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Officers of The Board of Directors

BOB ROTH

Chair, Econ Club
President & CEO
RoMan Manufacturing

NATALIA KOVICAK

President and CEO
Economic Club of Grand Rapids

PAUL T. DOYLE

Vice Chair, Econ Club
Founder & CEO
Inclusive Performance Strategies

BOB WOLFORD

Secty/Legal Counsel, Econ Club
Attorney/Managing Member
Miller Johnson

JOSEPH PONSTEIN

Treasurer, Econ Club
Partner/Principal
Ernst & Young

The Board of Directors

RICK BAKER

President & CEO
Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce

ART BETANCOURT

Principal & CEO
AEBetancourt

MATT BIERSACK

President
Trinity Health Grand Rapids

TASHA BLACKMON

President & CEO
Cherry Health

JOHNNY BRANN, JR.

Owner
Kitchen67 and Interphase

MEREDITH BRONK

President & CEO
Progressive Companies

ERIC BROWN

President & CEO
Urban League of West Michigan

ANTHONY CHANG, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO
BAMF Health

GUILLERMO CISNEROS

President & CEO
W. MI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

SHANNON COHEN

Founder & CEO
Shannon Cohen, Inc.

MARK CUSTER

Co-Founder
Custer

LAUREN DAVIS

West Michigan Region President
Huntington Bank

JODIE DEVRIES

Managing Director
Marsh

Katie Ferris
KATIE FERRIS

Managing Partner
BDO

RYAN FISCHER

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Gordon Food Service

ERIC FOSTER

Co-Founder, Chair & Managing Director
Rende Progress Capital

LAUREN DAVIS

West Michigan Region President
Huntington Bank

LASANDRA GADDY

President & CEO
Grand Rapids Community Foundation

SARAH GASS

Managing Director, Michigan Account Executive Leader
Aon

Chris Hufnagel
CHRIS HUFNAGEL

President & CEO
Wolverine Worldwide

RABIH JAMAL

CEO
Dennen Steel

Mark Johnson
MARK JOHNSON

Co-Founder & Partner
Michigan Software Labs

CHRISTINA KELLER

CEO & Chair
Cascade Engineering 

MATT KIRK

President of North America Retail
Acrisure

JOSH KOOISTRA

President
Corewell Health West

DAVID LAGRAND

Mayor
City of Grand Rapids

JULIE LEONARD

CEO
Lake Michigan Credit Union

Scott Lewis
SCOTT LEWIS

President & CEO
YMCA

JOHN LOWERY 

CEO
Applied Innovation

RICH MACKEIGAN

Regional General Manager
ASM Global

DAN MEYERING

CEO
Trillium Ventures

SHANE NAPPER

CEO
Rockford

MICHAEL NELSON

President & CEO
Amway

ANA RAMIREZ-SAENZ

CEO & Founder
La Fuente Consulting, LLC

LEADRIANE ROBY, Ph.D.

Superintendent
GRPS

CARLOS SANCHEZ

Executive Director, Casa Latina Program
Davenport University

VIK SRINIVASAN

Chief Administrative Officer
Meijer

RANDY THELEN

President & CEO
The Right Place, Inc.

JOHN TRUSCOTT

CEO
Truscott Rossman

ZACHARY VERHULST

Founder & CEO
Pure Architects

MARK WASHINGTON

City Manager
City of Grand Rapids

Skot Welch
SKOT WELCH

Founder & President
Global Bridgebuilders

SEAN WELSH

Regional President
PNC