Leadership
Dennis West
President
(906) 226-1671
dwest@northerninitiatives.org
Chuck Hurst
Vice President, Commercial Lending
(906) 226-1663
churst@northerninitiatives.org
Lending
Colleen Duflo
Senior Commercial Lender
(906) 293-6103
cduflo@northerninitiatives.org
Colleen’s Service Area
Lucy Hoste-McCraven
Commercial Lender
(989) 390-8418
lhostemccraven@northerninitiatives.org
Lucy’s Service Area
Melissa Evans
Commercial Lender
(231) 375-9867
mevans@northerninitiatives.org
Melissa’s Service Area
Venard Roberson
Commercial Lender
(616) 329-6188
vroberson@northerninitiatives.org
Venard’s Service Area
Kellie Hoffman
Commercial Lender
(269) 224-6940
khoffman@northerninitiatives.org
Kellie’s Service Area
Kathy Leone
Financial Coach
(906) 226-1669
kleone@northerninitiatives.org
Lee Ann Heikkila
Senior Portfolio Administrator
(906) 226-1676
lheikkila@northerninitiatives.org
Rachel Thomas
Credit Analyst
(906) 226-1664
rthomas@northerninitiatives.org
Sara Bednarek
Commercial Lending Assistant
(231) 375-8112
sbednarek@northerninitiatives.org
Deborah Schultz
Commercial Lending Assistant
(906) 226-1662
dschultz@northerninitiatives.org
Israel Flores
Business Development Specialist
(269) 234-5983
iflores@northerninitiatives.org
Business Services
Amanda Blondeau
Business Services Director
(906) 869-5940
ablondeau@northerninitiatives.org
Christine Rector
Business Coach
(906) 226-1680
crector@northerninitiatives.org
Chris Wendel
Business Coach
(231) 409-7889
cwendel@northerninitiatives.org
Kristin Smith
Manufacturing Coordinator
(715) 889-0182
ksmith@northerninitiatives.org
Michael Oman
Technology Systems Specialist
(906) 226-1672
moman@northerninitiatives.org
Fund Development & Accounting
Natasha Koss
Development Coordinator
(906) 226-1658
nkoss@northerninitiatives.org
Terri Govern
Accounting Manager
(906) 226-1670
tgovern@northerninitiatives.org
Jill Paquette
Accounting Assistant
(906) 226-1674
jpaquette@northerninitiatives.org
Becky Blom
HR/Accounting Coordinator
(906) 226-1665
bblom@northerninitiatives.org
