
JIM KEANE
Chair, Econ Club
Former President & CEO
Steelcase

CHRISTINA KELLER
Vice-Chair, Econ Club
CEO
Cascade Engineering Family of Companies

NATALIA KOVICAK
President
Economic Club of Grand Rapids

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

BOB HERR
Treasurer, Econ Club
Retired
Crowe
The Board of Directors:

SARA ARMBRUSTER
President & CEO
Steelcase

RICK BAKER
President & CEO
Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce

STACIE BEHLER
Vice President & Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer
GVSU

TASHA BLACKMON
President & CEO
Cherry Health

ROSALYNN BLISS
Mayor
City of Grand Rapids

JOHNNY BRANN, JR.
Owner
Kitchen67 and Interphase

MEREDITH BRONK
Head of Portfolio Operations
Graham Allen Partners

ERIC BROWN
President & CEO
Urban League of West Michigan

BRIAN CALLEY
President & CEO
Small Business Association of MI

GUILLERMO CISNEROS
President & CEO
W. MI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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

CHIP GEORGE
CEO
Comfort Research

TIM GORTSEMA
President
Grand Rapids Griffins

PETER HAHN, MD
President & CEO
University of Michigan Health-West

LYNNE JARMAN-JOHNSON
Chief Marketing Officer
Consumers Credit Union

LYNN JEKKALS
Resident Managing Director
Aon

SANDY JELINSKI
CEO
Lake Michigan Credit Union

JOE JONES
President & CEO
The Hekima Group

SCOTT LEWIS
President & CEO
YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids

JD LOEKS
President
Studio C

RICH MACKEIGAN
Regional General Manager
ASM Global

JEFF MADDOX
CFO,
Gordon Foods

PHILOMENA MANTELLA, Ph.D.
President
GVSU

RACHEL MRAZ
Vice President-Wealth Management,
Merrill Lynch

MICHAEL NELSON
Chief Administrative & Supply Chain Officer
Amway

MAT NGUYEN
Founder
19 Alpha, Inc.

ANDI OWEN
President & CEO
MillerKnoll

JOSEPH PONSTEIN
Partner/Principal
Ernst & Young

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, Latino Program
Davenport University

KEVIN STOTTS
President
TalentFirst

PRAVEEN THADANI
President
Priority Health

RANDY THELEN
President & CEO
The Right Place, Inc.

JOHN TRUSCOTT
CEO
Truscott Rossman

MIKE VANGESSEL
CEO
Rockford Construction

MARK WASHINGTON
City Manager
City of Grand Rapids

SEAN WELSH
Regional President
PNC