Board | Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes

 

JA OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chairperson of the Board, 2020 - 2021
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, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
 
Vice Chair - Finance
Sarah Mezwicki
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
 
Vice Chair - Business Hall of Fame
Robin Kleinjans-McKee
VP of Finance & Operations, Open Systems Technologies, Inc.
 
Vice Chair - Titan Business Challenge
Kevin L. Patterson
Audit Partner, BDO USA, LLP
 
Vice Chair - Bowling
John A. Maynard
Partner, KPMG US LLP
 
At Large Member
Noble Billingsley
Manager, Customer Service, DTE Energy
 
At Large Member
Jodi Havera
Chief Financial Officer, Landscape Forms
 
JA Mid Michigan Chairperson
Lea Ammerman
Chief Operating Officer, MSUFCU
 
JA Southwest Michigan Chairperson
Ronald Foor
Community President/Commercial Relationship Manager, Fifth Third Bank
 
President & CEO
William C Coderre III, CFRE
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes
 

2020 - 2021 Directors

Kim Baber
Partner/Attorney, Varnum LLP
 
Jennifer Bowman
Deputy Director of Federal Affairs, Michigan Department of Talent & Economic Development
 
Meredith Brown
JA of Northern Michigan 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, TCF Bank
 
Scott Harris
Vice President, The Huntington National Bank
 
Jeff Harrison
Vice President, North American Business Group, Haworth, Inc.
 
Monica King
Managing Partner & CEO, DWH, LLC
 
Kris Kurtz
Chief Financial Officer, Metro Health - University of Michigan Health
 
Marti Lolli
Community Leader
 
Mark Lardieri
President, CQL Inc.
 
Zachary Shaw Littleton
Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank
 
Ron Modreski
Owner, RAM Management Group
 
Gregg Peters
Corporate Controller, Sound Off Signal
 
Pamela Ries
SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Spectrum Health System
 
Gwen Sandefur
CEO & Founder, Loud Minds
 
David Seppela
Montcalm County Advisory Board
Division President, Isabella Bank
 
Matthew D. Smith
Managing Director, Deloitte LLP
 
Rich Sorota
President & CEO, Ranir, a Perrigo Company
 
Martin Stein
Managing Director, Blackford Capital LLC
 
Michael Stornant, Sr.
VP & Treasurer, Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
 
Victor Sturgis
Tax Manager, Crowe LLP
 
Mike Volk
Executive VP & Treasurer, Davenport University
 
Tim Williams
Community Leader, Retired from Stryker
 
Scott Pranger
Board Member Emeritus
Community Leader
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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