DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. has added to its board of directors John May, CEO of Deere & Co., and analysts say that move illustrates the automaker's commitment to new technology in the cutthroat race toward electric and autonomous vehicle dominance. The fact that Deere just resolved a six-week UAW strike, its first in 35 years, is "icing on the cake,"
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum elected eight local professionals to its 16-member board of directors at its Annual Meeting last week. New board members include Amy Butler, Director of Sustainability at Michigan State University; Misti Stanton, Assistant Vice President and Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Mercantile Bank, Zachary Verhulst, founder and managing
ANN ARBOR—Officials at MichBio, the state’s life sciences industry lobbying group, announced the addition of Lola Eniola-Adefeso, university diversity and social transformation professor of chemical engineering at the University of Michigan, to its board of directors, completing a term expiring in December 2022. The diversity and social transformation professorship was awarded to an inaugural group
SOUTHFIELD—SME, the engineering advocacy and education group formerly known as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, announced its 2020 election results for incoming officers, directors and council representatives. The officers and international directors of the SME Board of Directors act as the governing body of SME with budget authority and oversight responsibility. The SME Member Council,
NOVI—ITC Holdings Corp. (ITC), the country’s largest independent owner of high-voltage power transmission lines, announced the appointment of Ronnie Hawkins Jr., a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, to its board of directors. Ronnie Hawkins Jr. ITC Holdings photo. Lt. Gen. Hawkins currently serves as President and CEO of the IT and
BOULDER, Co. – Techtonic announced this week that it has appointed Jennifer Granholm, two-time Governor and former Attorney General of Michigan as the fifth member of its Board. In addition to two successful terms as Governor of Michigan, Granholm brings extensive relevant expertise to her new role at Techtonic. Currently, she leads RIDGE-LANE LP’s sustainability
ANN ARBOR — Pharma startup Esperion Therapeutics announced this week the appointment of Jay P. Shepard as a Class III Director, with a term expiring at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. “Jay’s experience supporting the launch and commercialization of biopharmaceutical products will be invaluable as we advance the bempedoic acid product franchise through the
PLYMOUTH - Two new board members have joined the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center - Carla Bailo of the Center for Automotive Research and Ed Terris of Peckham Inc. Bailo brings with her a variety of qualities and connections that will benefit the Board of Directors. In her current role as President and CEO of CAR,
WARREN – Winning Futures, a non-profit organization that empowers young people to succeed through mentoring and strategic planning, announced the election of Hadas Bernard, Director at Bernard Financial Group, to the board. “Michigan students deserve and want direction on careers and higher education,” Bernard said. Winning Futures provides the most dynamic guide and coaching/mentoring for
