Appointed February 13, 2009 by Governor Jennifer Granholm for a term that will expire December 31, 2016.
Dr. Wilkinson is a licensed clinical psychologist in Michigan. She has a private practice while consulting at the Center for Human development of William Beaumont Hospital. Her clinical expertise includes child psychology, international adoption, cross cultural issues, and affective disorders. She is the author of Birth is More than Once: The Inner World of Adopted Korean Children and an editor of After the Morning Calm: Reflections of Korean Adoptees. Dr. Wilkinson is Chair of the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission and a member of the National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC) appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.