Board of Directors

Rick Baker – President & CEO, Grand Rapids Chamber

Arthur Betancourt – CEO & Founder, AEBetancourt

Matt Biersack, MD – President, Trinity Health Grand Rapids

Meredith Bronk – President & CEO, Progressive Companies

Luke Cherveny – Grand Rapids Office Managing Partner - Tax Reporting & Strategy Partner, PwC

Michael Davenport – President & CEO, Jireh Metal

Lauren Davis* – President, West Michigan Region, Huntington Bank

Tina Freese Decker* – President & CEO, Corewell Health

Ronald G. DeWaard – Managing Partner, Varnum LLP

Adam Doubblestein – Chief Operating Officer, TowerPinkster

Katie L. Ferris*, CPA – Tax Office Managing Partner, BDO

Chris Hufnagel – President & CEO, Wolverine Worldwide, Inc.

Joshua Hulst* – Co-founder & Managing Partner, Michigan Software Labs

Joe Hune – VP & President, West Michigan & Upper Peninsula, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Nick Hrnyak – CEO, Lacks Enterprises, Inc.

Paul Keifer – Market President, Bank of America West Michigan

John Kennedy – President & CEO, Autocam Medical

William B. Kessel – CEO, Independent Bank

Rick Keyes* – President & CEO, Meijer, Inc.

James Kolodziej – Operations Manager, Flexco (Manufacturers Council Representative)

Jacob Kulhanek – SVP & General Manager West Michigan, The Christman Company

Julie Leonard – President & CEO, Lake Michigan Credit Union

Charles W. Lott – Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo & Company

Philomena Mantella, Ph.D* – President, Grand Valley State University

Shane Napper – President & CEO, Rockford Construction

Michael Nelson – President & CEO, Amway Corporation

Andi Owen – President & CEO, MillerKnoll

A. Michael Palizzi – CEO, Miller Canfield

Richard J. Pappas, Ed.D – President, Davenport University

Stacy Paul – President & CEO, Array of Engineers (Tech Council Representative)

Bill Pink, Ph.D.* – President, Ferris State University

Supratik Rayamajhi, MD – Interim Dean, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University

Raymond E. Reitsma – President & CEO, Mercantile Bank

Robert A. Richard – President, Chief Operations Officer, DTE Energy

Julie Rietberg – CEO, Greater Regional Alliance of Realtors

Garrick Rochow – President & CEO, Consumers Energy Company

Nelson Sanchez* – CEO, RoMan Manufacturing

Timothy R. Schowalter – President & CEO, Pioneer Construction

Sue Schweim Tellier – President, JetCo Federal

John Shay – City Manager, City of Wyoming (Community Partner Representative)

Allan Smith – SVP & President, Americas & Chief Product Officer, Steelcase, Inc.

Rich Sorota – CEO, Miller Johnson

Tom Stritzinger – Senior Vice President, Comerica Bank

Randy Thelen* – President & CEO, The Right Place, Inc.

Steven Triezenberg, Ph.D. – Interim President, Grand Rapids Community College

John Tuttle – President, Acrisure

David L. Van Andel – Chairman & CEO, Van Andel Institute

Al Vanderberg – County Administrator/Controller, Kent County

Mark Washington – City Manager, City of Grand Rapids

Mark J. Wassink – Managing Partner, Warner Norcross + Judd, LLP

Daniel Watts – CEO, US Signal

Thomas G. Welch, Jr. – Regional President, Fifth Third Bank - West Michigan

Sean P. Welsh* – Regional President, PNC Bank

Benjamin Wickstrom – President & CEO, Erhardt Construction

*Denotes member of the Executive Committee