Reneé Williams, chair
Senior Vice President, Community Development
Huntington Bank
Trustees + 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
-
-
Caitlin Townsend Lamb, vice chair
Director of People Advancement, Lean Continuous Improvement Systems & Communications
Cascade Engineering
-
Kyle D. Caldwell, immediate past chair
President & CEO
Council of Michigan Foundations
-
Ken Fawcett, MD
Retired health professional
Community Member
-
Thomas Kyros
Partner
Varnum, LLP
-
Isabel Landero
Youth Trustee
-
Emily Loeks
Director of Community Affairs & Public Relations
Loeks Theatres, Inc.
-
Brandy Lovelady Mitchell, Ed.D.
Deputy Superintendent of PreK-12 Academics & Leadership
Grand Rapids Public Schools
-
Ana Ramirez-Saenz
Founder & CEO
La Fuente Consulting LLC
-
Kathleen B. Vogelsang
Chief Investment Officer
Van Andel Institute
-
Daniel Williams, Ed.D.
President
Steelcase Foundation
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
- Dave Thompson
- Caitlin Townsend Lamb
- Shaun Shira, staff
Audit Committee
- Jennifer Greenop, chair
- Kelly Timmer
- Janet Nisbett
- Thomas G. Kyros
- Danielle Brown, staff
- Stan Vander Roest, staff
Black Legacy Fund Advisory Committee
- Denavvia Mojet, co-chair
- Zahna Woodson, co-chair
- Kunle Akinpelu
- Wardell Frazier
- Synia Grant-Jordan
- Kessia Graves
- Kyle Kimble
- Jason K. England, staff
- Eugene Sueing, staff
- Johngerlyn Young, 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
- Emily J. Loeks, Co- chair
- Belinda M. Bardwell
- Shavon Doyle-Holton
- James Peacock
- Latricia Trice
- Aaron Turner
- Tynae Richardson
- MarcQus Wright
- Janean Couch, staff
- Eugene Sueing, staff
Investment Review Committee
- Joan Garety, chair
- David W. Edwards
- Eric K. Foster
- Greg Geisler
- Edward Mikolay
- Laina M. Mills
- Nelson Sanchez
- Kathleen Vogelsang
- LaSandra Gaddy, staff
- Stan Vander Roest, staff
- Danielle R. Brown, staff
Our LGBTQ Fund Advisory Committee
- Ricardo Benavidez, co-chair
- Taylor Ellison, co-chair
- Jesus Aguilar-Cuevas
- Emily R. Ambs
- Kendra Avila
- Cari Dufel
- Austin McNeal
- DL McKinney
- Meagan Mongene
- Travis Reams
- Nancy Toledo Jimenez
- Jason K. England, staff
- Heather Gill Fox, staff
- Jenine Torres, staff
- Chantal Pasag, staff
Professional Advisory Committee
- 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 Committees
- June Anderson
- Ron Apol
- Mary M. Appelt
- Valissa Armstead
- Jennifer Bailey
- Claudia Bajema
- Beth Banta
- Mercedes Barragan
- Janeé L. Beville
- 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
Somos Comunidad Fund Advisory Committee
- Sergio Cira-Reyes, co-chair
- Stacy Stout, co-chair
- Loanna Abreu
- Ingrid Aguayo
- Omar A. Cuevas
- Reyna Garcia
- Alejandra Guillen
- Ken Miguel Cipriano
- Leslie Orduna
- Alexis Reame
- Laci V. Resendiz
- Juan Rosario
- Hillary Sawyer
- Lea Tobar
- Gloria Valeria Scheid
- Betsaida Valdiva
- Jason K. England, staff
- Heather A. Gill Fox, staff
- Chantal Pasag, staff
- Jenine Torres, staff
Youth Grant Committee
- 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.