Caitlin Townsend Lamb, chair
Flight Deck Leader
GE Aviation
Trustees and Committees
The People Who Help Us Do Our Work
Meet our Board of Trustees and others who volunteer on the committees of Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
TRUSTEES OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
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Mercedes Barragan
Global Inclusion & Diversity Manager
Dematic
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Kyle D. Caldwell, secretary
President & CEO
Council of Michigan Foundations
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Karen Dujovny
Chief Investment Officer
VA Enterprises
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Ken Fawcett, MD
Retired health professional
Community Member
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Lynne Ferrell
CEO
Midwest Giving Strategies
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Elaina Juarez
Youth Trustee
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James Logan
President and CEO
Wege Foundation
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Tim Long
Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
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Laura Radle
Partner
Varnum, LLP
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Reneé Williams, immediate past chair
Senior Vice President, Community Development
Huntington Bank
Our Committees
We're grateful to the community members who guide and advise us.
Advisory Council
- Bryant Mitchell, chair
- Arthur Betancourt
- Craig P. Clark
- Stephanie Doublestein
- Brent T. Geers
- Jenifer Jackson
- Jon Van Keulen
- Saray Morales
- Tim Mroz
- Jennifer A. Pascua
- Joshua Reyes
- Mary Reagan Shapton
- Eddie T.L.Tadlock
- Caitlin Townsend Lamb
- Shaun Shira, staff
Audit Committee
- Jennifer Greenop, chair
- Kelly Timmer
- Janet Nisbett
- Thomas G. Kyros
- Danielle Brown, staff
Black Legacy Fund Advisory Committee
- Kyle Kimble, co-chair
- Kunle Akinpelu
- Jamal Dawson
- Taylor Foster
- Wardell Frazier
- Enid Gaddis
- Tiffany Jefferson
- Synia Gant-Jordan
- Sonya Merriweather
- Ashley Powell
- Ke-Shawn Smith
- Stacey Willis Jr.
- Hannah Fernando, staff
Challenge Scholars Dream Fund Committee
- Rebeca Barajas-Juarez
- Chi Benedict
- Marisol Blanco
- Travus Burton
- Melissa Dean
- Tyies Kemp
- Isabel Lopez-Slattery
- Jessica Maat
- Giuliana Estrada, staff
Fund for Community Good Advisory Committee
- Mercedes Barragan, co-chair
- Aaron Turner, co-chair
- Isabel Lopez-Slattery
- James Peacock
- Latricia Trice
- Tynae Richardson
- MarcQus Wright
- Chantal Pasag, staff
- Eugene Sueing, staff
- Kas Valtierra, staff
Investment Review Committee
- Joan Garety, chair
- David W. Edwards
- Eric K. Foster
- Carl Jandernoa
- Tim Long
- Edward Mikolay
- Laina M. Mills
- Lisa Peterson
- LaSandra Gaddy, staff
- Danielle R. Brown, staff
Our LGBTQ Fund Advisory Committee
- DL McKinney, co-chair
- Travis Reams, co-chair
- Ben Boerkoel
- Jesus Aguilar-Cuevas
- Aaron Cole
- Brian Merucci
- Meagan Mongene
- Mossy
- Jenny Nielsen
- Chelle Steffens
- Cole Sweda
- Ricardo Tavarez
- Nancy Toledo Jimenez
- Hannah Fernando, staff
Professional Advisory Committee
- Molly J. Chelovich, co-chair
- Eric Smith, co-chair
- Mandy Chardoul
- Pamela J. Cross
- Corinne N. Curtis
- Eric T. Fischer
- Brent T. Geers
- Wendy Holtvluwer
