Staff & Governing Council

Staff

Jeremy Hendges

Executive Director

  • j.hendges@talentfirst.net

Matt DeMonbrun

Research Director

  • m.demonbrun@talentfirst.net

Michelle Burke

Director of Postsecondary Programs and Partnerships

  • m.burke@talentfirst.net

Governing Council

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Amy Lee

Vice Chair

  • President,
  • Michigan Workforce Training & Education Collaborative
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Bill Rayl

  • Executive Director of Workforce Solutions,
  • Michigan Manufacturers Association
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Brian Calley

  • President & CEO,
  • Small Business Association of Michigan
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Chandra Madafferi

  • President,
  • Michigan Education Association
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Chris Baldwin

  • Senior Fellow,
  • National Center for Inquiry and Improvement
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Jim Jacobs

  • President Emeritus,
  • Macomb Community College

Kevin Stotts

  • President,
  • TalentFirst
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Sarah Szurpicki

  • Director of Sixty x 30,
  • State of Michigan
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Todd Gustafson

Chair

  • President & CEO,
  • Kinexus

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