ELPC’s Advisory Council members provide valuable input, specific expertise and expanded networks to help ELPC succeed. The advisors serve as strategic volunteers, without compensation, and do not have any organizational governance responsibilities.
ELPC Advisory Councils operate differently depending on their focus and location. New Advisory Council members are often recruited and appointed by the current Council members in consultation with ELPC staff. There are no formal terms of service. Most ELPC Advisory Councils meet twice each year, and members engage with other Council members and with ELPC staff on an intermittent basis outside scheduled meetings. Some of the Advisory Councils have a designated Chair who works with the relevant ELPC staff to organize the meetings and agenda.
Laurie Belin
Environmental Advocate
Steve Falck
Former Senior Policy Advocate, ELPC
Liz Garst
Manager, Commercial Farm
Fred Hubbell
Former Chairman and CEO, Equitable of Iowa
Sally Pederson
Director of the Northwest Area Foundation, Former Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
Ralph Rosenberg
Former Non-Profit Leader and Legislator
Barry Shear
President, Eagle Point Solar
Lauren Bigelow
CEO, Growth Capital Network
George Covington
Land Use Attorney
George D. Goodman
Former Executive Director, Michigan Municipal League
Judith Goodman
Former Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Services, University of Michigan Business School
Heidi Grether
Former Director, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
George Heartwell
Former Mayor of Grand Rapids
Addison Igleheart
Attorney and Real Estate Developer
Debby Igleheart
Trustee and Former President, Michigan Nature Association
Knute Nadelhoffer
Ex-Officio. University of Michigan
Thomas S. Porter
Entrepreneur and Investor
Gary R. Rentrop
Chair - Founding Partner, Rentrop & Morrison law firm
Tracey Shafroth
Philanthropic Advisor
Gary Stewart
Former General Manager of Governmental & Public Affairs , BP
Lorna Puttkammer Straus
Professor Emerita, University of Chicago
Bob Zabors
Founder and CEO, Enovation Partners
Van Fishback
President, Fishback Financial Corporation
Christine Hamilton
Owner and Operator, Christiansen Land and Cattle
Scott Heidepriem
Ex-Officio (ELPC Board of Directors): Founder and Partner, Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP
Robert Oliver
Former President, Augustana College
Catherine V. Piersol
Retired Attorney
