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Leadership

Our Chair


Carter Pavey

Hoekstra Transportation

Executive Leadership Team


Allyn Lebster | VP – WaterSolve, CEO -True.Women’s Health & Co-Founder-Khyria

Annette Repasch | Vice President, Softlines – Meijer

Carter Pavey | VP, Marketing – Gun Lake Casino

Jo-Anne Perkins | CEO – Perkins Consulting

John Byl | Senior VP of Product Development – Mercantile Bank

Jon Snead | Senior VP – Lockton Companies

Karen Oliver-Behee | Founder & President – On-River Managment Consulting

Ken Jansen | President – Lake Michigan Insurance Agency

Lindsey Balcazar | Sr Associate Project Manager – On-River Managment Consulting

Matthew Cobb | Agency Principal – Avanti Insurance

Shawn Kohlhaas | President & Founder – Culinary Cultivations

Tony Beachler | Owner – Beachler Agency

Culinary/Competition Chair


Chef Shawn Kohlhaas

Culinary Cultivations, Principal/CEO

Culinary Committee


Justin Stermin

Nicole Heppe-Walters

Andrea Pieret

Stephan VanHeulen

Christi VanHeulen

Sophia Frank

Planning Committee Lead


Jo-Anne Perkins

CEO - Perkins Consulting

Planning Committee


Debbie Verbrugge – Donner Works

Olivia Urbanski – Lake Michigan Credit Union

Chris Collins – Lake Michigan Insurance

 

Mary Jo Domanski – Mud Pie

Mindy Beard – Verisk

Abby Bates – Mercantile Bank

Laura Vander Vennen – PointClickCare

Betsy Jones – Hanover Insurance Group

Elizabeth Roersma – Licensed Massage Therapist