Brian Walker* Chair

Former President/CEO, Herman Miller, Inc.

Sean Welsh* Vice Chair

Regional President, The PNC Financial Services Group

Mitchell Joppich* Treasurer

Grand Rapids Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC

Rick Baker

President/CEO, Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce

Norman Beauchamp Jr., MD MHS

Dean, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University

Matt Becker

Managing Partner, BDO USA, LLP

Spectrum Health*

Wayman Britt

County Administrator, Kent County

Doug Dozeman

Managing Partner, Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

Dan R. Gaydou

President, MLive Media Group

Thomas Haas, Ph.D*

President, Grand Valley State University

Brian T. Harris*

BTHarris Consulting, LLC

Richard P. Haslinger

President, West Michigan Region, Chase

Susan Hatto

Chair, Ionia County Economic Alliance, Dean of Communications & Workforce Education, Montcalm Community College

John Irwin

West Michigan Regional President, Huntington Bank

Sandra Jelinski*

President/CEO, Lake Michigan Credit Union

James P. Keane

President/CEO, Steelcase, Inc.

John C. Kennedy

President/CEO, Autocam Medical

Dave Khorey

Managing Partner, Varnum Law

Birgit M. Klohs*

President/CEO , The Right Place, Inc.

Blake W. Krueger*

Chairman of the Board, CEO & President, Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

Bill Manns

President, Mercy Health St. Mary's

Michael McGee

CEO, Miller Canfield

Hank Meijer

Co-Chairman/CEO, Meijer, Inc.

Jeff Needham

President, Consumer Health-Americas Perrigo

Richard J. Pappas Ed.D

President, Davenport University

Bill Payne*

Vice Chair, Amway

Bill Pink, Ph.D

President, Grand Rapids Community College

John C. Porterfield

Regional Bank President, Comerica Bank

Chemical Bank

Julie Rietberg

Executive Director, Grand Rapids Association of Realtors

Garrick Rochow

Senior Vice President of Operations, Consumers Energy

Rob Spohr

Chair, Montcalm Economic Alliance, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Montcalm Community College

Dave Staples

President/CEO, SpartanNash

Mark Stiers

President and COO, DTE Gas

Ben Swayze

Township Manager, Cascade Charter Township

Renee Tabben

Market Executive Merrill Lynch, Market President Bank of America

David L. Van Andel*

Chairman/CEO, Van Andel Institute

Michael VanGessel

President/CEO, Rockford Construction Company, Inc.

Thomas Welch, Jr.

President/CEO, Fifth Third Bank

Chris Williams

President/CEO, Medbio, Inc.

Robert Wolford

Attorney at Law, Miller Johnson