Board of Directors

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