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SUMMARY:Carolyn Flietstra
DESCRIPTION:Carolyn Flietstra is the executive and strategic leader of home and community services for Holland Home\, Michigan’s largest not-for-profit senior services provider.  Her areas of oversight include community and inpatient hospice\, certified home health\, private duty home care\, a therapy company\, a palliative care institute\, and other support services. \nCarolyn is the past co-chair of the Michigan Home Health Association Public Policy Committee\, and serves on the National Association for Home Care and Hospice’s Financial Management Association Work Group and the Strategic Health Partners Advisory Board. \nShe has extensive experience leading change which optimizes clinical and financial outcomes.
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LOCATION:University Club of Grand Rapids\, 111 Lyon St NW Suite 1025\, Grand Rapids\, MI\, 49503\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Jurgens
DESCRIPTION:With over 20 years in marketing and business management\, Jennifer brings a unique skill set to Komen Michigan. Her work experience ranges from creating marketing (lead generation) campaigns and automated processes for Fortune 1000 companies and non-profit organizations to consulting for small and medium-sized businesses. Her specialties include CRM systems\, direct marketing\, marketing automation\, and email and content marketing with expertise in the integration of new software platforms to expedite and simplify digital communications.  Jennifer has worked for local organizations like Adtegrity.com\, US Xchange\, BDO Seidman and served on the boards of TEDxGrandRapids and AimWest. \nAs a breast cancer survivor\, Jennifer brings her own life experiences in addition to her relevant professional work to Komen Michigan. Her public-speaking experiences range from explaining and teaching marketing and lead management best practices to professionals in large conference/corporate settings\, to telling her own story in more intimate settings. In the role of Executive Director she is responsible for the overall management of the affiliate including the strategic direction and community partnerships that serve Komen’s mission of ending breast cancer forever. \nJennifer has a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business and a Master’s of Business Administration from Grand Valley State University.  She lives in Spring Lake\, Michigan with her husband Jim Conner and their two children. \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferjurgens
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LOCATION:University Club of Grand Rapids\, 111 Lyon St NW Suite 1025\, Grand Rapids\, MI\, 49503\, United States
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SUMMARY:James Saalfeld
DESCRIPTION:Jim Saalfeld\, 49\, is an accomplished and well-rounded attorney\, company executive and small business owner\, who holds numerous leadership positions within the community\, his profession and the Republican Party. \nJim graduated from Northwestern Law School\, and currently serves on the University’s Alumni Board for West Michigan. He is a long-time member of the Kent County GOP where he served as its Treasurer from 2006-2010. In addition to his positions with the County\, Jim holds various leadership roles within the community including: Chair of the Kent Hospital Finance Authority; Board of Directors for the Arthritis Foundation of West Michigan; Board member of the Grand Rapids Township Economic Development Corporation; and Board member of the Northwestern University Alumni Club of West Michigan. Jim is a hearing panelist for the Michigan Supreme Court Attorney Discipline Board and is a Fellow of the Michigan Bar Foundation. Jim has been a precinct delegate\, a delegate to numerous Republican County Conventions\, and was appointed by Governor John Engler to the Michigan Higher Education Facilities Commission. Jim is a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in downtown Grand Rapids where he served as Congregational President from 2001-2009. Jim enjoys spending time with his family and friends\, and is an active member of numerous community organizations. A brief bio of Jim is found below. \nProfessional Experience \nBISSELL HOMECARE INC. – Walker\, Michigan (2013 – Present) \n\nDirector and in-house legal counsel for the top-selling floor care brand headquartered in the Greater Grand Rapids area.\n\nSAALFELD & STEWART PLLC – Grand Rapids\, Michigan (2009 – 2013) \n\nFounder of law firm focused on assisting small and medium-sized companies with day-to-day legal and management issues.\n\nMERITAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP INC. – Grand Rapids\, Michigan (1996 – 2008) \n\nVice President & General Counsel for company that operates 65 restaurants\, employs 2\,500\, and serves more than ten million customers annually.\n\nDYKEMA GOSSETT LAW FIRM – Grand Rapids\, Michigan (1992 – 1996) \n\nAssociate attorney for one of Michigan’s largest law firms. Practice in complex litigation and business matters.\n\nCommunity Involvement and Affiliations \n\nElected – Kent County Commissioner for District 11\nElected – Chair of the Kent County Board of Commissioners (present)\nElected – Vice Chair of the Kent County Board of Commissioners (2013 – 2015)\nPast Chair – Kent County Finance & Physical Resources Committee\nPast Chair – Kent County Legislative & Human Resources Committee\nChair – Kent Hospital Finance Authority\nMember – Grand Rapids Township Economic Development Corporation Board\nPast Member – Grand Valley Metropolitan Council\nBoard of Directors – Arthritis Foundation of West Michigan\nBoard of Directors – Northwestern University Alumni Club of West Michigan\nBoard of Directors – Michigan Lutheran Church Extension Fund (2003 – 2015)\nInterviewer – Northwestern University Law School Admissions\nMember – Immanuel Lutheran Church – Downtown Grand Rapids\nElected – Grand Rapids Township Trustee (2007 – 2011)\nGrand Rapids Township Planning Commission (2004 – 2007)\nAppointed by Governor Engler – Michigan Higher Education Facilities Commission (2001 – 2006)\n\nProfessional Affiliations \n\nMember – Michigan State Bar\nMember – Grand Rapids Bar Association\nMichigan Supreme Court – Attorney Discipline Board Hearing Panelist\nMember – Fellow of the Michigan Bar Foundation\nMichigan Bar – District Character and Fitness Committee (2005 – 2010)\nMichigan Bar Committee on United States Courts (1999 – 2008)\n\nJim Saalfeld is the Chair of the Board Kent County Commissioners\, Commissioner for District 11\nIn 2010\, 2012 and 2014\, I was honored to be elected Kent County Commissioner for District 11. This District includes more than 33\,000 residents living in Grand Rapids Township\, East Grand Rapids\, and Ada Township. In addition\, I was honored to be elected by my colleagues on the Commission to serve as Chair of the Board of Commissioners beginning in 2016. \nI enjoy serving our residents in this manner and believe I make a positive impact. Throughout this time\, I have worked closely with the leaders of the three communities I represent to make sure issues of interest to our residents are being promptly and properly addressed. \nI have worked hard to bring fiscal common sense\, good judgment and integrity to the County Commission. But my work with the County is far from over – especially now that I am serving as Chair of the Board. If you ever have comments\, questions or suggestions regarding either my campaign or issues impacting Kent County\, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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SUMMARY:Peter Kjome and Marcelo Lehning
DESCRIPTION:Peter Kjome has been President and CEO of the Grand Rapids Symphony since returning to the orchestra in 2008. The Symphony is an innovative and dynamic organization recognized nationally for excellence\, reaching nearly 200\,000 attendees at the concerts and educational programs that the orchestra’s superb musicians perform each year. \nPeter previously worked for 3M Company in Saint Paul\, Minnesota for eight years. At 3M\, he served in a variety of capacities\, including strategic planning\, marketing\, business process improvement\, and general management. Before returning to the Symphony\, he led strategic planning for the 3M Consumer & Office Business. Prior to that\, he was a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony for eight years. \nPeter received his master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University\, majoring in marketing and management & strategy. Kjome received a bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. \nPeter is Immediate Past Chair of the Group 2 orchestras\, League of American Orchestras and is a board member of the Economic Club of Grand Rapids and Blandford Nature Center. In 2011\, the League of American Orchestras presented Kjome with the Helen M. Thompson award for exceptional leadership in recognition of his work. \n  \n \nMarcelo Lehninger\, new Music Director of the Grand Rapids Symphony\, is in his first season with the orchestra in 2016-17. \nThe Brazilian-born conductor recently concluded his fourth and final season as Music Director of the New West Symphony Orchestra\, during which he was awarded the 2014 Helen M. Thompson Award for an Emerging Music Director by the League of American Orchestras. \nHandpicked by James Levine to join the conducting staff of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2010\, Lehninger spent five seasons there as Assistant Conductor and later as Associate Conductor. On three days’ notice in 2011\, he replaced Levine for performances that included the world premiere of a new violin concerto by Harrison Birtwistle in Boston. With Lehninger on the podium\, the BSO repeated the program weeks later in New York City’s Carnegie Hall. \nIn February 2015\, Lehninger first led the Grand Rapids Symphony in a critically acclaimed performance of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World.” That season also included debuts with the Detroit and Milwaukee Symphonies and the Rochester Philharmonic plus return engagements with the Florida Orchestra and Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. \nIn April 2016\, Lehninger returned to DeVos Performance Hall for performances of Ottorino Respighi’s “Pines of Rome.” Last season\, Lehninger made debuts with the symphonies of Pittsburgh\, North Carolina and Fort Worth in the United States; with the symphonies of Winnipeg and Kitchener-Waterloo in Canada; and with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France plus return engagements with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Minas Gerais Philharmonic in Brazil. \nMaestro Lehninger’s 2016-17 season includes first appearances with the symphony orchestras of Sydney and Melbourne in Australia\, with the symphonies of Tucson and Portland in the United States\, and with Symphony Nova Scotia in Canada. \nAn alumnus of the National Conducting Institute\, Lehninger made a successful debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in 2007 at the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C.\, and was invited to conduct the NSO again in 2008. \nDuring the 2007-08 season\, Lehninger served as music advisor of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas\, composed of 120 musicians from more than 20 countries with Placido Domingo as artistic advisor. In the summer of 2008\, Maestro Lehninger toured with YOA and pianist Nelson Freire in South America\, conducting concerts in Argentina\, Brazil and Uruguay. \nChosen by Kurt Masur\, Lehninger in 2008 was awarded the First Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Scholarship\, sponsored by the American Friends of the Mendelssohn Foundation. He was Maestro Masur’s assistant with the Orchestre National de France during its residency in Vienna as well as with the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig and with the New York Philharmonic. In 2011\, he participated in the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview\, organized by the League of American Orchestras\, conducting the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. \nAs a guest conductor in North America\, Lehninger has led the symphony orchestras of Chicago\, Houston\, Seattle and Toronto among others. In 2013\, Mr. Lehninger recorded the work of composer Christopher Culpo for Radio France in Paris\, conducting the Orchestre National de France. \nBefore dedicating his career to conducting\, Lehninger studied violin and piano. He holds a Master’s degree from the Conductors Institute at New York’s Bard College. \nA dual citizen of Brazil and Germany\, Marcelo Lehninger is the son of German violinist Erich Lehninger and Brazilian pianist Sônia Goulart. \nLehninger\, his wife\, Laura Krech\, and their daughters Sofia and Camila\, plan to move to Grand Rapids in 2017.
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