Board | Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes

2019 - 2020 Directors

Dave Bell

CFO & Treasurer

EQI Ltd

James Bos

Vice President Global Procurement

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors Jenni

Jennifer Bowman

Deputy Director of Federal Affairs

Michigan Department of Talent & Economic Development

Meredith Brown

Owner & President

Kilwins Petoskey

Steve Carlson

Community Leader

(Retired GE Aviation Vice President)

Rhonda DeBoer

Group Human Resource Director

Autocam

Krista Flynn

Regional President - West

Chemical Bank

Ronald Foor

Community President/Commercial Relationship Manager

Fifth Third Bank

J. Todd James

Vice President Global Sales

Haworth

Monica King

Managing Partner & CEO

DWH, LLC

Mark Lardieri — Technology & JA Girls' Dream Fair Chair

President

CQL Inc

Zachary Shaw Littleton

Vice President

JP Morgan Chase Bank

Chris Milliron — NWSO/Traverse City Advisory Chair

Chief Lending Officer

TBA Credit Union

Ron Modreski

Owner

RAM Management Group

Kevin Patterson — Vice-Chair Titan Business Challenge

Audit Partner

BDO

Gregg Peters

Chief Financial Officer

Greenville Tool & Die

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

Scott Pranger — Board Member Emeritus

Community Leader

David Faber — Education Advisory Council

Superintendent of Catholic Schools

Diocese of Grand Rapids

John Helmholdt — Education Advisory Council

Executive Director of Communications & External Affairs

Grand Rapids Public Schools

JA of the Michigan Great Lakes Executive Committee Members

William B. (Brad) Kessel — Chairperson of the Board, 2019 - 2021

President & CEO

Independent Bank

Joe Tomaszewski — Immediate Past Chairperson (2019 - 2021)

Partner

Crowe LLP

Robert T Worthington — Vice-Chair Free Enterprise Center

Chief Operating Officer

Mercantile Bank

Sarah Mezwicki — Vice-Chair, Finance

Partner

Ernst & Young

James (Jim) S. Nicholson — Vice-Chair, Board Development

Sr Vice President - CFO

Bissell Inc

Robin Kleinjans-McKee — Vice-Chair, Business Hall of Fame

Financial Planning & Analysis

Dematic

Scott Fiser — Vice-Chair, Volunteers

SVP Central Michigan Middle Market

Bank of America

Lance Erickson — Vice-Chair, Free Enterprise Golf Invitational

SVP

Fifth Third Bank

Marti Lolli — Vice-Chair, Marketing

CMO & SVP Consumer & Government Markets

Priority Health

Kevin Patterson — Vice-Chair, Titan Business Challenge

Audit Partner

BDO

OPEN — Corporate Secretary

John Maynard — Vice-Chair, Bowling

Partner

KPMG LLP

Lea Ammerman — JA Mid-Michigan Chairperson

Executive VP of Member Services

MSUFCU

Jodi Havera — JA Southwest Michigan Chairperson

CFO

Landscape Forms Inc

Mike Volk — At Large Member

Executive VP Finance/CFO & Treasurer

Davenport University

Noble Billingsley — At Large Member

Director of Gas Operations

DTE Energy

William C Coderre III, CFRE — President

President

Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes

"Junior Achievement has given me a sense of what adults go through with budget issues."

-Junior Achievement Student
"Junior Achievement reinforced concepts for me to remember later in life."

-Junior Achievement Student
"I thought the experience was amazing. The presentation was unlike anything I've seen."

-Junior Achievement Student
"I liked how the Junior Achievement volunteer explained his job to us."

-Junior Achievement Student