Board of Directors & Advisory Board
We appreciate the local community and business leaders who make up our Board of Directors & Advisory Board and value their thoughtful guidance of our organization.
Chairman
Randy Kummer, Chairman
Randy Kummer has served on the Board of Forgotten Harvest since 2013. Prior to becoming Board Chair, he served as Vice Chair and Chair of the Operations Committee. Randy retired from Lear Corporation in 2017, where he had served as Vice President of Audit Services, reporting directly to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Lear, he was CFO of a health insurer in Indiana, and a Partner at EY, where he began his career in 1982 after graduating from Indiana University.
In addition to Forgotten Harvest, Randy has served on the Boards of Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio, and the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, where he served as Chair of the Education Committee.
Randy and his wife Stephanie have four children who live in Cape Coral Florida, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago. Randy and Stephanie are regular volunteers at Forgotten Harvest locations.
Leadership Team
Kirk Mayes
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Hudson
Chief Development Officer
Mike Spicer
Chief Operations Officer
Anne Ginn
Chief Public Policy Officer
Michael Butman
Chief Information Officer
Angella Durkin
Chief Financial Officer
Executive Committee
Randy Kummer, Chairperson
Community Leader
Mike Murri, Vice Chairperson
VP and GM, WXYZ – Channel 7
Darcee Scavone, Vice Chairperson
HR Consultant, Lineage Logistics
Nathan Upfal, Secretary
President, Law Offices of Nathan Upfal
Jason Paulateer, Vice Chairperson
SVP, Community & Econ Development Fifth Third Bank
Julie G. Smith, Vice Chairperson
Community Leader
Andrew Ottaway, Treasurer
Sr. Managing Director, FINNEA Group
David Sanders, Vice Chairperson
Managing Director, GM/Cruise Partnership, Microsoft
Lorna G. Utley, Vice Chairperson
Community Leader
Katherine Gorman, Vice Chairperson
Vice President, PNC Bank
Hugh Mahler, Member at Large
Community Leader
Board of Directors
Rebecca Bray
Chief Sales Officer, Epitec
Kristina Robinson Garrett
Judge, MI Court of Appeals District 1
Tracy Myrick
Chief Accounting Officer, DTE
Harold Burns
Managing Director
UHY
Brenda Jones
City Council President, Detroit
Camille Nicita
President & CEO, Gongos Research
Doug Busch
Owner
Busch’s Fresh Food Market
Daniel Kaufman
SVP,H.W. Kaufman Group
Rashida Patterson
VP, Global HR GBS, Lear Corporation
John C. Carter, Vice Chairperson
Community Leader
Kevin Kernen
Managing Director, Stout Risius Ross
Lisa C. Peracchio
President East African Children’s Fund
Richard DiBartolomeo, Chairperson
Community Leader
Jason Lee
EVP, Capital Markets
Flagstar Bank
Stephen Swartz
President, The JAR Group
Eric Dietz
President, SE MI, Huntington Bank
Hannan Lis, Vice Chairperson
Community Leader
James Trouba
Partner, Grant Thornton
Derek Edwards
SVP Lending, Invest Detroit
Ken McClure
Regional Director, Corp. Affairs, Kroger
Diane Wolfenden
Vice President, Priority Health
Mark Ellis
CRO, Sports Illustrated
Melinda Mernovage
Director, Corp Comm., Global Business & Markets, Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG
Jon Woods
Community Leader
Stan Finsilver
Co-Founder, Friedman Real Estate
Brittany Muneio
National Account Manager, Plastipak
Genna Young
Manager, Detroit Community Partnerships
General Motors
Cynthia Ford
Community Leader
Sean Zecman
President, National Food Group
Advisory Council Members
Mitch Albom
Sports Columnist
Detroit Free Press
Tim Allen
Boxing Cat Productions
Maggie Allesee
Community Leader
Sarkis Mark Anusbigian
President
Westborn Market
Rob Cohen
President
Advance Packaging Technologies
Keith W. Cooley
Community Leader
Ed Deeb
Founder, President & CEO
Michigan Food & Beverage Association
David Draper
Partner
The Draper Law Firm
Eric Ersher
Founder & CEO
Zoup! Fresh Soup Company
Dr. Nancy Fishman
Founder
Forgotten Harvest
Rick Foster
W. K. Kellogg Chair in Food, Society and Sustainability
Michigan State University
George Francis III
Community Leader
Joel E. Jacob
President
The Bottle Crew
Anita Jenkins
Community Leader
George G. Johnson
Managing Director
George Johnson & Company
Gary Karp
Executive Vice President
Sherwood Food Distributors
Bruce Kridler
Greenleaf Trust
Bob Olender
Chairman, DDA
Dawn Food Products
Terry Palleschi
Community Leader
Peggy Pitt
Attorney
Pitt, McGehee, Palmer, Rivers & Golden, P. C.
Kathy Reid
First Vice President
Comerica Incorporated
Leroy C. Richie (Roy)
Attorney
Lewis & Munday
Marty Shoushanian
President
Versacom, Inc.
Harry Warner
President
Warner Petroleum Corporation
Rabbi Paul Yedwab
Temple Israel