Council Chair
Laurie Forte
Chief Operating Officer
Grand Rapids Chamber
of Commerce

Corporate Investor Acquisition Chair
Denise Sherwood
Vice President Employee Benefits
Aon

Corporate Investor Acquisition Co-Chair
Michelle Hoexum
Vice President Wealth
Management
Comerica Bank

Membership Chair
Sharon Inman
Strategic Human
Resources &
Organizational
Development

Program Chair
Rita Woodruff
Co-CEO
Gill Industries

WeConnect Chair
Doreen Bolhuis
President/Owner
Gymco Sports

Melissa Collar
Attorney/Partner
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

Doris Drain
Vice President
Commercial Loans
United Bank

Linda Esparza

Maxine Gray
Project Coordinator
Williams Group

Lori Gibson
Chief Human
Resources Officer
Spectrum Health
Continuing Care

Jennifer Greenop
Partner
Ernst & Young

Patti Griswold
Senior Vice President
Comerica Bank

Marybeth Jelks
Human Resources
Director
City of Grand Rapids

Deborah Phillips
Chief Administrative
Officer
Priority Health

Mary Kay Shaver
Attorney/Partner
Varnum, Riddering,
Schmidt & Howlett

Judge Cynthia Knoll
State of Michigan
Member, Michigan Tax Tribunal

Michelle Shangraw
Senior Vice President
Mercantile Bank

Susan Sherman
Attorney/Partner
Miller Johnson

Kelly Springer
Partner
Plante & Moran, PLLC