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Speakers at WMRPC Meetings
Commission Meetings
September 16, 2011
Valerie Byrnes – Barry County Chamber
of Commerce and Economic Development Alliance
Jim Byrum – Michigan Agri-Business Association
June 17, 2011
Birgit
Klohs
– The Right Place, Inc.
Greg
Northrup
– West Michigan Strategic Alliance
March 18, 2011
Steve Bulthuis –
Macatawa Area Coordinating Council
Sandeep Dey – West
Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission
Donald Stypula – Grand
Valley Metropolitan Council
January 21, 2011
Eric Van Dop – Brickley DeLong
December 10, 2010
Greg Main – Michigan Economic Development
Corporation
September 17, 2010
Sara Lucas – Northwest Michigan Council of
Governments
June 18, 2010
April Scholtz – Land Conservancy of West Michigan
John Egelhaaf – Executive Director, Southwest
Michigan Planning Commission
March 19, 2010
Michigan Department of Transportation – Dennis
Kent, Art Green, Tom Tellier, John Richard
Mary Ayers – Inner City Christian Federation
January 22, 2010
Arnold Weinfeld, Michigan Municipal League
December 11, 2009
James Turner – State Director, USDA Rural
Development
September 18, 2009
Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Lisa
McTiernan, Linda Hegstrom
June 19, 2009
Bruce Schedlbauer, Kent County Aeronautics, Gerald
R. Ford International Airport
March 20, 2009
Mike Huckleberry – State Representative (70th
District)
Leslie Wood – M-TEC (Michigan
Technical Education Center) Director
Kathy Jo VanderLaan – Greenville Area Chamber of
Commerce
January 16, 2009
Judy Barnes – Home and
Building Association of Greater Grand Rapids
December 12, 2008
Terri Lynn Land, Secretary of State
June 20, 2008
Steve Redmond –
Michigan Department of Transportation
March 21, 2008
Andrew Such
–
MI Energy Future
January 18, 2008
Steven Law – Timberland
RC&D
December 14, 2007
State Senator Patricia Birkholz
September 28, 2007
Jeanne Englehart –
Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
June 15, 2007
Greg Fox – Ice Mountain
March 16, 2007
George Bosanic – City
of Greenville
December 8, 2006
Lawrence Molnar
– University of
Michigan, EDA University Center for Economic Diversification
September 15, 2006
Don Stypula – Executive Director, Grand Valley
Metropolitan Council
June 16, 2006
Peter DeBoer –
West Michigan Trails and Greenways Coalition
March 17, 2006
Steve Warren – Kent County
Road Commission
Michigan
Department of Transportation - John Drury, Andrea Brush
Karen Brewster – Mecosta
Osceola Transit Authority (MOTA)
December 9, 2005
George Heartwell – City of Grand Rapids Mayor
September 16, 2005
Dave Guikema – MSU Extension, Central Region
June 17, 2005
Steve Redmond – Michigan Department of
Transportation
Catherine Ballard – Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality
Michigan Department of
Agriculture – Charamy Cleary, Rich Harlow
Brian Waters – Michigan Department of Labor and
Economic Growth
Aileen Waldron – USDA Rural Development
March 18, 2005
Cheryl Mendoza
– Lake
Michigan Federation
January 21, 2005
December 10, 2004
George Erickcek
– Upjohn
Institute
September 17, 2004
Soji Adelaja
– Michigan
State University
Joe Jones
– Public
Transportation in the Greater Grand Rapids Area
June 18, 2004
Vince Hellwig
– Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality
March 12, 2004
Sandy Ward
– Dispute
Resolution Center for West Michigan
December 12, 2003
John Douglas
– Grand
Rapids Press
June 20, 2003
Patricia Birkholz
–
Michigan State Senator
March 14, 2003
Brian Lijewski
– Michigan
Bureau of History
December 13, 2002
David Worthington
–
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
June 21, 2002
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
–
David Chase, Aileen Waldren
March 15, 2002
Abby Matzke
– Grand Valley
State University Water Institute
December 7, 2001
George Bosanic and Mr. Todd
