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Stephen Cohle is the Chief Medical Examiner of Kent County. He has been practicing forensic pathology in Grand Rapids since 1982. He enjoys fishing and chess and is happily married to Mary, AKA Maria. He is the author (with R. Byard) of Sudden Death in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence. Cause of Death: Forensic files of…

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Mindy Ysasi is a native of Grand Rapids, MI and attended Grand Valley State University. She received her B.B.A in marketing and management (Seidman School of Business) in 2003. After her freshman year at GVSU Mindy began an internship at Cascade Engineering in human resources. Upon graduation she began her professional career with Cascade Engineering,…

John W. Barfield is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Bartech Group, Inc., located in Livonia, Michigan. Bartech is among the nation's largest independent human capital staffing and services firms in the United States, employing over 3,500 associates nationwide. The Company operates under five divisions: Bartech Enterprise Staffmg, Bartech Workforce Management, Bartech Search Group,…

Opera Grand Rapids Executive Director Anne Berquist is an international arts administrator and a professional musician. Her extensive international experience in team leadership, expansion of organizational awareness, and relationship building has established a reputation for artistic excellence and innovation. A native of France, Ms. Berquist moved to the United States in 2001 to become the…