Our Staff
Executive Staff

Tyler Smies
Chief Executive Officer
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Taylour Boer
Program Director
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Gim Lee
Director of Operations
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Staff

Matthew Gifford
Kalamazoo Area Director
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Erik Sanford
Muskegon Area Director
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Jeff Keyser
Holland Area Director
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Brandon Jean
Kalamazoo Program Coordinator
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McKenna Inglis
Muskegon Program Coordinator
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Sarah Owens
Holland Program Coordinator
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Kenna Durian
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
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Drew Jones
Operations & Administrative Generalist
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Emily Damstra
Program Communications Coordinator
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Dan Soltysiak
Community Development Officer
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Chris Hashley
IT & Fundraising Coordinator
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Board of Directors
Maureen Fitzgerald Penn
Board Chair
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Nate Golomb
Vice Chair
Mercantile Bank
Randy Freeburg
Secretary
Freeburg & Associates, Retired
Scott VanderLinde
Treasurer
Calvin University, Retired
Travis Mikulenas
Chair Emeritus
Bradford White
Ian Hughes, PGA
GOLFTEC
Antoinetta Freeman
Fifth Third Securities
Kylie Lannen
Meijer
Randy Lindquist
Muskegon Area ISD
Matthew Forkin
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo
Henry Stallings
Grandville Public Schools
Ross Ryzenga
Nelson Steel Products
John Kruis
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
