Dale Schrader is an appointed At-Large Commissioner. As a 20-year resident of Lansing, he is proud to have served his community in many ways, notably as President of Walnut Neighborhood Organization and as former President of Preservation Lansing.
Commissioner Schrader is a US Navy veteran and attended Central Michigan University, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in Economics. He then earned an MBA in International Business and Marketing from Thunderbird School in Glendale, Arizona. After college, he was employed by Gulf and Western companies in southern California for industrial sales of steel pipe, fittings and valves. He then worked for Harrington Plastics and for Met-Pro Corporation in technical sales of corrosion resistant air pollution control systems and equipment. In 1991 he founded Schrader Environmental Systems, Inc., a company which provided groundwater and soil remediation systems and equipment worldwide and in 2014, it was sold to Clean Harbors Environmental. Schrader Environmental was a key player in several nationally significant projects, including cleanup efforts at the World Trade Center job site following Superstorm Sandy, Kalamazoo River cleanup of the Enbridge pipeline leak, and restoration of the entire city water supply of Sauk Village, IL, after the Illinois EPA had shut down their water due to vinyl chloride contamination.
Commissioner Schrader enjoys renovating historic buildings in Lansing and is a licensed Michigan Residential Builder. He currently manages the rentals for his company, Schrader Properties. Commissioner Schrader was appointed to the Board on August 14, 2023, with a term to expire June 30, 2027.