Members

 

Business Leaders for Michigan's (BLM) membership represents the chairpersons, chief executive officers, or most senior executives of Michigan's largest companies and universities.

Our members drive over 25% of the state’s economy, provide over 325,000 direct and 820,000 indirect jobs in Michigan, generate over $1 Trillion in annual revenue and serve nearly one half of all Michigan public university students.

Our members are:

 

A-C  D-G  H-J  K-L  M-N  P-R  S-T  U-Z

 

JAMES B. NICHOLSON*
Chair, Board of Directors

President & CEO
PVS Chemicals, Inc.


TERENCE E. ADDERLEY
Chairman
Kelly Services, Inc.


DANIEL F. AKERSON
Chairman & CEO
General Motors Company


MARK ALYEA
President & COO
Alro Steel


GERARD M. ANDERSON*
Chairman, President & CEO
DTE Energy Company


DAVID W. BARFIELD
Chief Executive Officer
The Bartech Group, Inc.


ALBERT M. BERRIZ
Chief Executive Officer
McKinley


MARK J. BISSELL
Chairman & CEO
Bissell Inc.


STEPHEN K. CARLISLE
Vice President of Global Product Planning
General Motors


MARY SUE COLEMAN*
President
University of Michigan


TIMOTHY P. COLLINS
Senior Vice President, Michigan Region
Comcast Cable Corporation


ROBERT S. CUBBIN
President & CEO
Meadowbrook Insurance Group


WALTER P. CZARNECKI
Executive Vice President and Director
Penske Corporation

 


KURT L. DARROW*
Chairman, President & CEO
La-Z-Boy


DAVID C. DAUCH* 
President & COO
American Axle & Manufacturing


RICHARD L. DEVORE
Regional President, Detroit and Southeast Michigan
PNC Financial Services Group


DOUG L. DeVOS*
President
Amway


J. PATRICK DOYLE*
President & CEO
Domino's Pizza


JAMES E. DUNLAP
Senior Executive VP & Commercial Banking Director & West Michigan Regional President
Huntington Bank


MATTHEW B. ELLIOTT
Michigan Market President and Market Executive, Global Commercial Banking 
Bank of America


JEFF M. FETTIG*
Chairman & CEO
Whirlpool Corporation


WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR.
Executive Chairman
Ford Motor Company


DANIEL GILBERT
Chairman & Founder
Quicken Loans, Inc.


ALLAN GILMOUR
President
Wayne State University


ALFRED R. GLANCY III
Executive Chairman
Unico Investment Group, LLC


DAN GORDON
Chief Executive Officer
Gordon Food Service, Inc.


STEPHEN E. GORMAN
Executive Vice President & COO
Delta Air Lines

 


JAMES P. HACKETT*
President & CEO
Steelcase Inc.


RONALD E. HALL
President & CEO
Bridgewater Interiors, LLC


RICHARD G. HAWORTH
Chairman Emeritus
Haworth


CHRISTOPHER ILITCH*
President & CEO
Ilitch Holdings, Inc.


MICHAEL J. JANDERNOA*
Board of Directors
Perrigo Company


MILES E. JONES
Co-Chairman of the Board
Dawn Food Products, Inc.

 


HANS-WERNER KAAS
Senior Director - Detroit Office
McKinsey & Company


ALAN JAY KAUFMAN
Chairman, President & CEO
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group


JOHN C. KENNEDY
President & CEO
Autocam


STEPHEN M. KIRCHER
President & CEO, Boyne Eastern Operations
Boyne Resorts


BLAKE W. KRUEGER*
Chairman, CEO & President
Wolverine World Wide


BRIAN K. LARCHE
President & CEO
Engineered Machined Products, Inc.


TIMOTHY D. LEULIETTE
President & CEO
Visteon Corporation


ANDREW N. LIVERIS
Chairman & CEO
Dow Chemical Company


KEVIN A. LOBO 
President & Chief Executive Officer
Stryker Corporation


DANIEL J. LOEPP
President & CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan



EVAN D. LYALL 
Chief Executive Officer
Roush Enterprises, Inc.


BEN C. MAIBACH III* 
Chairman & CEO
Barton Malow Company


RICHARD A. MANOOGIAN*
Chairman Emeritus
Masco Corporation


KENNETH E. MARBLESTONE
President
RBS Citizens and Charter One - Michigan and Ohio


FLORINE MARK
President & CEO
The WW Group


SARAH L. McCLELLAND
President, Michigan Market
Chase


DAVID E. MEADOR
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
DTE Energy Company


HANK MEIJER
Co-Chairman & CEO
Meijer, Inc.


MICHAEL MILLER
Head of Ann Arbor Office and Director of Business & Industrial Markets
Google


FREDERICK K. MINTURN
President and CEO
MSX International


PAUL J. MUELLER
President - Midwest Region
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.


MARK A. MURRAY*
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Meijer, Inc.


THOMAS D. OGDEN 
President - Comerica Bank Michigan
Comerica Bank


JAMES O'LEARY
Chairman, President & CEO
Kaydon Corporation

 


WILLIAM U. PARFET*
Chairman & CEO
MPI Research


CYNTHIA J. PASKY*
Founder, President & CEO
Strategic Staffing Solutions


ROGER S. PENSKE
Chairman
Penske Corporation


WILLIAM F. PICKARD
Chairman & CEO
Global Automotive Alliance


SANDRA E. PIERCE* 
Chairman & CEO
FirstMerit Michigan


GERRY PODESTA
Senior Vice President, NA Polyurethanes
BASF Corporation


CHARLES H. PODOWSKI
President & CEO
The Auto Club Group


STEPHEN R. POLK
Chairman, President & CEO
R. L. Polk & Co.


JOHN RAKOLTA, JR.*
Chairman & CEO
Walbridge Company


MICHAEL T. RITCHIE*
Executive Vice President
Comerica Bank


DOUG ROTHWELL*
President & CEO
Business Leaders for Michigan


ANDRA M. RUSH
President & CEO
Dakota Integrated Systems, LLC


JOHN G. RUSSELL
President & CEO
CMS Energy Corporation / Consumers Energy Co.


RICHARD F. RUSSELL*
President & CEO
Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company

 


ALAN F. SCHULTZ
Chairman
Valassis


J. DONALD SHEETS
Executive VP, CFO & Regional President for North America
Dow Corning Corporation


BRAD SIMMONS
Director, Office of the Executive Chairman
Ford Motor Company


LOU ANNA K. SIMON, Ph.D.*
President
Michigan State University


SAM SIMON 
Chairman & CEO
Simon Holdings


MATTHEW J. SIMONCINI
President & CEO
Lear Corporation


BRIG SORBER
President & CEO
Two Men and a Truck/International, Inc.


DOUGLAS W. STOTLAR
President & CEO
Con-Way Inc. 


ROBERT S. TAUBMAN
Chairman, CEO & President
The Taubman Company

 


SAMUEL VALENTI III
Chairman of the Board
TriMas Corporation


STEVE A. VAN ANDEL
Chairman
Amway


MICHELLE L. VAN DYKE
Regional President
Fifth Third Bank


JAMES R. VERRIER
President and CEO
BorgWarner Inc.


TIMOTHY WADHAMS
President & CEO
Masco Corporation


BRIAN C. WALKER*
President & CEO
Herman Miller, Inc.


WILLIAM H. WEIDEMAN
Executive Vice President & CFO
Dow Chemical Company


WILLIAM C. YOUNG
Chief Executive Officer
Plastipak Holdings, Inc.


Flagstar Bank


Meritor, Inc.

 

* Executive Committee Members