our team

OUR ADVISORY TEAM

Fredrick Molnar

Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)

Vice President, Entrepreneurism and Innovation

Brad Smith

Endurance Law Group PLC

Attorney

Karena Mills

County National Bank

Vice President – Lending

Christie Myers

Opportunity Dallas

Managing Director

Dan Radomski

LTU Collaboratory

Director

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Ron Griffith

Spring Arbor University

Special Advisor to the President

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Anita-Maria Quillen

DEP Engineering

President & CEO

Nathan Mack

Downtown Development Authority

Executive Director

Steve Rick

Abbott Thomson Mauldin Parker & Beer, PLC

Attorney

Ronald Betzig

Jackson College

Director of entrepreneurship program

Eric Boorom

Worth Investment Group

Founder

Karen Farr

Eaton Aerospace Group

Sr. Administrative Asst

Aaron Mason

Next Door Photos

Director of Expansion

Ric Walton

Walton Insurance Group

President

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Paul Gruber

Consumers Energy

Manager, Product & Business Development

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Phil Tepley

Small Business Development Center

Director of Technology Commercialization Services

Nick Arcaro

Elite Machining

President

Bill Rayl

Jackson Area Manufacturers Association

President

Mark Kerrins

Private Investor

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Jeff Matzen

Fresh Water Ventures

Director

William Sherwood

Baker College

Program Director IT/Cis

John Rogers

Albion Malleable Brewing Company

CFO

Michael Halacka

Securencrypt

CFO

Cindy Weaver

Walton Insurance Group

Chief Financial Officer

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Jason Sanders

Arctaris Michigan Partners

Managing Director

Amy Torres

The Enterprise Group of Jackson, Inc.

Vice President of Economic Development

Jon Shackelford

Endurance Law Group PLC

Intellectual Property Attorney

Jacob Hurt

Jackson Anchor Initiative

Chief Operating Officer

Cynthia Gascoyne

Walton Insurance Group

Personal Lines Manager

funders

Our work is made possible by these organizations.

consumers energy foundation

Michigan economic development corporation (mEDC)

jackson anchor initiative

the hurst foundation

the phil and pat willis foundation

bond & co

the walton insurance group

gerdau steel

cp federal credit union

the enterprise group of jackson

eaton aerospace corporation

elite machining

securencrypt

jackson area manufacturer's association (jama)

jackson dda

the cardinal group

orbitform

lally group

peak manufacturing

henry ford allegiance

Meridian wealth management

county national bank

lomar

Alro steel

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smart-zone partners & friends

Organizations who help us deepen our impact.