Meet Your Councilmembers

Michael Matthews-Pennanen was elected to City Council in November of 2003 and re-elected in November 2007.  Mike and his wife Catherine moved into Berkley in 1986 and are now living in their second Berkley home.  Two of their 3 children are current students in the Berkley school district and their eldest child is a graduate of Berkley High School.

Mike is a graduate of Michigan State University and the University of Detroit School of Law. He works for the Royal Oak Fire Department and also runs a diversified small development Company.

• Berkley Planning Commission
• Berkley High School Operation Graduation
• Berkley Schools Strategic Planning Committee
• Royal Oak Area Optimist Club
• Boys and Girls Club – Advisory Board

Dan has been an active member of the following organizations:

• Public Safety Consolidation Citizen Advisory Committee
• 12 Mile Road Ad Hoc Committee
• Recipient of the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award 1998
• Library Board
• Member of the Building Committee during the Library’s expansion
• Member of the Friends of the Library

• Citizens Finance Committee
• BYSA - Founding Member
• Berkley Schools Strategic Planning
• Public Safety Consolidation Citizens Advisory Committee
  

Dale GoodCourage was elected to City Council in November of 2005.  Dale has been a resident of Berkley for 44 years.  He and his wife Mary Pat have been married to 32 years and are the parents of two boys, one daughter, with the wonderful addition of a daughter-in-law, a son-in law, and a grandson.  Dale served in the United States Army in the Military Police.  He is a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy and works in sales/engineering.

• Past member of Berkley Dad's Club for 12 years;
• Catholic Youth League for 20 years;
• Our Lady of LaSalette School : Cub Scout Master/School Board/Athletic Director/Booster President
• National Shrine of the Little Flower High School, Royal Oak : Dad's Club President
• Life member Disabled American Veterans;
• American Legion Post 0374; Berkley
• Liaison to the Parks and Recreation Board and Berkley Cruisefest Committee
• Member of the VFW

Eileen Steadman has been a Berkley resident since 1976. She is the mother of four daughters, who are all graduates of Berkley High School. Eileen received her Bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University and her Master's degree from Oakland University. She is a Special Education teacher in Royal Oak and runs a parent-toddler program for children age birth to three with mild to moderate delays. Eileen was first elected to City Council in 1997 and was elected to her second four year term in 2001.  In November 2005 Eileen was appointed to fill a vacancy on the City Council.  In the November 2007 election Eileen was re-elected to a four-year term on the City Council.

• Berkley Parent Teacher's Association
• Served as Rogers' School PTA President
• Served as Berkley PTA Council President
• Member of the Berkley Planning Commission
• Member of the 12 Mile Road Ad Hoc Committee
• Council liaison to the Zoning Board of Appeals
• Member of the Friends of the Library