MEDC Executive Committee

The MEDC Executive Committee is charged with the following:

• To provide policy direction and guidance to the MEDC regarding economic development program and initiatives
• To approve the MEDC corporate budget
• To appoint a Chief Executive Officer who administers all programs, funds, personnel and all other administrative transactions of the MEDC
• To appoint the Secretary and Treasurer

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Contact Information

 

Karla Campbell
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Phone: (517) 241-0571 
Email: campbellk@michigan.org 

 

Members

  

Chris MacInnes

Chief Operating Officer, Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa, Thompsonville 

Term expires 4/5/14

 

Marilyn Schlack, Ph.D.

President, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo

Term expires 4/5/14

 

Jeff Noel

Vice Chair, MEDC Executive Committee
Corporate Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor

Term expires 4/5/14

  

Mary Lou Benecke

Vice President of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland

Term expires 4/5/14

 

Robert Collier

President and CEO, Council of Michigan Foundations, Grand Haven

Term expires 4/5/14

 

Christopher L. Rizik

Chief Executive Officer and Fund Manager, Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, Ann Arbor

Term expires 4/5/16

  

John W. Brown

Chairman Emeritus, Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo

Term expires 4/5/16

 

Stephen R. D'Arcy

Chairman, Detroit Medical Center and Partner, Quantum Group LLC, Detroit

Term expires 4/5/16

 

John Rakolta, Jr.

Chairman and CEO, Walbridge, Detroit

Term expires 4/5/16

 

Dayne Walling

Mayor, City of Flint

Term expires 4/5/16

 

Doug Rothwell

Chair, MEDC Executive Committee
President & CEO, Business Leaders for Michigan, Detroit

Term expires 4/5/18

 

David Sowerby

Loomis, Sayles & Co., Bloomfield Hills

Term expires 4/5/18

 

Greg Northrup

President, West Michigan Strategic Alliance, Grand Rapids

Term expires 4/5/18

 

Vacant

Represents public agencies

Term expires 4/5/18

 

Lizabeth Ardisana

Chief Executive Officer, ASG Renaissance, Dearborn

Term expires 4/5/18

 

Jeff Metts

President, Dowding Industries, Eaton Rapids

Term expires 4/5/20

 

David B. Armstrong

Chief Executive Officer, GreenStone Farm Credit Services, East Lansing

Term expires 4/5/20

 

Anmar Sarafa

Steward Capital Management, Bloomfield Hills

Term expires 4/5/20

 

Stephen Forrest

Vice President for Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 

Term expires 4/5/20

 

Paul Hillegonds

DTE Energy, Detroit

Term expires 4/5/20