Erin Hooper is the Global Marketing Manager for the Education and Science + Technology sectors at
Stantec – an international architecture, engineering and design firm. Prior to her career in marketing, she
worked for many years as a reporter and staff writer for local newspaper group. Erin is an ardent reader,
a lover of both fiction and science, and a fierce advocate for information access and Freedom of the
Press. She previously served on the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Board of Directors as
Programs Lead for the Detroit chapter and served as co-chair of CREW Detroit’s Communications
Committee for several years before that. Erin was an active member in the international CREW
organization from 2012 until election to the Ferndale Area District Library Board of Directors in 2022. With
two children in Ferndale Public Schools, it’s important to her that our region’s youth grow up with empathy
and understanding, in a community rich with culture, and where resources are both equitable and
accessible. Erin holds a B.A. in English and Journalism from Oakland University in Rochester, Mich.
Erin servies as Board Vice-President. Her term of office expires December 31, 2026.