Issue 16

A Night of Horsing Around Changes Lives at the Cheff Center ORGANIZATION: Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center EVENT: The Cheff Center’s Annual Shindig DATE: September 7, 2018 TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. LOCATION: 8450 North 43rd Street, Augusta, MI 49012 A CONVERSATION WITH: Tara East, Executive Director of the Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center WHAT SERVICES […]

A Q+A with Leif Norland, Global Design Director for Cooking at Whirlpool Corporation. How do you approach design from your position at Whirlpool? Whirlpool represents many brands around the world, including Maytag, Jenn-Air, Amana, and KitchenAid, just to name a few. I head up the design of all of Whirlpool’s cooking products globally. My team […]

Getman Corporation reigns as king of underground mining equipment. Company Getman Corporation Website getman.com Regional Locations Headquartered in Bangor, with a second manufacturing facility in Comstock Charter Township Number of Employees 170 Executive Erik VanAllen, President & CEO History Getman Brothers Construction Company entered the equipment business following World War II with a small motorized […]

Tune your bow with corporate culture. In 2010, during the mad scramble from the nadir of the Great Recession, renowned business leader Alfred O. Weber, recently retired, strode into a hotel conference room in Detroit. In January of that year, Weber had been named co-president and CEO of MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, a global leader in the […]

If you seek tasty cider, just shake a Michigan apple tree. As the last few weeks of summer pass by, it’s time to start thinking of cozier thoughts and crunching leaves. This means trips to the apple orchard, hayrides, donuts, and apple cider for many Michiganders. Although apple orchards are commonly thought of as simply […]

Continuing evolution spurs growth and new jobs at XL Machine. On Highway M-60, where it winds past scenic lakes and lush farmland in St. Joseph County, sits a dynamic manufacturer of high-profile parts for the automotive, marine, agricultural, entertainment, and industrial sectors. Revved-up auto enthusiasts readily seek out its products such as covers for the […]

Kit Snyder, President and CEO of Consumers Credit Union, tells us about his journey to leadership. 1956 | Born in Coldwater, MI I have lived my entire life in Michigan. I was raised on a 40-acre farm outside Coldwater. Every evening, my family would sit together at our dining room table, and everything we ate […]

We sat down with John Rumohr, Senior Mechanical Engineer at TowerPinkster, and Jim Ritsema, City Manager of Kalamazoo, to hear their thoughts on leadership, childhood, and Labor Day plans. What is your most important role as a leader? Jim Ritsema: A leader needs to establish a vision for the organization and then get out of […]

Luis Ruiz puts his classwork to work at Fabri-Kal. Hometown Chicago, IL Education Western Michigan University (WMU) Engineering Technology Major; Mathematics Minor Expected Graduation: Spring 2020 Position Product Design Intern at Fabri-Kal Corporation Becoming a Part of the Team Because Fabri-Kal is one of the nation’s largest providers of food service packaging materials, our engineers […]