Vice Mayor Eric Hood and President of NAACP #3147

Education
- Attended Muskegon Public schools from K-12
- Graduated from Muskegon High School in 1980
- Attended Muskegon Community College and GVSU Police Academy
- Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Concentration in Human Services, Cum Laude, Colorado Technical University
- Joined the United States Army 1982
- Stationed at Madigan Army Hospital Ft. Lewis Washington ,Walter Reed Medical Center Washington D.C., and Korea
- Attended The Academy of Health & Science Ft. Sam Houston
- In Korea I was stationed at Camp Howze 1/31st infantry Division and Served 72 days on the Demilitarized Zone
- Honorably discharged from the Military in October 1985 and returned home to Muskegon