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:
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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.
* Executive Committee Members

