Board of Directors

Bob Garner, Chairman

Semi-retired television host/producer
Former Natural Resources Commissioner
Former Chair of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund


Mike Donahue, Ph.D., Vice Chairman

Vice President, AECOM


Diane VanderVeen, Treasurer & Secretary

Former General Manager/Chief Financial Officer, Traverse City Golf & Country Club 


Christine Bates

Environmental Professional
Retired Director of General Motors Public Policy
Earth Force Board of Directors


William Sundstrom

Chairman, Sundstrom & Mindlin, LLP


Pete Stalker

Community Bank President – Mercantile Bank – Cadillac


Nora Balgoyen

Sr. Area Manager, Local Government & Community Affairs, ITC


Dick Redmond

Retired DT Midstream as a Chief Administrative Officer


Dan Hubbell

President, Hubbell Law Office