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.
