Governing Board

Board Chair: Scott Rice, President and COO – POWERLINK Healthcare Support Services
Vice-Chair: Frank Orsini, EVP and President of Seating – Lear Corporation
Secretary: Jennette Smith Kotila, Chief Marketing Officer & Partner - CRIMSON
Treasurer: Sandra B. Shecter, CPA, CGMA, Firmwide Director - Rehmann Solutions: Managed Services and Outsourcing - Rehmann Robson
Jeff Hoover, Chief Legal Officer – Alta
Matt Joshua, Owner - E-MAD LLC
Kristina Marshall, President & CEO – Winning Futures

Past Board Chairs

Scott Hiipakka - Michigan Israel Business Accelerator
Joni Nelson - Goodwill Industries
Dr. Dan Schafer - Warren Consolidated School District (retired)

Legacy Leadership

Sam Cupp, Founder
Don & Aleta Hamilton, Donors - Founders
Kristina Marshall, Co-Creator
Laurie Tarter, Co-Creator

Board of Directors

Terry Bishop, President - Trilogy
Stephanie Burnley-Hemphill, co-CEO, Devon Industrial
Marcelo Conti - Executive Director Purchasing - Interior, Exterior, & Thermal - General Motors
Ellyn Davidson, CEO – Brogan & Partners
Victor Edozien, President and CEO - BWD Technologies
Pete Hockey, Global Commodity Director – Ford
Ruomu Hu, General Manager & Vice President of Embedded Audio Business Unit - Harman International
Todd Kennedy, Vice President North American Seating - Lear Corporation
Brandon Leslie, Vice President - Industrial - Barton Malow
Tim Mailley, Chief Commercial Officer - Yazaki
Scott Thiele, Senior Vice President of Strategic Technology Partnerships – Stellantis
Tony Tomczak, President, Tomczak Enterprises, LLC

Advisory Board

Gary Abernathy, VP, Practice Development – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practice Lead - Marsh & McLennan Agency
Diane Banks, Executive Director – Advancing Macomb
Josh Berg, Director of Innovation Ventures - Magna International
Stefan Buerkle, Senior Vice President - Regional Business Unit Leader - Robert Bosch LLC
Kevin Butler, V.P., Resident Director - Wealth Management Advisor - Merrill Lynch - The Butler Group
Mark Chernoby, Retired, formerly with Stellantis
Daryl R. Conrad, Chief Recruitment Officer - City of Detroit
Jason Dawson, Chief Operations Officer - Interior Environments
Robert Doyle, President and CEO - Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA)
Carmen Gaines, Community & Citizenship Senior Program Specialist, Turner Construction Company
Anthony Garnett, Global Platform Manager – Faurecia Clean Mobility
Chanel Hampton, Chief Executive Officer - Strategic Community Partners
Gretchen Hopp Doyle, President and Principal - Baker-Hopp & Yee
Robert Kendall, Chief Financial Officer, My Locker
Kimberly Kersten, Senior V.P. & Director Business Banking Michigan - Comerica Bank
Bryan Kieler, SVP Community Development Banking Market Manager - PNC Bank
Marc Kuiper, Regional Operations Manager - McNaughton-McKay Electric Company
Christopher Letts, V.P. Financial Planning Specialist, Financial Advisor - Morgan Stanley
Daniel Lichocki, Vice President - A Line Staffing
DeAndre Lipscomb, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer - Homepoint
Paul Loffreda, Market President, Blue Cross Complete of Michigan
Ashley Lorano, Global HR Business Partner - Guardian Industries
Lisa Lunsford, Co-Founder & CEO - GS3 Global
Andy Makar, Senior Manager - Consulting Services – Salesforce
Manish Mehta, VP of Corporate Planning and Strategy - Yazaki North America
Lori McColl, CEO - WHIM Detroit
Kathy Morgan, Bank Officer, Community Engagement Director, Foundation Office of Corporate Responsibility - Flagstar
Jeff Morrison, Executive Director - Global Purchasing & Supply Chain - General Motors
Dino Nardicchio, Vice President New Business Development, DENSO
Kathryn Ostertag-Johnson, Director of Process Improvement and Training- Xerimis
Andrew Patrick, CEO - Skidmore Studio
Jessica Roy, Managing Director - Accenture
Daniel Russell, Sr., National Sales Director - Trion Solutions
Mark Strayhan, Vice President - Client Executive - Marsh
Carl Sumpter, Talent Acquisition Manager for Global Operations and Logistics - Nike
Christine Swart, Communications Manager - DuPont
Tae Taylor, Assistant Vice President- PNC Institutional Asset Management
Gary Tino, Vice President - KUKA Systems North America LLC
Debbie Tran, Audit Senior Manager, Deloitte
Antoinette Turner, Manager, Corporate Communication & CSR Initiatives - S’drol Metals, Inc.
Jeff Vergolini, Business Banking Relationship Manager – KeyBank
Michael Wacht, President - Chatterspot
Gregory Walker, Chief Operating Officer - Walker-Miller Energy Services
Melinda Wilner, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer - United Wholesale Mortgage
Sarah Zigila, Manager of Strategic Partnerships - Orbis Holding Group