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, Immediate Past Chair
Owner, Fibrenew Grand Rapids
Julie Westra, Chair of Board of Directors
Steelcase
Assistant General Counsel
Legal Strategies Team
Zara Smith, Vice Chair
Senior Project Manager, Emergent Holdings, Inc.
Liz Ziesmer, Treasurer
Rehmann Director of Financial Institutions Group
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
Amy Collins
Founder & CEO , The Olea Group
Floriza Genautis
CEO, Management Business Solutions
Nichole Sadek
Founder and Owner, Sadek Law, PLC
