Big Brothers Big Sisters Leadership
Executive Team
Deb Buchholtz
Executive Director
Sherry Butler
Director of Corporate Operations
Aileen McMurrer
Director of Mentoring Programs
Adrianne Buchanan
Director of Outreach& Development
Board of Directors
Ed Bernard, BBBS Past President 2007/2008
Bermo Enterprises, Inc.
President
Big Brother; Haworth College Business Advisory Council (WMU); Bernard Family Tennis Scholarship Fund; President of the Off Price Apparel Association
Nathan W. Bolton, BBBS Past President 2004
Bank of America
Asst. V.P. & Manager
Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce; New Membership Committee; Calhoun County Housing Committee; Pretty Lake Vacation Camp Board Member
John D. Brown
Perrigo Company
Director of Quality Assurance, External Operations
Thomas E. Evans
Barry County Office of Prosecuting Attorney
Prosecuting Attorney
BBBS Barry County Advisory Board; Leadership Barry County; Michigan Youth in Govt; Good Stewards, Inc; Kids Food Basket; Middleville United Methodist Church; Fight Crime-Invest in Kids; Barry County Substance Abuse Task Force; Middleville Lions Club Membership Chair; Hastings Kiwanis Club; National District Attorneys Assoc; Prosecuting Attorneys Assoc of Michigan; Board of Directors; Barry county Juvenile Drug Court, Treatment Team & Policy Team; Community Corrections Advisory Board; Barry County Republican Party, Executive Committee Member.
James Grace, BBBS Past President 2003
Retired, Kalamazoo Dept. of Public Safety
Alzheimer’s Association; Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #98; Big Brothers Big Sisters Interm Exeutive Director 2/2011 to 6/2011
Jodi Havera
MPI Research
Daniel Hinkle
National Flavors, Inc.
Ed Hodges, Sr.
Comcast
Minority & Women in Business Alliance
Tim Hoekstra
PNC Bank
Vice President, Relationship Manager
Japan American Society of West Michigan, Vice President; Center Point Church
Brandt Iden
Kendall Ridge Holdings, LLC – DBA Baron Properties
Chief Financial Officer
Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce; JA; Local Republican Party; Kalamazoo College; YMCA Former Volunteer
Dennis Jokela
The Jokela Group
Owner
Kellie A. LaDuke
Comerica Bank – Battle Creek
Assistant Vice President
Arts & Industry Council; Creative Industries Development Grant Committee; BC planning commission; United Arts Council Board, BCU Loan Committee; Y Center of BC
Kevin McCarthy
McCarthy Smith Law Group
Attorney and Managing Parner
Board Member of Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency Foundation;Prevention Works, Past Board Member Chair and Legal Counsel of Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce; Past Board Member of Michigan Chamber, Goodwill Industries of SW Michigan, Past Little League and Baseball Travel Team Coach, Member of Portage Rotary
Annette Nickel, BBBS Past President 2000
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt, & Howlett, LLP
Attorney
Kalamazoo Bar Association; Michigan Bar Association; Colorado Bar Association; American Bar Association
Mary-Frances Oliphant
Schupan & Son, Inc.
Human Resources Director
Trustee/Advisor; Kalamazoo Human Resources Management Association (KHRMA); KHRMA Board Member; Past Michigan Society for HR Management District Director; SHRM Member
Meka L. Phillips
PNC Bank
Sales Specialist
Kalamazoo Girls on the Run Coach; National City Bank United Way Fund Raising Committee; Past Susan G Komen Race for the Cure; Current Member of Kalamazoo Area Young Professionals
Marc Schupan
Schupan & Sons, Inc.
CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters Benefit Dinner Committee, Past Board Member of Hospice, Past Board Member of Junior Achievement, Past: Involved in a number of Business Related Boards
Michael N. Seelye, BBBS Past President 2005, BBBS V.P. 2007/2008, BBBS President 2009/2010
Don Seelye Ford
President
Big Brother; Chairman Greater Kalamazoo United Way 2002/03 Campaign; Kalamazoo Regional Chamber, Board Member, Chair-Elect 2006; Greater Kalamazoo United Way, Board Member
Patrick Sweeney
The Bishop Company
Principal (Founder and President 1980 – 2005)
American Society for Quality; Society for Technical Communications; Chair Marketing & Communications Committee; Big Brother; Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur Network; Kalamazoo Singers
Bradley Thompson, BBBS Treasurer 2007-2010
Plante & Moran, PLLC
Partner
United Soccer Foundation, Finance, Youth Soccer Coach; Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Vice Chairman
Veronica Troutner
Battle Creek Health Systems
Manager, Physician Relations
Big Sister, Former Race for the Cure volunteer, JA
Nancy K. Turtle, Board President 2011 - 2012
First National Bank of Michigan
Assistant Vice President
Senior Services Fundraising Campaign Manager
Dana Walters
Shaun Patrick Willis
Willis Law
Attorney
Habitat for Humanity, Board; Ducks Unlimited, Board; Corporal Christopher Kelly Willis Foundation, Board; Red Cross, Disaster Action Team; Kalamazoo County Bar Assn., Board; Young Lawyers Assn. Kalamazoo, Chairman; Southwest MI Gun Club; Southwest MI Professionals Network
Ann M. Woolley
Dimplex Thermal Solutions, Inc.
Director of Human Resources
EFE Council, District Advisory Council PPS, PSC Coach, Past PPS Board Member, Past CCD Instructor
Louise B. Wright, BBBS Secretary 2007-2010
Kalamazoo Community Member
Deacon, First Presbyterian Church; Editor Lincoln School for International Studies Newsletter; Secretary, Lincoln School for International Studies PTO; Assistant Girl Scout Leader
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