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