Leadership
Elissa Sangalli
President
esangalli@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1660
(616) 204-2201
Chuck Hurst
Vice President, Commercial Lending
churst@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1663
(906) 250-7527
Lending
Colleen Duflo
Senior Commercial Lender
cduflo@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 293-6103
(906) 420-0907
Lucy Hoste-McCraven
Commercial Lender
lhostemccraven@northerninitiatives.org
(989) 390-8418
Melissa Evans
Commercial Lender
mevans@northerninitiatives.org
(231) 760-6900
(231) 375-9867
Venard Roberson
Commercial Lender
vroberson@northerninitiatives.org
(616) 329-6188
Kellie Hoffman
Commercial Lender
khoffman@northerninitiatives.org
(269) 224-6940
(269) 274-8912
Lee Ann Heikkila
Senior Portfolio Administrator
lheikkila@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1676
Kathy Leone
Credit Manager
kleone@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1669
Rachel Thomas
Credit Analyst
rthomas@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1664
Sara Bednarek
Commercial Lending Assistant
sbednarek@northerninitiatives.org
(231) 375-8112
Brenda Albrecht
Commercial Lending Assistant
balbrecht@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1662
Sam Lanctot
Loan Asset Administrator
slanctot@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1673
Business Services
Amanda Blondeau
Business Services Director
ablondeau@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 869-5940
Christine Rector
Business Coach
crector@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1680
(906) 360-8631
Chris Wendel
Business Coach
cwendel@northerninitiatives.org
(231) 409-7889
Israel Flores
Business Development Specialist
iflores@northerninitiatives.org
(269) 234-5983
(734) 546-2018
Kristin Smith
Manufacturing Coordinator
ksmith@northerninitiatives.org
(715) 889-0182
Accounting & Operations
Terri Govern
Accounting Manager
tgovern@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1670
Jill Paquette
Accounting Assistant
jpaquette@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1674
Natasha Koss
Development Coordinator
nkoss@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1658
Becky Blom
HR/Accounting Coordinator
bblom@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1665
Deborah Schultz
HR/Administrative Coordinator
dschultz@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1657
Michael Oman
IT Manager
moman@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 226-1672