Board Officers
Chair
Scott Keith
President/CEO
Lansing Entertainment & Public Facilities Authority
Vice Chair
Jerry Swartz
Retired
Educator
Secretary
Debra Bittner
President
Clerical Technical Union of Michigan State University
Treasurer
Ralph Sovran
Retired
Independent Bank
Immediate Past Chairperson
L. Robert McConnell, DPA
Retired
Western Michigan University
Standing Committees
Audit Committee
Erik Decker, Chairperson
Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau
Myron Freeman, Vice-Chairperson
Midbrook Industrial Washers, Inc.
Community Investment Committee
Susan Porrett, MSA, Chairperson
Davenport University
Whitney Anderson-Harrell, Vice-Chairperson
MSU Federal Credit Union
Finance Committee
Ralph Sovran, Chairperson/Board Treasurer
Retired, Independent Bank
Dru Mitchell, Vice-Chairperson
Clinton County Economic Alliance
Fund Development Committee
Jim Paul
PNC Bank
Marcus Kirkpatrick, Vice-Chairperson
Delta Township
Governance Committee
Vennie Gore, Chairperson
Michigan State University
John Roy Castillo
Williamston Area Senior Center
Human Resources Committee
Deb Bittner, Chairperson
Clerical-Technical Union of MSU
L. Robert McConnell, Vice-Chairperson
Retired, Western Michigan University
Public Relations & Branding Committee
Mark Nixon, Chairperson
Nixon Communications
Ashlee Willis, Vice-Chairperson
Michigan Premier Events, LLC
Strategic Planning Committee
Lisa Webb-Sharpe, Chairperson
Lansing Community College
Paula Kaiser VanDam, Vice-Chairperson
Michigan Department of Human Services
At-Large Members
UAW Local 2256 Unit President/BCBSM
Retired
Erik Decker, Vice President
Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau
Myron Freeman
Freeman Consulting Group
UAW Local 652
Lansing School District
Lansing School District
City of Lansing
Hude Legal Services, PLLC
Language Services and Diversity Consultant