BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chair
James (Jim) H. Berline
Chairman, BERLINE

Vice Chair
Kristen Palazeti, CEPA
Private Wealth Advisor, Vice President,
Rockefeller Capital Management 

Treasurer
Gary Gonzalez
CEO, Gonzalez Design Group

Secretary
Robert Wright, WMCP, CPFA
President, Insignia Financial Group

Executive, Member-At-Large
Kate Gowans, MD
Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Beaumont Children’s Hospital

DIRECTORS

Stuart A. Best, JD
Partner - Detroit Defense and Litigation,
Managing Partner - Michigan Real Estate
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. LPA

Eric Dresden
Marketing Analyst, PMCF Investment Banking 

Bradley (Brad) Evans, CIC
President, The Bradley Evans Insurance Agency, Inc.

Zachary Fallstich, JD
Head of Legal, Alten Technologies

Nina Hudgins
Director, Patient & Colleague Engagement / Volunteer Services
Karmanos Cancer Center

Frederic Warren Moore
SCA Transaction Services, LLC

Bridget Murphy
First Vice President, Independent Bank Corp. 

Claudia Rast, JD
Shareholder, Butzel Long

John Rigdon
Global Director, DHL CSI

Michael D. Stafford, Ph.D.
Director, Cranbrook Institute of Science

Debra Stein, JD
Retired, Attorney formerly with Rubinstein Isaacs

Kevin M. Whitlock, CPA
President, Tedder-Whitlock Consulting

Nathan Scott Wright
Vice President, JP Morgan Chase Bank
Financial Services / Global

Heidi Grix, CFRE
President/CEOThe Blood Cancer Foundation of Michigan

Emeritus Board Members

Charles (Chuck) Fast
Regional Owner at Keller Williams Michigan & N. Ohio

Denise M. Glassmeyer
Shareholder, Young-Basile
Adjunct Professor of Law, Detroit Mercy School of Law

Daniel Fons
Contract Manager, McLeod Carpet One

Dr. Charles Main, M.D.
Pediatric Oncology, Corewell Health 

Kathryn A. Pothier
First Vice President, Flagstar 

Abby Pook
The Blood Cancer Foundation of Michigan, founding family member

 Glenn Trevisan
Former Executive Director, Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan