JA OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chairperson of the Board, 2019 - 2021

William B. (Brad) Kessel

President & CEO, Independent Bank

Immediate Past Chairperson & Corporate Secretary

Joe Tomaszewski

Partner, Crowe, LLP

Vice Chair - Free Enterprise Center

Robert T. Worthington

Chief Operating Officer, Mercantile Bank

Vice Chair - Free Enterprise Golf Invitational

Lance B. Erickson

Senior Vice President, Fifth Third Bank

Vice Chair - Board Development

James S. Nicholson

Sr. Vice President - CFO, BISSELL

Vice Chair - Volunteers

Scott Fiser

SVP, Sr. Relationship Manager, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Vice Chair - Finance

Sarah Mezwicki

Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Vice Chair - Business Hall of Fame

Robin Kleinjans-McKee

VP Global Financial Planning & Analysis, Dematic

Vice Chair - Titan Business Challenge

Kevin L. Patterson

Audit Partner, BDO USA, LLP

Vice Chair - Bowling

John A. Maynard

Partner, KPMG US LLP

Vice Chair - Marketing

Marti Lolli

Chief Marketing Officer & SVP of Consumer & Government Markets, Priority Health

At Large Member

Mike Volk

Executive VP for Finance/CFO & Treasurer, Davenport University

At Large Member

W. Noble Billingsley II

Manager, Customer Service, DTE Energy

JA Mid Michigan Chairperson

Lea Ammerman

Executive VP of Member Services, MSUFCU

JA Southwest Michigan Chairperson

Jodi Havera

CFO, Landscape Forms Inc

President & CEO

William C Coderre III, CFRE

Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes

2019 - 2020 Directors

Kim Baber

Partner/Attorney, Varnum LLP

James Bos

Vice President Global Procurement, Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors

Jennifer Bowman

Deputy Director of Federal Affairs, Michigan Department of Talent & Economic Development

Meredith Brown

NSO/Petoskey Advisory Chair

Owner & President, Kilwins Petoskey

Steve Carlson

Community Leader, (Retired GE Aviation Vice President)

Rhonda DeBoer

Group Human Resources Director, Autocam

Krista Flynn

Regional President - West, Chemical Bank

Ronald Foor

Community President/Commercial Relationship Manager, Fifth Third Bank

Scott Harris

Vice President & Senior Commercial Relationship Manager, The Huntington National Bank

Jeff Harrison

Vice President, North American Business Groups, Haworth, Inc.

Monica King

Managing Partner & CEO, DWH, LLC

Kris Kurtz

Chief Financial Officer, Metro Health University of Michigan Health

Mark Lardieri

Technology & JA Girls' Dream Fair Chair

President, CQL Inc.

Zachary Shaw Littleton

Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank

Chris Milliron

NWSO/Traverse City Advisory Chair

Chief Lending Officer, TBA Credit Union

Ron Modreski

Owner, RAM Management Group

Gregg Peters

Corporate Controller, Sound Off Signal

Gwen Sandefur

President, Spectrum Health Hospital Group

David Seppela

Montcalm County Advisory Board

Division President, Isabella Bank

Matthew D. Smith

Managing Director, Deloitte LLP

Rich Sorota

President & CEO, Ranir

Martin Stein

Managing Director, Blackford Capital LLC

Michael Stornant

CFO, Senior Vice President & Treasurer, Wolverine World Wide Inc

Victor Sturgis

Associate Leadership Board Chair

Tax Manager, Crowe LLP

Tim Williams

Community Leader, Retired from Stryker

Scott Pranger

Board Member Emeritus

Community Leader

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