Board of Directors 2026-2027

 

Officers
Amanda Toy, Chairperson
VP of Membership and Partnership
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

Robert Burgee, Chair-Elect
Attorney
Fraser Trebilcock

Robert Saxton, Past Chairperson
Director, Enterprise Facilities & Support Services

Accident Fund

Sam Davis, Secretary
Michigan High School Athletic Association

Carol Giacoletto, Treasurer
Retired
JP Morgan Chase

Directors

Kelly Babcock
Coordinator, Regional Motor Carrier Division
Auto Owners Insurance Company

Dr. Carol Beals
Retired
Beals Institute

Kellee Christensen 
Director of Strategic Planning
Board of Water and Light

Jorma Duran
News Anchor
WLNS 6 News

Matt Getchell
Executive Vice-President
Wieland

Jeff Hicks
Senior Vice-President and Chief Commercial Banking Officer
Dart Bank

Ashley Higginson
Attorney
Miller Canfield

Ashley Jex
Employee Benefits Advisor
OVD Insurance

Chad Karsten
Associate Attorney
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes PLC

Dan Korte
Vice President
Clark Construction

Fran Loose
Retired
Michigan Department of Education

Jarrod Lynch
CPA
Self Employed

Amanda Matelonek
Digital Media Manager
Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce

Taylor Moberg-Gose
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager
MSU Federal Credit Union

Jamie Rabe
Partner
Andrews Hooper Pavlik PLC

Tom Reder, AIA
NC Regional Manager
Colliers Engineering & Design

Jeff Roman, CFP, AIF
Senior Financial Advisor 
Roman Capital Strategies

Alexander Rusek
Attorney 
Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC

Jacob Sabins, PE, LEED AP
Principal
Matrix Consulting Engineers

Mandy Schmitz
Director of Administrative Operations
Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce

Shannon Scholten
Managing Director of Communications and Community Relations
AF Group

Capt. Anthony Stewart
Captain
Jackson County Sheriff 

Elisabeth Yeider
Bank Manager
Independent Bank

Directors Emeritus

Hon. Robert L. Drake*
Derwood L. Boyd*
Patricia Brown
Kenneth Frankland
Frank L. Guerriero*
Jo Hacker*
Harold E. Hicks*
Dr. Olivia I. Letts*
Richard Martin

Mary McCarthy*
Lawrence Parker

Shirley L. Richards*
Grant A. Santimore*
Duane R. Vernon*
Malcolm M. Williams*

*deceased

Senior Leadership

Brian Philson, L.M.S.W., A.C.S.W.
President & Chief Executive Officer

Brenda Cotton, B.S.
Director of Out of School Time Programs

Ashley Crosser, B.A.
Director of Fund Development

Becky Gardner, L.M.S.W.
Director of Quality and Education, Mindfulness and Meditation Coordinator

Shelly Gleed, L.M.S.W.
Director of Community Service Programs – South

Jimmie Harris, L.M.S.W.
Director of Juvenile Justice Alternative Programs

Tyler Jones, M.B.A.
Director of Residential Services

Edward St. John, M.B.A.
Director of Finance

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