Kyle D. Caldwell, chair
President & CEO
Council of Michigan Foundations
Trustees + Committees
The People That Help us do Our Work
Meet our Board of Trustees and people that volunteer on the committees of Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
TRUSTEES OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
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Ken Fawcett, MD
Vice President of Healthier Communities
Spectrum Health
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Thomas Kyros
Partner
Varnum, LLP
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Emily Loeks
Director of Community Affairs & Public Relations
Loeks Theatres, Inc.
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Brandy Lovelady Mitchell, Ed.D.
Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Michigan Education Association
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Ana Ramirez-Saenz
Founder and CEO
La Fuente Consulting LLC
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Samantha Rivera
Youth Trustee
Grandville High School
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Ric Roane
Partner
Warner Norcross & Judd
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Caitlin Townsend Lamb
Director of People Advancement, Lean Continuous Improvement Systems and Communications
Cascade Engineering
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Kathleen B. Vogelsang
Chief Investment Officer
Van Andel Institute
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Daniel Williams, Ed.D.
President
Steelcase Foundation
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Reneé Williams
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
- Nakia Kyler
- Tim Mroz
- Jennifer A. Pascua
- Mary Reagan Shapton
- Eddie T.L.Tadlock
- Dave Thompson
- Caitlin Townsend Lamb
- Shaun Shira, staff
Black Legacy Fund
- Denavvia Mojet, co-chair
- Zahna Woodson, co-chair
- Wardell Frazier
- Kessia Graves
- Kyle Kimble
- Synia Jordan
- Lisa Oliver-King
- Jason K. England, staff
- Danah Montgomery, staff
- Chantal Pasag, staff
- Eugene Sueing, staff
- Jonse Young, staff
Audit
- Jennifer Greenop, chair
- David Centers
- Cindy Havard
- Thomas G. Kyros
- Danielle Brown, staff
- Stan Vander Roest, staff
Challenge Scholars Dream Fund Committee
- Chi Benedict
- Travus Burton
- Larissa Clay
- Melissa Dean
- Pablo Garcia
- Maria-Isabel Garcia
- Kiki (Kenyana) Gary
- Jessica Maat
- Ermelinda Pedro
- Chantal Pasag, staff
Fund for Community Good Advisory Committee
- Emily Loeks, Co- chair
- Mercedes Barragan, Co- chair
- Belinda "Lin" Bardwell
- DeDe Esque
- Aaron Turner
- MarcQus Wright
- Janean Couch, staff
- Eugene Sueing, staff
Impact Investment
- Alex Caceres, Co-Chair
- Kyama Kitavi, Co-Chair
- Christina L. Keller
- Michael G. Rosloniec
- Kathleen B. Vogelsang
- Stan Vander Roest, staff
Investment Review
- Joan Garety, chair
- Bill Darooge
- David W. Edwards
- Eric K. Foster
- Greg Geisler
- Edward Mikolay
- Laina M. Mills
- Ana L. Ramirez-Saenz
- Nelson Sanchez
- Kathleen Vogelsang
- Renee Williams
- Diana Sieger, staff
- Stan Vander Roest, staff
- Danielle R. Brown, staff
Somos Comunidad Fund
- Sergio Cira-Reyes, co-chair
- Stacy Stout, co-chair
- Omar A. Cuevas
- Alexis Reame
- Laci V. Reséndiz
- Juan Rosario
- Lea Tobar
- Saida Valdivia
- Jason England, staff
- Heather Gill Fox, staff
- Danah Montgomery, staff
- Chantal Pasag, staff
- Jenine Torres, staff
Our LGBTQ Fund
- Ricardo Benavidez Co-Chair
- Teri Jourdan Co- Chair
- Emily R. Ambs
- Holly Cole
- Graci Harkema
- Jill May
- Austin McNeal
- Stephanie Myott-Beebe
- DL McKinney
- Jason K. England, staff
- Heather Gill Fox, staff
- Jenine Torres, staff
- Erika VanDyke, staff
Professional Advisory
- Molly J. Chelovich, co-chair
- Laura Radle, co-chair
