Leadership
2024 Board Of Directors
Officers
Jane Worthing
Board Chair and Regional Leadership Council Chair
President/CEO
The Genesee Group
Beverly Walker-Griffea, Ph.D.
Chair-Elect (January-June)
President
Mott Community College
Leanne H. Panduren, PE
Past Chair
President/CEO
ROWE Professional Services Company
Joe Serra
Secretary
Chairman
Serra Automotive
Mary Gailbreath
Treasurer (January-June)
VP-Administration, CFO & Secretary/Treasurer
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Thomas Shade
Treasurer (June-December)
Principal
Lewis & Knopf CPAs, PC
Clarence R. Pierce
Governance Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Hamilton Community Health Network
Directors
James Avery
Chairman of the Board
Genesee County Board of Commissioners
Luther Brown
Advisory Committee Representative
Flint & Genesee Chamber
CEO
John L Group
Doug Glazier
Vice President
McLaren Flint Foundation
Neal Hegarty
Vice President of Programs
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Gary Hurand
President
Management Diversified, Inc.
Sheryl Kennedy
Advisory Committee Representative
Flint & Genesee Education & Talent
Legislative Liaison, Office of Public and Governmental Affairs
Michigan Department of Education
Kyle McCree
Director of Community Affairs
Consumers Energy
Sheldon Neeley
Mayor
City of Flint
Marissa Pierce
Advisory Committee Representative
Explore Flint & Genesee
Director of Development
Flint Institute of Arts
Chad Pung
Plant Executive Director
GM Flint Assembly
Gina Staudacher
Advisory Committee Representative
Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance
Shareholder
Winthrop & Weinstein, P.A.
Greg Viener
Flint Market President
The Huntington National Bank
Executive Leadership
Tim Herman
Chief Executive Officer
Flint & Genesee Group
Kristina Johnston
Chief Operating Officer
Flint & Genesee Group
2024 Advisory Committees
Explore Flint & Genesee
Victoria Leonard, Pinnacle Hospitality
Marissa Pierce, Flint Institute of Arts
Jeanette Anderson, Best Western Plus Flint Airport Inn & Suites
Sheryl Champine, Hilton Garden Inn Flint Downtown
Melanie Cieslinski, Hyatt Place Flint/Grand Blanc and Hampton Inn & Suites Flint/Grand Blanc
David Dallo, Comfort Inn & Suites Grand Blanc
Patrick Linihan, Genesee County Parks
Autumn MacClaren, Bishop International Airport
Chad Young, Charter Township of Mundy
Flint & Genesee Chamber
Jennifer Acree, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Joel Arnold, Communities First, Inc.
Asa Ascensio-Zuccaro, LatinX Technology and Community Center
Luther Brown, John L Group
Shelley DuFort, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network
Dawn Hibbard, Mott Community College
Dean Keipert, 3Sixty Interactive
Ellen Patnaude, LeadQuine
David Rapp, Alro Steel
Dana Tell, Team One Credit Union
DeAnna Wallace, Financial Plus Credit Union
Glenn Wilson, Communities First, Inc.
Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance
Karima Amlani, Hurley Foundation
Win Cooper, Cooper Commercial
Matt Cramer, Dee Cramer
Michele Eaton, Consumers Energy
John Gazall, Gazall Lewis & Associates Architects Inc.
Joel Gibbons, Lewis & Knopf
Dale Pilger, Kettering University
Maryum Rasool, Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village
Tim Reedy, Lear Corporation
Karly Rolls, L.J. Rolls Mechanical
Shaun Shumaker, Genesee County
Jeff Skaff, Skaff
Gina Staudacher, Winthrop & Weinstein, P.A.
George Wilkinson, NorthGate Packaging, Inc.
Flint & Genesee Education & Talent
Diana Allard, Genesee Intermediate School District
Brandee Cook Brown, 100K Ideas
Kerry Downs, Flint Center for Educational Excellence
Daphne Epps, Mott Community College
Sheryl Kennedy, Michigan Department of Education
Eric Lieske, Flint Cultural Center Academy
Jennifer Liversedge, C.S. Mott Foundation
David Luke, University of Michigan-Flint
Venetia Petteway, Kettering University
Delynn Smith, Flint Community Schools
Essence Wilson, Communities First, Inc.
Cathy White, Michigan State University
Cindy Thornthwaite, GST Michigan Works!