Our People

Community Committees

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  Investment Committee  

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Craig Niemann​

Committee Chair
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Stacy McKinney

Committee Member

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Cary Pew, LCSW

Committee Member

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Kate Pew Wolters

Committee Member

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Kathy Vogelsang

Committee Member

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Jim Ward

Committee Member
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Daniel Williams

Committee Member

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  Narrative Advisory Group  

Cherrill Dominique Baker

Melvone Kirkwood

Destiny Lockhart

Shirley Arill

Angela Minicuci

Mariam Robinson

  Research Advisory Group  

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Jennifer Marquez

Cassondra Boda

Anndreisha Williams

Rachel Venema

Eleanor Vander Ark

Lauren Nyong

  Investment in Families Collaboration Council  

Gina Abbas

ICCF Community Homes

Jamon Alexander

West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT)

Christine Alix

Alix Foundation

Chasity Bailey-Fakhoury

Grand Valley State University - College of Education and Community Innovation

Cherrill Baker

Family Leader

Tasha Blackmon

Cherry Health + Housing Kent Board Member

Melanie Bridgeforth

Bridgeforth

Antoinette Chapman

Realism Is Loyalty

Jay Chaudhary

Sagamore Institute

Tracie Coffman

W. K. Kellogg Foundation + MI Children and Families Summit

Anissa Eddie

Steelcase Foundation

Alison Freas

The Source

Jesus Gerena

UpTogether

Jenny Gomez

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)

Jennifer Headley-Nordman

First Steps Kent

Katie Jesaitis

Bellwether Public Relations

Melvone Kirkwood

Family Leader

kyle lim

Urban Core Collective (UCC)

Dana Linnane

Governor's Office of Foundation Liaison

Laura Luchies

DataWise Consulting

Angela Minicuci

Bellwether Public Relations

Yazeed Moore

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Kirsten Pimpleton

Family Leader

Wende Randall

Kent County Essential Needs Task Force (ENTF)

Mariam Robinson

Bellwether Public Relations

Shaniqua Russell

Family Leader

Marjorie Sims

Ascend at the Aspen Institute

Kimberly Slaikeu

DataWise Consulting

Rebecca Spann

Our Mental Health Collective

Monique Stanton

Michigan League for Public Policy

Demetrius Starling

Kresge Foundation

Rachel Venema

DataWise Consulting

Daniel Williams

Steelcase Foundation