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Officers of The Board of Directors

SEAN WELSH

Chair, Econ Club
Regional President
PNC

PHILOMENA MANTELLA, Ph.D.

Vice Chair, Econ Club
President
GVSU

NATALIA KOVICAK

President
Economic Club of Grand Rapids

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

SARA ARMBRUSTER

President & CEO
Steelcase

RICK BAKER

President & CEO
Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce

TASHA BLACKMON

President & CEO
Cherry Health

ROSALYNN BLISS

Mayor
City of Grand Rapids

PAUL BOEHMS

Executive Director
Warner Norcross & Judd 

JOHNNY BRANN, JR.

Owner
Kitchen67 and Interphase

ERIC BROWN

President & CEO
Urban League of West Michigan

BRIAN CALLEY

President & CEO
Small Business Association of MI

ANTHONY CHANG

Founder & CEO
BAMF Health

GUILLERMO CISNEROS

President & CEO
W. MI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

SHANNON COHEN

Founder & CEO
Shannon Cohen, Inc.

LAUREN DAVIS

West Michigan Region President
Huntington Bank

PAUL T. DOYLE

Founder & CEO
Inclusive Performance Strategies

ERIC FOSTER

Co-Founder, Chair & Managing Director
Rende Progress Capital

TINA FREESE DECKER

President & CEO
Corewell Health

LASANDRA GADDY

President & CEO
Grand Rapids Community Foundation

SARAH GASS

Managing Director, Michigan Account Executive Leader
Aon

TIM GORTSEMA

President
Grand Rapids Griffins

Bob Herr

Retired
Crowe

LYNNE JARMAN-JOHNSON

Chief Marketing Officer
Consumers Credit Union

JOE JONES

President
The Hekima Group

JIM KEANE

Former President & CEO
Steelcase

CHRISTINA KELLER

CEO & Chair
Cascade Engineering 

MATT KIRK

President of North America Retail
Acrisure

JD LOEKS

President
Studio C

RICH MACKEIGAN

Regional General Manager
ASM Global

JEFF MADDOX

CFO
Gordon Foods

RACHEL MRAZ

Vice President-Wealth Management,
Merrill Lynch

MICHAEL NELSON

President & CEO
Amway

MAT NGUYEN

Founder
19 Alpha, Inc.

ANDI OWEN

President & CEO
MillerKnoll

ANA RAMIREZ-SAENZ

CEO & Founder
La Fuente Consulting, LLC

LEADRIANE ROBY, Ph.D.

Superintendent
GRPS

GARRICK ROCHOW

President & CEO
Consumers Energy

BOB ROTH

President & CEO
RoMan Manufacturing

CARLOS SANCHEZ

Executive Director, Casa Latina Program
Davenport University

VIK SRINIVASAN

Chief Administrative Officer
Meijer

KEVIN STOTTS

President
TalentFirst

RENEE TABBEN

President
Bank of America Grand Rapids

PRAVEEN THADANI

President
Priority Health

RANDY THELEN

President & CEO
The Right Place, Inc.

JOHN TRUSCOTT

CEO
Truscott Rossman

MIKE VANGESSEL

CEO
Rockford Construction

ZACHARY VERHULST

Founder & CEO
Pure Architects

MARK WASHINGTON

City Manager
City of Grand Rapids