Campbell – City of Greeneville
September 21, 2001
Jay Peters
– West Michigan
Strategic Alliance
June 22, 2001
John Sych
– Michigan
Society of Planning
March 16, 2001
Andy Bowman
– Grand Valley
Metropolitan Council
September 15, 2000
Jay Peters
– West Michigan
Strategic Planning Initiative
June 18, 1999
Dennis Kent
– Michigan
Department of Transportation
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
(CEDS) Meetings
August 31, 2011
Sarah Latta Rainero – LEED AP, Michigan Economic Development
Corporation
May 25, 2011
Dan Trell, Local First
March 30, 2011
Paul Brown, Vice
President, Capital Markets – Michigan Economic Development Corporation
January 26, 2011
Bruce Goodman, Varnum
Attorneys at Law – Renewable Energy Opportunities
August 25, 2010
Tracy Swinburn, EDA Community
Economic Adjustment Program
May 26, 2010
Ted Spitzer – Market Ventures
Ron Steiner – The Starting
Block
March 31, 2010
George Zimmerman – Travel
Michigan, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Brian Picarazzi – Michigan
District Office, US Small Business Association
January 27.2010
Rob Hillard – City of Allegan
Mark Rambo – Village of Howard
City
August 26, 2009
Jim Lautenschleger, Business
Solutions Officer, South Central Michigan Works
Randy Yagiela, South Central
Michigan Works
Linda Chamberlain, Executive
Director, West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative
May 27, 2009
Katharine Czarnecki, CATeam,
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
January 28, 2009
Paul Bristol –
USDA Rural Development
Michigan Small
Business and Technology Development Center – Dante Villarreal, Stelios Alvarez
August 27, 2008
Matt Wiitala –
MDOT, Economic Development and Enhancement
Rick Sprague –
Grand Rapids Charter Township
Matthew Butts –
City of Grandville
Michael Young –
City of Rockford
Frank Wash –
City of Walker
Darrel Schmalzel
– City of Walker
May 28, 2008
Valerie Byrnes –
Barry County Economic Development Alliance
Andy Lofgren –
Newaygo County Economic Development Office
Ted Thar –
VanBuren County
John Czarnecki –
Clinton County Economic Alliance
March 26, 2008
Paul Bristol
– USDA Rural Development
August 29, 2007
Robert Wilson
and Ken Murdoch
– Michigan
Economic Development Corporation
May 30, 2007
Ray De Winkle
–
Michigan Economic Developers Association (MEDA) and The Right Place, Inc.
March 28, 2007
Sandra Bloem
and Mark Venema
–
Economic Development Foundation
January 31, 2007
Jenny Shangraw – The Right Place, Inc.
August 30, 2006
Kathy TenWolde
– East Central
Michigan Planning and Development Regional Commission
Chris Hnatiw
– Tri-County
Regional Planning Commission
May 31, 2006
Jeff Meyer –
Van Andel Global Trade Institute
Ron Smedley –
MDEQ
Chris
Christensen – MDEQ
March 29, 2006
Greg Northrup
–
West Michigan Strategic Alliance
Kara Wood
–
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
January 25, 2006
Michael Leon –
Michigan Department of Transportation
March 30, 2005
Birgit Klohs
– The Right
Place, Inc.
January 26, 2005
Ron Steiner
– West Central
Regional Value Added Agent, MSU Extension
May 26, 2004
Vince Hellwig
– Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality
March 31, 2004
Matthew Dugener
– West
Michigan Science and Technology Initiative
February 4, 2004
Ron Moffett
– Michigan Economic
Development Corporation (MEDC)
Ray Hoag
– Link Michigan / West
Michigan Broadband Coalition
October 1, 2003
John Peck
– Economic
Development Administration
May 28, 2003
George Erickcek
– The
Upjohn Institute
March 26, 2003
Carol Lopucki
– Small
Business and Technology Development Center
January 29, 2003
Tricia Keith
– Michigan
Economic Development Corporation
May 29, 2002
John Kandra and Mr. Bruce
Hamm – “The Advisory Group”
March 27, 2002
John Peck
– Economic
Development Administration
September 26, 2001
Valerie Byrnes
–
Right Place Program
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