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meet the board
InvestUP’s board, composed of CEOs and Presidents from some of the region’s largest employers, has identified strategic objectives for the Upper Peninsula.
Bob Mahaney (Chairman)
President, Veridea Group
Steve Hicks (Vice Chairman)
President & CEO, JM Longyear
Melissa Holmquist (Treasurer)
CEO, Upper Peninsula Health Plan
Kelly George (Secretary)
President & CEO, mBank
- Gar Atchison, CEO, UP Health Systems
- Chris Bender, President, Northcross Group
- Brad Canale, CEO, NMU Foundation
- Bob Crumb, CEO, Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
- Fritz Erickson, President, Northern Michigan University
- Mike Fedrizzi, Director of U.P. Regional Sales & Operations, Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan
- Rodney S. Hanley, President, Lake Superior State University
- Matt Johnson, Manager of External Affairs, Eagle Mine
- Joe Thiel, CEO, Innovate Marquette SmartZone/Invent@NMU
- Jim Kochevar, General Manager, Cliffs Natural Resources
- Richard J. Koubek, President, Michigan Technological University
- Rich VanderVeen, Founder and President, Mackinaw Power
- Jim Larsen, CEO, UPPCO
- Rick Nebel, President, People’s State Bank of Munising
- Karyn Olsson, CEO, Marketing Department Inc
- Bill Raymond, CEO UPward Talent Council
- Steve Verrette, Chairman/CEO, Champion, Inc.