2011 Michigan Lean Consortium Board of Directors Announced

The Michigan Lean Consortium (MLC) elected its 2011 Board of Directors on December 3

2010-12-22

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI, December 22, 2010 (Press-News.org) The Michigan Lean Consortium (MLC) elected its 2011 Board of Directors on December 3.

The new board is as follows:

Chair: Jason Schulist, DTE Energy

Vice-Chair (and automatic 2012 Chair): Debra Levantrosser Setman, Johnson & Johnson

Treasurer: Les Sutherland, Housing and Urban Development

Secretary: Chris Wilson, Amway (ret.)

Membership Liaison: Phil Berry, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Ad-Hoc Member: Willie Brown, General Motors (ret.)

Ad-Hoc Member: Renae Hesselink, Nichols Paper

The MLC is a non-profit organization whose mission it is to help make Michigan the benchmark for economic success and competitive advantage. It helps by using the philosophies of Michigan native Henry Ford to encourage a leadership of innovation and sustainability. See http://www.michiganlean.org

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