Michigan LCV Board of Directors

Paul is the Manager of the Capital Markets Development group of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). His group manages some of the state’s venture capital funds and bond issuances and creates and manages many of the state’s tax incentive programs targeted at investors. Before joining MEDC, Paul was an attorney in the Manhattan office of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom LLP. Paul began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge John O’Meara in Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan. Growing up in Northern Michigan, Paul spent his free time camping, hunting and fishing. Paul is involved in state, local and national politics. He sits on the board of the Michigan Historical Foundation, the New Enterprise Forum (NEF), and the planning committee of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium. Paul is an avid outdoorsman and active in several fishing, hunting and conservation clubs.

 

Irene is a forester for the City of Lansing and an active labor and environmental organizer. Irene joined the Michigan LCV Board in 2000, serving as the board president from 2003-2004. Irene is an active member of numerous other organizations across the state, such as the Michigan Arbor Day Alliance Committee, the Michigan Forestry and Park Association, the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association Legislative Committee, and the Michigan State University Stakeholders Committee. Whether at home in Howell or at work in Lansing, Irene is constantly advocating and organizing for a healthier and more accessible Michigan environment.

 

The many honors Irene has received over the years include the Environmental Quality Award from the United States EPA in 1991 and the Horticulture Woman of the Year in 1989 from the National Association of Women in Horticulture.

 

Bill is an attorney practicing in Grand Rapids. He is a former President of the Grand Rapids Bar Association, a Fellow of the American Bar Association Foundation, a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation, and a Master of the American Inns of Court. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the past several years, and received the Michael S. Barnes Award in 2007 for Pro Bono Service. Politically, he has served as Chair of the Kent County Republican Party and the 3rd District Republican Party, as a delegate to a Republican National Convention, at which he was one of two persons from Michigan who served on the Platform Committee, and he was the Republican candidate for Attorney General of Michigan in 1970. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Pere Marquette Watershed Council, and has been a member of the Mayor’s Environmental Advisory Council. Also, he has served on several church, community, and business boards over the years, and continues to do so today.  

 

Doug has more than a decade of experience working on sustainability, climate, and energy issues on Capitol HIll, in the academic sphere, and in the private sector including companies such as Swiss RE and Pratt and Whitney. After working as a Senate staffer for Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) in Washington DC from 2000 - 2004, Doug returned to Michigan to complete his graduate studies. In 2007, Doug was one of the contributing authors on a report for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change entiled "Corporate Stratigies that Address Climate Change." That same year, he received his masters from the Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources & Environment as part of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. He is currently a senior consultant at The Carbon Trust.

 

Now serving in his second term, George Heartwell became the mayor of Grand Rapids on January 1, 2004.  During his tenure, City government has “gone green”, implementing a variety of environmental measures including purchase of renewable resource energy, use of alternative fuels in city vehicles, continued attention to water quality in the Grand River, and widespread implementation of energy conservation measures.  In January of 2007 the United Nations recognized Grand Rapids as a “Center of Expertise” in sustainability.  In May of 2010 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce honored Grand Rapids with the Sieman’s award for Most Sustainable American Mid-sized City.

Mayor Heartwell has overseen a period of rapid economic development in Grand Rapids, even during an extended downturn in the Michigan economy. 

He also serves as President and CEO of Pilgrim Manor Retirement Community. 

Mayor Heartwell is married to Susan Heartwell who is the Executive Director of the Student Advancement Foundation.  The Heartwells have three children and six grandchildren.

Andy is the Holcim (U.S.) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, a position that holds joint appointments at the School of Natural Resources & Environment and the Ross School of Business. At the University of Michigan, Andy’s research focuses on corporate strategies that address environmental and social issues. His disciplinary background lies in the areas of organizational behavior, institutional change, negotiations and change management. Andy has published seven books and more than 70 articles. Prior to academics, Andy worked for the United States Environmental Protection Agency; Metcalf & Eddy; the Amoco Corporation; and T&T Construction and Design, Inc. In 2004, he was a Senior Fellow with the Meridian Institute.

 

Andy includes among his many teaching interests competitive environmental strategy, strategies for sustainable development, organizational behavior, negotiations, green construction, and organizational change.

 

Peter's bio is coming soon!

 

Dan is Vice President, Research of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC), a non-profit consulting and training company headquartered in Plymouth, with regional affiliates in Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Saginaw, and Marquette. Dan directs the MMTC’s Performance Benchmarking Service, which, since 1992, has produced more than 11,000 customized benchmarking reports for companies across North America and beyond. His recent research focuses on automotive fuel efficiency and the conversion of supplier capacity to wind, solar, and transit componentry.  A frequent author and commentator on U.S. manufacturing performance, Dan has co-authored three books, published articles in the Harvard Business Review, Challenge, and Research Policy, and been interviewed on NBC Nightly News and PBS’s NewsHour. 

 

Christine grew up on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula and has her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Michigan Technological University and a master’s in environmental journalism from Michigan State University. She is the communications director for the Great Lakes Commission, an interstate compact agency that promotes the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water and related natural resources of the Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence River. The Great Lakes Commission is a pioneer in applying principles of sustainability and ecosystem management, recognizing the complementarity of environmental protection and economic goals. Christine has been instrumental in development of the Great Lakes Information Network (www.great-lakes.net) and the Great Lakes Observing System (www.glos.us), among many other initiatives. Prior to joining the Great Lakes Commission in 1995, she worked in corporate communications at Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest combination utility. She is past president of the board of directors of the Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association. She is also active in the International Water Web Consortium, American Water Resources Association, Society of Environmental Journalists, and International Association for Great Lakes Research.

