Board of Directors

Board Officers

Chair

L. Robert McConnell, DPA
Retired
Western Michigan University

Vice Chair

Jerry Swartz
Retired
Educator

Secretary

Tom Stewart
Managing Partner
Commomwealth Enterprises

Treasurer

Jamie Rabe
Senior Manager
Andrews Hooper Pavlik, PLC

Immediate Past Chairperson

Dorothy E. Maxwell
President
Max Weingar Group

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, Chairperson
Davenport University

Dru Mitchell, Vice-Chairperson
Clinton County Economic Allliance

Finance Committee
Jamie Rabe, Chairperson/Board Treasurer
Andrews Hooper Pavlik,  PLC

Ralph Sovran, Vice-Chairperson
Independent Bank

Fund Development Committee
Jim Paul
PNC Bank

Jerry Swartz, Vice-Chairperson
Retired

Governance Committee
Vennie Gore, Chairperson
Michigan State University

Scott Keith
Lansing Entertainment and Public Facilities Authority (LEPFA)

Human Resources Committee
Deb Bittner, Chairperson
Clerical-Technical Union of MSU

Kristine Zayko, Vice-Chairperson
Husch Blackwell

Public Relations & Branding Committee
Mark Nixon, Chairperson
Nixon Communications

Kylie Rogers Strahan, Vice-Chairperson
Blohm Creative Partners

Strategic Planning Committee

Lisa Webb-Sharpe, Chairperson
Lansing Community College

Thomas Stewart, Vice-Chairperson
Quantum Medical Concepts & NEO Center

At-Large Members