Board of Directors
Our 2024 board of directors includes leaders from our region’s most esteemed businesses, universities, and nonprofits.
Kimberlee Baczewski – Strosacker Foundation
Jim Barcia – Bay County Executive
Brooke Beebe – Hemlock Semiconductor
Neal Bishop – ITC MI
Beth Charlton – Covenant Healthcare
Rob Clark – Michigan Sugar
Melinda Coffin – Soaring Eagle Casino
Jeff Collier – Saginaw County ISD
Robert Davies, Ph.D – Central Michigan University
Dante Davis – Saginaw STEM
Ben Denay – Wildfire Credit Union
Aaron Desentz – City of Mt. Pleasant
Gerd Dieterich – Corteva
Matt Felan – Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance
Ken Frierson – WNEM
Bill Gagliardi – Davenport University
Heather Gallegos – Dow
Michael Gavin, Ph.D – Delta College
George Grant, Jr. – Saginaw Valley State University
Todd Gregory – 1st State Bank
Michael Goad – Dow Credit Union
Patrick Hengesbach – Garber Management Group
Tim Hood – Mid Michigan College
Brian Keeler – Spence Brothers
Pavel Konecny – Tri-Star Trust
Tim Lacey – DuPont
Jonathan E. Lauderbach – Warner Norcross & Judd
Jon Lynch – Three Rivers Corporation
Kent MacDonald – Northwood University
Jeff Mayes – Consumers Energy
Diane Middleton – Midland Business Alliance
Anna Mooney – Enbridge Energy
Seth Perigo – Huntington Bank
Justin Pomerville – UA Local 85
Ron Ridley – Morley
Chris Rowley – Mt. Pleasant CVB
Magen Samyn – Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Scheffer – MyMichigan Health
Eugene Seals – Saginaw Area Chamber of Commerce
Peter Shaheen – Shaheen Development
Bradley Sizelove – Nexteer Automotive
Tony Stamas – Midland Business Alliance
Jeff Stoutenburg – Dow
Erin Strang – CMURC
Sunita Vadakath – MyMichigan Health
Kristen Wenzel – Michigan Works!