 

Bob has been a principal with the consulting firm of Dunbar and Martel, L.L.C. based in Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1992.   He specializes in developing large medical office building projects for physician groups. 

 

Bob has over twenty five years of business experience, including work with the Consulting Divisions of Arthur Young & Company (now Ernst & Young), and Touche Ross (now Deloitte & Touche); Bob also served as the Chief Financial Officer of several companies, including a publicly held computer start-up, and was integral in several ventures, which include an inter-state trucking company and a tourist-oriented television station in New Orleans. Bob and his business partner own and manage a portfolio of real estate properties in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area.

Bob has served on a number of non-profit boards, including The Ann Arbor Art Center, The NEW Center, Planned Parenthood of Mid-Michigan, The Washtenaw Land Trust, and The Washtenaw Affordable Housing Corp.

 

Bob received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan in 1980, with a concentration in corporate finance, and his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University at Albany (SUNY) in 1978, with a concentration in marketing and economics.

 

Claudia is a principal at Pear Sperling Eggan & Daniels, P.C., where she specializes in Business, Technology and Environmental law. Prior to joining Pear Sperling in 2001, Claudia was a Member at Dickinson Wright PLLC, where she served as the Director of Dickinson’s eBusiness Group (1998-2001) and Manager of its Environmental Practice Group (1997-1998).

 

Claudia is a member of the Michigan Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) Technology Training Advisory Board and was the chair of the IT Forum Committee for the Ann Arbor IT Zone (2002-03). From 1994-99 she served as a Council Member for the Environmental Law Section of the Michigan Bar Association; from 1998 99, she was a member of the Task Force on eBusiness for the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), she is a member of the Advisory Board of the Michigan Council of Women in Technology (2002- ), and as a member of the ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources, she has Chaired the International Environmental Law Committee and the Technology Committee, served as a member of Council (1998-2000), as Secretary of the Section (2003-2005), as the Vice Chair of the Section (2006-2007) and in 2006 she was elected to become Chair of the Section for 2008-2009.

 

A longtime resident of Battle Creek, Joe is a dedicated physician and public servant. With a medical degree from Wayne State University, Joe has practiced otolaryngological medicine (ear, nose, and throat) in his home town since 1974. Elected to the State Senate in 1987, Joe served in the Michigan Legislature until 2002. In 2004, Schwarz was elected to represent the seventh district of Michigan in the U.S. Congress. Schwarz is a member of The Republican Majority For Choice, Republicans for Choice and Republicans for Environmental Protection. In January 2007, Schwarz was appointed to Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s Emergency Financial Advisory Panel.

 

Joe currently sees patients at the Family Health Center in Battle Creek and teaches at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. In 2008, Joe led the successful passage of Proposal 2, which allowed state funding for embryonic stem cell research.

 

Sanjiv is a Vice President at a natural resource management and environmental engineering consulting firm, and has significant public and private sector experience in a wide variety of big-picture policy development and implementation projects relevant to the management of natural resources. His recent projects include developing targets to delist nearly a third of the Areas of Concern located within the United States, assisting the Great Lakes Habitat and Species Workgroup of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration with improving the efficiency of restoration/conservation of the basin’s habitat and species, leading the development of economic performance indicators to assess impacts of changing Great Lakes water levels due to climate change, and assisting with the development of Great Lakes Fishery & Ecosystem Restoration Plan which is a $100 Million authorization of the United States Congress. A common theme in Sanjiv’s recent work has been to focus on quantifiable economic valuation of natural resource amenities while discussing the need for continued restoration within the Great Lakes basin.

Previously, Sanjiv was a Management Consultant at Booz & Company, a top-tier corporate strategy consulting company that delivers business strategy related consulting services to Fortune-500 companies. Sanjiv has a Ph.D. degree from University of Iowa, and over 70 papers, journal articles, book chapters, presentations and other publications to his credit.

Mark's bio is coming soon!

 

Bruce is Hooper Hathaway Beuche and Wallace’s senior litigator. Hooper Hathaway’s litigation department, which Bruce has built over the past 30 years, comprises the majority of the firm’s attorneys, each of whom have extensive experience in major litigation throughout the United States. Under Bruce’s leadership, the litigation department emphasizes aggressive strategies to win prompt disposition of difficult disputes and creative use of alternative techniques, including arbitration, mediation and facilitation where appropriate, with the goal of reaching the most economical result by the most expedited available measures. Bruce has obtained successful trial results in lawsuits spanning contract disputes, employment, securities, trade secrets, environmental protection, personal injury, defamation, unfair competition, antitrust, banking, uniform commercial code, class actions, and complex commercial and business tort lawsuits. As prevailing counsel in numerous summary judgment and appellate decisions and as general counsel to a variety of corporate and non-profit clients, Bruce’s roles as litigator and counselor involve many different industries and public and private entities throughout southeastern Michigan and elsewhere. Bruce is the author of numerous articles on various legal topics, as well as books on environmental litigation and discovery practice, and is a frequent lecturer at the University of Michigan, Wayne State and other law schools. Bruce is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

 

Terry's bio is coming soon!

 

Michael D. Moore

Lana Pollack

Mark Richardson

Joan Wolfe

 

John Austin

John Carver

Marcia Gershenson