: My name is Farah Khan, and I am proud to represent Congressional District 11 (CD-11). For the past 14 years, I have been actively involved in community work at my local mosque, serving on various committees, including as Co-Chair of the Social Committee. I have worked alongside several organizations to rally against war, genocide, and for a Free Palestine. Currently, I serve as a Commissioner on the Farmington Hills Health Commission, the General Secretary of the Pakistan Association of America, and lead event planning for the American Center for Justice, a Yemeni organization advocating for justice in Yemen. I am running for the Michigan Democratic Party State Central Committee to ensure that our party remains committed to justice, equality, and inclusivity—values that should shape both our policies and our actions.

Campaign Elevator Pitch: My name is Farah Khan, I represent CD -11.

I have been deeply involved in pro-peace activism and the fight for human rights and justice. My advocacy has always centered on the belief that freedom, justice, and equality should be fundamental rights for all, not privileges for a few.

If elected, my focus will be on ensuring that these principles are upheld in every aspect of governance. I am committed to making life easier for everyday people by ensuring that resources and support are accessible to everyone – without any division based on color, race, religious beliefs or ethnicity. My goal is to build a system where fairness and justice are not just ideals but lived realities for all.

Let’s work together to create a future where no one is left behind!

Email: uk9vdrke@duck.com

Short Bio: Peter was born and raised in southeastern Michigan. Currently he resides in Oakland County’s District 11. He is the son of European immigrants which raised him and ingrained a strong, honest work ethic with strong democratic values.
Peter first supported the Michael Dukakis’s democratic presidential campaign in 1988 cold calling constituents. He has voted democrat for the last 3 decades.
Peter graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineer and currently works as a software engineer in the automotive industry.
He is inspired to improve the Michigan democratic party by working together to get the party back representing the working class.

I’ve been a progressive activist involved in human rights, environmental, anti-war, prosocial, and pro-democracy movements since the early 1980s. I’ve been a democracy geek since I was about twelve. My degree is in mathematics and my career was in international business and cross-cultural communications. Democracy isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessary part of the fight against oppression, fascism, and totalitarianism. Democracy means one person one vote equal representation for all, at every level of decision making. In a large organization, like the MDP, most people don’t know each other. Having clear rules fairly enforced is the foundational basis for trust among strangers and acquaintances. To survive, we must grow the Party. Growing the Party means we must attract new members, who will necessarily be strangers to most. New members to the Democratic Party expect the Party to be fair and democratic. When we aren’t, they feel deceived, and leave. This is why Party membership fluctuates between around 8 and 10 thousand, except when progressives organize. As your parliamentarian, it will be my duty to (1) interpret the rules fairly as written, (2) ensure the rules are followed and fairly enforced, (3) provide the membership with education on the rules, (3) ensure every member knows how to contact a person trained on the rules, and (4) produce a procedures manual for the Party with step-by-step instructions for every process and procedure in the Party: a complete playbook for members explaining in detail how to perform every process of the Michigan Democratic Party according to the rules. Including details of preparations necessary and materials needed, such as for elections. Fair democratic rules, interpreted and enforced fairly guided by the principles of (1) equal representation for all members at all levels of Party decision making, and (2) proportional representation of all coalitions at every level of Party decision making.