Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Peter M. Perez

Chairperson

Carter Products Company Inc.

President

David Weiskittel

Treasurer

BDO Seidman, LLP

Partner

Kate Pew Wolters

Chairperson Elect

Kate and Richard Wolters Foundation

President

Peter J. Kok

Miller Johnson

Member

Stephen C. Waterbury

Immediate Past Chairperson

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

Partner

Tim Liang

AlphaMax Advisors LLC

Managing Director

Michael Ellis

Vice Chairperson

Ellis Parking Company

President

John P. Schneider

Clark Hill PLC

Member

Dorothy A. Johnson

Vice Chairperson

Council of Michigan Foundations

President Emeritus

Mary Tuuk

Fifth Third Bank - Western Michigan

President

Timothy O'Donovan

Vice Chairperson

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

Past Chairman and CEO

Stuart Vander Heide

Holland American Wafer Company

Past President & CEO

Larry J. Robson

Vice Chairperson

West Michigan Heart

Vascular Transplant Surgeon, Retired

Peter T. Kjome

President and CEO

Grand Rapids Symphony

President and CEO

Karen Henry Stokes

Secretary

Paul B. Henry Foundation
President 

Board of Directors

Sara E. Armbruster

Steelcase, Inc.

Vice President of WorkSpace Futures and Corporate Strategy

Lorissa K. MacAllister

Enviah

President

George A. Bayard III

Bayard Art Consulting

Owner

Christopher Martin

Grand Rapids Symphony

Violinist

Karl Betz

Betz Industries

President

Jack H. Miller

Honorary Board Member

Howard Miller Co.
Retired President & CEO

Peg Breon

Community Volunteer

Lawrence J. Murphy

Varnum LLP
Managing Partner

Jerry Broersma

GRS Youth Chorus President

PEC Technologies LLC
Co-owner

Isaac Norris

Isaac V. Norris & Associates P.C.

President/Architect

Ruth Bylsma

Grand Rapids Symphony
Assistant Principal Flute

Dr. Juan Olivarez

President

Aquinas College

Julie Connors

GRS Women's Committee President

Community Volunteer

Gina Paul

Past President, GRS Women's Commitee

Integrated Architecture

Senior Project Manager

Helen DeVos

Honorary Board Member

The Richard & Helen DeVos Foundation

Jerry Pearson

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager

Pamella DeVos

Honorary Board Member

President and Designer

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Kathleen Stewart Ponitz

Principal

Progressive AE

Brett DeVries

Symphony Chorus President

Flexco

 

John Porterfield

Regional Bank President
Comerica Bank

James E. Dunlap

Huntington National Bank - West Michigan

President

Pastor Clifton Rhodes, Jr.

Messiah Missionary Baptist Church
Senior Pastor

David Eisler

Ferris State University

President

Dr. Marvin L. Sapp

Lighthouse Full Life Center Church

Senior Pastor

Jeanne A. Englehart

The Charter Group

Vice President, Client Management

Ellen Satterlee

Wege Foundation
Chief Executive Officer

Robert Fairman

Norris Perné & French

Of Counsel

Gilbert Segovia

Northern Trust Bank

Managing Director

Gene Ford

Nestlé Nutrition

PTC Head

Art Shannon

Perrigo

Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Charles Frayer

Crowe Horwath LLP

Partner

Kevin Splaine

Spectrum Health Grand Rapids

President

Larry J. Gerbens

Grand Rapids Ophthalmology, Founding Partner

Calvin College, Gift Officer

David Staples

Executive Vice President and Cheif Financial Officer

Spartan Stores

Marcia Haas

Community Volunteer

Debby Suttner

Grand Rapids Youth Symphony President

Community Volunteer

Lynn Hempe

Meijer

Group Vice President

William A. Walker

Legacy Trust
President & CEO

Christopher E. Hufnagel

Vice President of Corporate Strategy

Wolverine Worldwide

Wendy Wassink

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Principal / Strategic Director

Mary Ann Keeler

Honorary Board Member

The Keeler Foundation

Peter M. Wege

Honorary Board Member

Wege Foundation

Lawrence Kloth

Merrill Lynch

Managing Director

Sean Welsh

PNC Bank

Regional President

Herbert Lantinga

CEO

Notions Marketing Corporation

In Memoriam

Edith I. Blodgett

Board Member

1969-2012