Team

Leadership Team

Dan Pontius

Chief Executive Officer

Seth Essling

Director of Finance

Madison Branch

BridgeWays Program Director

Suzi France

Director of Human Resources

Susan Terranella

Director of Development and Marketing

Hilary Smigiel

Director of Workforce Development and Employment Strategy

Board of Directors

Andrew Wenzel

Chair

Vice President/Senior Development Integration Leader, Fishbeck

Kimberly Carr

Vice-Chair

Chief People Officer, CSM Group

Melissa Tallon

Treasurer

Senior Tax Accountant, Seber Tans, PLC

Tyler Stewart

Secretary

Partner, DeMent and Marquardt, PLC

Lisa Luebke

Chair Emeritus

People Champion, HECO

Laura Dinehart

Dean, Western Michigan University College of Education and Human Development

Shantoria Donson

Clinical Social Worker, Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital

Yvonne Fleener

Self-employed

Kenneth Nacci

President, Nacci Consultants, LLC

Molly Ostrander

Wealth Management Associate, Greenleaf Trust

Megan Pena

Director of Clinical Operations, Hope Network Behavioral Services

Joan Ruiz

Client Representative

Michael Smith

Communications Manager, City of Kalamazoo

Christopher Terkos

Executive Director, Ourfront Kalamazoo

Bethany Vinatieri

Owner & Psychotherapist, BrainWise Psychotherapy, PPLC

Stanley Steppes

Community Impact Officer, Kalamazoo Community Foundation