- Michelle Hirschauer Anthes
- Jason R. Brinks
- Robert D. Brower
- Mandy Chardoul
- Pamela J. Cross
- Carl W. Dufendach
- Eric T. Fischer
- Brent T. Geers
- Wendy Holtvluwer
- Laura A. Jeltema
- Neil L. Kimball
- Bonnie S. Kopp
- Tom G. Kyros
- Josh Pfennig
- Nicholas A. Reister
- Robert W. Schellenberg
- Melissa A. Seguin
- Eric Smith
- Corinne N. Sprague
- Shaun M. Shira, staff
- Marilyn W. Zack, staff
Members Emeritus
- Lori J. Baker
- Christopher L. Edgar
- Frederick W. Gaul
- Dirk C. Hoffius
- Marilyn A. Lankfer
- Daniel W. Miller
- Jeffrey B. Power
- Mike Taylor
- Michael Van Haren
Scholarship
- June Anderson
- Ron Apol
- Mary M. Appelt
- Valissa Armstead
- Jennifer Bailey
- Claudia Bajema
- Beth Banta
- Mercedes Barragan
- Janeé L. Beville
- Ruth E. Bishop, staff
- Kathy Boylon
- Reed Bretz
- Myra Burton
- Molly J. Chelovich
- Keli Christopher
- Cindy Kneibel
- Leeann Clay
- Beverly Clifford
- Jay Clifford
- Clay Coleman
- Ty Cook
- Chelsea M. Coretti
- Joe Croft
- Khumbo Croft
- John D. Darling
- Bill Darooge
- Stephanie Davis
- Gwendolyn D. Dawkins
- Maureen F. Dreher
- Hugh Eisen
- Bert Elliott
- Wanda E. Falk
- Jack Finn
- Tess Gaibi-Vandongen
- Patricia D. Gardner
- Victoria Gibbs
- Derether Greer
- Daniel Groce
- Kathy Hackett
- Ty Hallock
- Lindsey Hansen
- Mary Hanson
- Kenyatta Hill-Hall
- Laura B. Huizenga
- William Jackson
- Timothy P. Jasperse
- Jennifer L. Jordan
- Cathryn Keating
- Kurt F. Kimball
- Cynthia Kneibel
- Shay Kraley
- Marjorie Kuipers
- Anthony Lambers
- Diane F. Lobbestael
- Tammy Looman
- Tim Lopez
- Kyle Los
- Elias Lumpkins
- Peter B. Lundeen
- Allen E. MacDonald
- Nancy Maiquez
- J. Joseph Mapes
- Jon G. March
- J. Stephen Marshall
- Patty McCormick
- Diane McMillan
- Pam E. Mitchell
- Carole Morgan Williams
- David W. Morgenstern
- Kenneth H. Morris
- Laura E. Morris
- Rachel P. Mraz
- Carol Muth
- Christine Mwangi
- Patricia E. Newby
- Peggy Novosad
- Dan A. Oumedian
- Chad Patton
- Anke Pearson
- Robert J. Pinder
- Jane Plaisted
- Charles F. Pletcher
- Susan Pocklington
- Gary E. Pritchard
- Richard A. Roane
- Robert J. Zylstra
- Huemartin Robinson
- Chuck Ruffin
- David M. Russell
- Margaret E. Ryan
- Amy Skogstrom
- Matt Slagle
- James Smith
- Corinne N. Sprague
- Benjamin A. Spring
- Wendy L. Stock
- Rebecca Strauss
- Beverly Thiel
- Mark Thomson
- Erica Tuohy
- Joy Uddin
- Jacquelyn Vander Laan
- Diane VanderVeen
- Jade VanderVelde
- Maria Villagomez-Medina
- Yilin Wendland-Liu
- Barbara Wepman
- Carol Werkema
- James B. White
- Lois Wilber
- Catherine Winick
- Ruth Biship, staff
Technology Advisory
- Laura Conrad,chair
- William Corkill
- Douglas J. MacNEIL
- Mark Slagle
- Anthony Tuttle
- Ann Puckett, staff
Youth Grant
- Rohit Agarwal, City High School
- Sparsh Aiyar, City High School
- Alexander Bartish, Rockford High School
- Caebre Baty, Grand Rapids Christian High School
- Stella BooydeGraaff, Grand Rapids Christian High School
- Jazpe Cano, Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Lendy Chavez Aguilar, Catholic Central High School
- Hannah Chun, Grand Rapids Christian High School
- Ronen Dujovny, East Grand Rapids High School
- Camille Gerville-Réache, Forest Hills Northern High School
- Erika Govea-Garcia, City High School
- Syncere Hobson, Southwest Community Campus
- Elaina Juarez, Godwin High School
- Beatrice Kilburn, West Michigan Aviation Academy
- Isabel Landero, Lee High School
- John Lee, Forest Hills Northern High School
- Lia Lin, City High School
- Manuel Lopez Zamudio, Byron Center High School
- Ram Reddy, City High School
- Samantha Rivera, Grandville High School
- Natalie Rodriguez, City High School
- Alexandria Smith, Grandville High School
- Julian Wilson, City High School
- Chantal Pasag, staff
More about the YGC and its work here.