Staff & Board
Our Staff

Milinda Ysasi
Chief Executive Officer

Kelli Smith
Chief Operating Officer

Ben Oliver
Loan Operations Manager

Maximiliano Velasco
Business Liaison Officer

Trevor Sisk
Grants and Finance Manager

Paola Mendivil
Business Development Officer
2024 Board of Directors

LaChaun A. Steverson, Board Chair
Owner, Fibrenew Grand Rapids

Julie Westra, Vice Chair
Steelcase
Assistant General Counsel
Legal Strategies Team

Liz Ziesmer, Treasurer
Rehmann Director of Financial Institutions Group

McKenzie Van Patten, Secretary
Good Food Systems Program Manager,
Access of West Michigan

Karen Brittner
Assistant Vice President, Comerica Bank

Tracey Burke
President, Burke Professional Consultants, LLC

Shannon Cohen
Principal/Founder, Tough Skin Soft Heart by Shannon Cohen

Kenia Espinoza
Credit Manager, Miller Knoll

Floriza Genautis
CEO, Management Business Solutions

Zara Smith
Senior Project Manager, Emergent Holdings, Inc.