Members
Business Leaders for Michigan's (BLM) membership represents the chairpersons, chief executive officers, or most senior executives of the state's largest job providers and universities.
Together, our members power nearly one-quarter of the state's economy and educate nearly one-half of the state's university students. BLM directly employs 320,000 Michigan residents, generates over $1 trillion in annual revenue, and serves over 135,000 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
JON E. BARFIELD
Chairman & President
The Bartech Group, Inc.
ALBERT M. BERRIZ
Chief Executive Officer
McKinley
MARK J. BISSELL
Chairman & CEO
Bissell Inc.
STEPHEN J. BOSHOVEN
President
Foremost/Farmers Specialty Insurance
STEPHEN 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
KURT L. DARROW*
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
FREDERICK H. EPPINGER
President & CEO
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
JEFF M. FETTIG*
Chairman & CEO
Whirlpool Corporation
WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR.
Executive Chairman
Ford Motor Company
YOUSIF B. GHAFARI
Chairman
Ghafari Associates, LLC
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.
DAVID W. JOOS*
Chairman of the Board
CMS Energy Corporation
HANS-WERNER KAAS
Managing Partner - 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
ANDREW N. LIVERIS
Chairman & CEO
Dow Chemical Company
DANIEL J. LOEPP
President & CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
STEPHEN P. MACMILLAN
Chairman, President & CEO
Stryker Corporation
BEN C. MAIBACH III*
Chairman & CEO
Barton Mallow Company
RICHARD A. MANOOGIAN*
Chairman of the Board
Masco Corporation
FLORINE MARK
President & CEO
The WW Group
SARAH L. McCLELLAND
President, Michigan Market
Chase
CHARLES G. McCLURE*
Chairman, President & CEO
Meritor, Inc.
DAVID E. MEADOR
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
DTE Energy Company
HANK MEIJER
Co-Chairman & CEO
Meijer, Inc.
MICHAEL MILLER
Director, Ann Arbor Office and Canada Online Sales
Google
MARK A. MURRAY*
President
Meijer, Inc.
CATHLEEN H. NASH*
President & CEO
Citizens Republic Bancorp
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*
President & CEO
Charter One - 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
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
ALAN E. SCHWARTZ*
Senior Partner
Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn
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.
DONALD J. STEBBINS
Chairman, CEO & President
Visteon Corporation
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 VAN DYKE
Regional President
Fifth Third Bank
TIMOTHY WADHAMS
President & CEO
Masco Corporation
BRIAN C. WALKER*
President & CEO
Herman Miller, Inc.
WILLIAM H. WEIDEMAN
Executive Vice President and CFO
Dow Chemical Company
WILLIAM C. YOUNG
Chief Executive Officer
Plastipak Holdings, Inc.
* Executive Committee Members