- Laura A. Jeltema
- Neil L. Kimball
- Bonnie S. Kopp
- Tom G. Kyros
- Trevor Mason
- Josh Pfennig
- Laura Radle
- Nicholas A. Reister
- Melissa A. Seguin
- Shaun Shira, staff
- Jessica Hermann-Wilmarth, staff
Members Emeritus
- Lori J. Baker
- Robert D. Brower
- Carl W. Dufendach
- Christopher L. Edgar
- Frederick W. Gaul
- Dirk C. Hoffius
- Marilyn A. Lankfer
- Daniel W. Miller
- Jeffrey B. Power
- Mike Taylor
- Michael Van Haren
Scholarship Advisory Committee
- Rebeca Barajas-Juarez
- Lorenzo Bradshaw
- Ashlee Mishler
- Gina J. Peters
- Shayla Young
- Giuliana Estrada, staff
- Cris Kutzli, staff
- Angela Reyna Perez, staff
Scholarship Committees
- Jill Annable
- Ron Apol
- Mary Appelt
- Paul Arnold
- Chelsea Austin
- Tracy Benjamin
- Janee' L. Beville
- Rob Bonner
- Reed Bretz
- Keli Christopher
- Andrew Clauson
- Leeann Clay
- Beverly Clifford
- Jay Clifford
- Clay Coleman
- Wanda E. Falk
- Jack Finn
- Patricia D. Gardner
- Victoria Gibbs
- Amisha Groce
- Daniel Groce
- Kathy Hackett
- Lindsey Hansen
- Mary Hanson
- Kenyatta Hill-Hall
- Laura B. Huizenga
- Timothy P. Jasperse
- Marjorie Kuipers
- Jacquelyn Vander Laan
- Anthony Lambers
- Diane F. Lobbestael
- Tammy Looman
- Kyle Los
- Elias Lumpkins
- Tim Mabin
- Timothy Mabin
- Allen E. MacDonald
- Jon G. March
- J. Stephen Marshall
- Derrick Martin
- Patty McCormick
- Pam E. Mitchell
- David W. Morgenstern
- Kenneth H. Morris
- Rachel P. Mraz
- Carol Muth
- Peggy Novosad
- Jay Ofield
- Anke Pearson
- Robert J. Pinder
- Susan Pocklington
- Danielle Ralston
- Chuck Ruffin
- David M. Russell
- Margaret E. Ryan
- Bernard Schaefer
- Amy Skogstrom
- Matt Slagle
- J. Patrick Smith
- Benjamin A. Spring
- Beverly Thiel
- Mark Thomson
- Diane VanderVeen
- Jade VanderVelde
- Maria Villagomez
- Matt Wakely
- James B. White
- Lois Wilber
- Robert J. Zylstra
Somos Comunidad Fund Advisory Committee
- Santiago Gayton, co-chair
- Betsaida Valdiva, co-chair
- Ingrid Aguayo
- Alejandra Guillen
- Joel Reyes Hernandez
- Victoria Keenan
- Ken Miguel Cipriano
- Leslie Orduna
- Juan Rosario
- Viviana Rubio
- Stephanie Suero
- Hannah Fernando, staff
Youth Grant Committee
- Krish Agarwal, Forest Hills Eastern
- Samantha Bartish, North Rockford Middle School / West Catholic
- Charmaine Blakely, Grand Rapids Christian High School, co-chair
- Julia Brown, University Prep
- Orli Dujovny, East Grand Rapids High School, youth board trustee
- Elise Gerville-Reache, Forest Hills Northern
- Alysin Harrold, Godwin Heights Senior High, youth board trustee in training
- Yaneli Hernandez-Lagunes, Godfrey Lee High
- Emmett Hohnstein, Grand Rapids Christian High School
- Daevin Hopson, Forest Hills Central High School
- Brynn Johnson, East Grand Rapids High School
- Vincent Mayfield, East Kentwood High School
- Aakash Rajkumar, City High School
- Cora Sawyer, City High Middle School, member at large
- Leyranis Rodriguez Serrano, Southwest Middle High School, secretary
- Lluviayleen Sosa, Southwest Middle High School – Academia Bilingüe
- Wynn Stein, East Grand Rapids
- Keetim Tarekegn, East Kentwood High School
- Rissiana Teem-White, Union High School
- Brynn Twydell, Forest Hills Eastern
- Varun Vijay, City High/Middle School, member at large
- Teresa Wright, Forest Hills Central High School, co-chair
- Hannah Fernando, staff
- Chantal Pasag, staff
More about the YGC and its work here.