Maggie Segal - Executive Director
Maggie dedicated 34 years to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) as a Care & Clinical Services Specialist. In this compassionate role, she supported patients and their families through regular home visits across Michigan, offering emotional support and practical assistance. She also coordinated access to vital resources such as specialized medical equipment like wheelchairs and ventilators, medications, and financial assistance programs to ease their daily challenges.
Additionally, Maggie directed MDA’s annual summer camps for children with muscular dystrophy, organized activities, and ensured a safe environment across Michigan and neighboring states. She recruited, screened, and trained countless volunteers, including medical professionals and community members, to support these initiatives. Maggie played a key role in fundraising efforts, including many years of involvement with the iconic Jerry Lewis Telethon until 2011, helping to raise millions of dollars for research and patient services.
Following her furlough in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Maggie began volunteering at the local food pantry. Her leadership and dedication quickly led her to assume the role of Pantry Manager in October 2020. She has been the Executive Director since 2022, overseeing operations and community outreach. Maggie and her husband, Mike, live in Novi, Michigan, and are active members of Holy Family Parish. Together, they enjoy spending time with their three grown children and four grandchildren, often visiting parks, attending sporting events, church events, and traveling together.
Teresa Tackett Juarez - Co Kitchen Manager
Grew up on the east side of Detroit and graduated from Denby High School. Earned a pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan and worked as a hospital pharmacist for over 30 years. After retirement started volunteering at different organizations such as United Way, math tutoring at Detroit charter schools, and St Christine’s Soup Kitchen. Likes to travel and spend time with family, especially the grandsons.
Christian Remus
Christian was ordained as a Deacon in the Archdiocese of Detroit in 2014, He completed his studies for the Diaconate at Sacred Heart Seminary where he also earned a Master’s in Pastoral Ministry.
Upon ordination, Deacon Chris requested an assignment in Detroit and was assigned to the historic churches of Ste. Anne de Detroit and Most Holy Trinity. He was blessed to have the late Msgr. Russ Kohler as his pastor. After three years, Deacon Chris was given an opportunity to return to his home parish of Christ the King in Detroit which had partnered with St. Suzanne/Our Lady Gate of Heaven, also in Detroit, and to serve under the Rev. Victor Clore.
Much of Deacon Chris’s ministry is in Brightmoor with St. Vincent de Paul Christian Outreach and at the St. Christine Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen. He also serves at Sunday Mass at St. Suzanne/Our Lady Gate of Heaven parish and is on the Board of St. Suzanne Cody Rouge Resource Center.
Deacon Chris is a retired chemist, living in Rosedale Park in Detroit with his wife of 50 years Ruth. He has two grown children and six grandchildren who reside with their families in Chicago and Boston.
He has felt humbled to be called to serve in the Diaconate in the city of Detroit and to ‘do the Lord’s work’.